Sr. Product Owner – Invoice to Cash, Retail Billing

Company

Cox Automotive - USA

Job Family Group

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile

Sr Product Owner

Management Level

Individual Contributor

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

No

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $88,300.00 - $147,100.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

The Sr. Product Owner is the Product Owner for one or more scrum teams. Their goal is to deliver innovative solutions based on their understanding of high-level business objectives. The Sr. Product Owner works with Product Leadership and Business Stakeholders to understand the product vision and then delivers the prioritized features for the scrum teams.

Sr. Product Owners lead scrum teams to break down features into user stories.  We expect that all team members contribute to user stories, but the Sr. Product Owner is key in ensuring team alignment and completeness to the vision and the business value. 

Sr. Product Owners work with other Product Managers and a cross-functional scrum team to build, enhance, and manage products and platforms using Agile software methodologies. They will own and groom the backlog for the scrum teams with high-level input from the Product Leader for their Release Train.  Teams will consist of software engineers, enterprise application engineers, and scrum masters.

As products and solutions near launch, they will support our Release Train core team, Product Readiness Team, and associated Product Managers to develop go-to-market plans.  They may help in demos and support training material creation as a subject matter expert.

Sr. Product Owners are expected to contribute to the Release Train ideas and bring forth opportunities that become part of the product roadmap.  Understanding financial processes and systems is essential to the role.

This role requires a high-level technical understanding of financial applications and excellent communication and collaboration skills. The successful candidate must have a demonstrable track record of success in a dynamic, fast-paced software development environment. They must be able to rapidly adapt to changing priorities and make appropriate product decisions quickly.

Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

• Partner with other Product Leads and Business Stakeholders to understand and influence product strategy while generating innovative ideas for achieving product success
• Work with scrum teams to determine alternative development strategies, solutions, and release dates
• Translate business needs into features and user stories, collaborate with cross-functional teams to craft solutions/documentation, and represent customer needs in product delivery.
• Partners with Release Train Core Team to develop release plans that support go-to-market strategies
• Communicate progress toward milestones as software is released
• Develop and maintain subject matter expertise in application features, capabilities, and business rules
• Make rapid tactical decisions where needed to maintain team momentum and focus on value delivery
• Prioritize Scrum Team backlog with guidance from Product Leads and ensure alignment with product strategy and roadmap
• Work closely with the Scrum Master to optimize velocity for the team
• Work with Scrum Master to prioritize and schedule production defects for resolution
• Participate in the daily stand-ups, sprint planning meetings, retrospectives, and release train planning meetings

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 4 years’ experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master’s degree and 2 years’ experience; a Ph.D. and up to 1 year of experience; or 8 years’ experience in a related field
• Ability to understand and articulate various internal and external customer needs
• Excellent communication skills & presentation skills, verbal and written, with the ability to communicate across business and technology
• Demonstrable experience in strategic planning with business partners
• Solid experience working on user experience/customer experience projects
• Awareness of Product Management, Agile Methodologies preferred
• Self-directed problem solver with a demonstrated ability