Wesco
Product Owner
Wesco, East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15112
As a Product Owner, you are responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the Delivery Team by clearly expressing Product Backlog items. You are responsible for ordering the items to best achieve goals and missions. You will calculate, measure and track business value, as well as optimize the value of the work the Development Team performs ensuring that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all. This will show what the Delivery Team will work on next. You will ensure the Delivery Team understands items in the Product Backlog to the level needed.
Responsibilities:
Develop and explicitly communicate the Product Goal
Manage and maintain a transparent product backlog, re-evaluate customer product needs and continually balance priorities of the product across maintenance and strategic initiatives
Review product features as they are developed, providing feedback and guidance.
Participate as a member of the Agile Team, attend Scrum Events, and is responsible for defining epics and stories including Acceptance Criteria and Definition of Done
Interacts with a diverse set of stakeholders, including Senior Management, business and technology teams, customers, suppliers, and external partners
Represent the needs of many stakeholders in the Product Backlog and work directly with delivery teams as the voice of the customer
Drive cohesion across the team but focus efforts on the desired features, while ensuring that each team member is able to contribute to the product’s goals
Provide clear direction and flexibility when priorities change based on user needs and requirements
Participate in Agile SDLC activities, including planning, refinement, stand-ups and retrospectives. Provide support to manage iteration planning and refinement of user stories. Spotlight inter-dependencies among cross-product development teams to ensure seamless delivery
Collaborate with other POs, and Product Executives to ensure the vision of the product is being met and that the product backlog is aligned with the program backlog
Coordinate closely with the Product Executive to ensure alignment with the Outcome Based Product Roadmap and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
Serve as a thought leader for a specific business and technology team and assists other leaders with the delegation of work assignments
Embody the Scrum Values: Openness, Respect, Courage, Commitment and Focus
Be “The Ideal Team Member” – Hungry, Humble, and Smart.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field, or equivalent, relevant work experience required.
6 or more years’ experience as a Product Owner with Agile facilitation background, working in an agile environment (e.g. user stories, iterative development, scrum teams, sprints, personas)
Ability to write clear precise Scrum user stories for scrum teams
Must have a bias for action and be comfortable in an ever changing or ambiguous environment
Strong knowledge of Agile frameworks such as SAFe or Scrum@Scale
Product Innovation, Design thinking and/or CX/UX experience is a plus
Advanced Agile/ Scrum development background
Familiarity in working in a SaaS environment
PSM/PSPO OR SAFe POPM certifications preferred
Wesco International, Inc., including its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Wesco”) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law. US applicants only, we are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.
Los Angeles Unincorporated County Candidates Only
: Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.
Responsibilities:
Develop and explicitly communicate the Product Goal
Manage and maintain a transparent product backlog, re-evaluate customer product needs and continually balance priorities of the product across maintenance and strategic initiatives
Review product features as they are developed, providing feedback and guidance.
Participate as a member of the Agile Team, attend Scrum Events, and is responsible for defining epics and stories including Acceptance Criteria and Definition of Done
Interacts with a diverse set of stakeholders, including Senior Management, business and technology teams, customers, suppliers, and external partners
Represent the needs of many stakeholders in the Product Backlog and work directly with delivery teams as the voice of the customer
Drive cohesion across the team but focus efforts on the desired features, while ensuring that each team member is able to contribute to the product’s goals
Provide clear direction and flexibility when priorities change based on user needs and requirements
Participate in Agile SDLC activities, including planning, refinement, stand-ups and retrospectives. Provide support to manage iteration planning and refinement of user stories. Spotlight inter-dependencies among cross-product development teams to ensure seamless delivery
Collaborate with other POs, and Product Executives to ensure the vision of the product is being met and that the product backlog is aligned with the program backlog
Coordinate closely with the Product Executive to ensure alignment with the Outcome Based Product Roadmap and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
Serve as a thought leader for a specific business and technology team and assists other leaders with the delegation of work assignments
Embody the Scrum Values: Openness, Respect, Courage, Commitment and Focus
Be “The Ideal Team Member” – Hungry, Humble, and Smart.
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field, or equivalent, relevant work experience required.
6 or more years’ experience as a Product Owner with Agile facilitation background, working in an agile environment (e.g. user stories, iterative development, scrum teams, sprints, personas)
Ability to write clear precise Scrum user stories for scrum teams
Must have a bias for action and be comfortable in an ever changing or ambiguous environment
Strong knowledge of Agile frameworks such as SAFe or Scrum@Scale
Product Innovation, Design thinking and/or CX/UX experience is a plus
Advanced Agile/ Scrum development background
Familiarity in working in a SaaS environment
PSM/PSPO OR SAFe POPM certifications preferred
Wesco International, Inc., including its subsidiaries and affiliates (“Wesco”) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, or other characteristics protected by law. US applicants only, we are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer.
Los Angeles Unincorporated County Candidates Only
: Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.