Software Product Owner

JOB DESCRIPTION

If you are looking for an opportunity to further your experience as a Product Owner to accelerate new and exciting software products to market, Emerson has an exciting opportunity for you. We are seeking a Software Product Owner who can translate customer needs and product requirements into actionable development tasks. You will be part of a global user interface team that develops software interfaces for our digital instrumentation using human centered design principles.

Our Software performs diagnostic testing and offers recommended repair actions to assist users in maintaining their fleet of control valves. In this role, you will implement product requirements from the defined product roadmap as new sensors, communication technologies, and data sources become available.

AS A SOFTWARE PRODUCT OWNER, YOU WILL:

• Be an advocate for the customer to improve the user experience design
• Work directly with our software engineering development and test teams to refine and implement functional requirements 
• Support global product launches and release activities
• Communicate product management activities to all levels of the organization as the product owner
• Reference product roadmap to prioritize, socialize and implement software enhancement with software development and test teams
• Customer-focused mindset for delivering a product that provides a great customer experience
• Constantly look for ways to increase the team's velocity/productivity by eliminating waste and identifying creative ways to accelerate delivery timelines
• Help build and maintain high team morale
• Partner with the Product Manager to ensure alignment with requirements and priorities
• Facilitation skills – ability to lead small to medium groups of internal stakeholders towards desired outcomes to meet business objectives

WHO YOU ARE:

You identify and seize new opportunities. You build and deliver solutions that exceed customer expectations. You engage in collaborative planning and development. You are a great communicator.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Electronics, Computer Science or Software Development or a Marketing degree with product management emphasis or equivalent work experience. 
• 3 to 7 years’ experience in a software product owner role or equivalent
• Ability to travel up to 10%
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint

PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:

• Experience with Agile development methodologies

Familiarity with Requirements Management Software (e.g. Jama) and development task management