IT Product Owner II

SummaryUnder general supervision, the IT Product Owner II is responsible for defining the overall process vision, and innovation, and helps guide the product development process within Motion IT. This role identifies the customer, stakeholder, and development team's needs and works with each cross-functional team. The Product Owner gathers feature requests, schedules releases, and coordinates sprints. This role manages the development project from start to finish.You must be eligible to work in the US without Visa Sponsorship.Job DutiesManages medium complexity products through the entire lifecycle, and supports decisions regarding enhancements throughout the lifecycle until product End of Life(EOL).Analyzes preferences and requests of customers and defines product features according to customer needs.Reviews and prioritizes backlog for sprint planning, including coordination of dependencies.Reviews user story quality and performance in production environment.Analyzes the impact of proposed solutions across the business, develops use cases to explain business requirements to the IT team, and contributes a business process perspective during design review.Collaborates with business owners, product scrum team, and stakeholders to establish timelines, workflows, and goals.Assists the scrum and product development team to meet the objectives of each sprint.Participates in design sessions to gain insights into end user and customer needs.Works with users to understand customer experience, at both a tactical and transactional level.Facilitates the release plan and is one of key stakeholders for approval.Owns, develops and executes product roadmap.Performs other duties as assigned.Education & ExperienceTypically requires a bachelor's degree and three (3) to five (5) years of related experience or an equivalent combination.Knowledge, Skills, AbilitiesAnalytical and problem-solving skills with a demonstrated ability to identify, analyze, and synthesize product use data and use that data to drive decisions.Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical audiences.Strong presentation skills.Developing skills to lead, motivate and direct a workgroup.Knowledge of Agile methodologies.Knowledge of the product lifecycle, business processes, system development and process improvements.Ability to foster a climate conducive to establishing positive working relationships with stakeholders.Accurate and precise attention to detail.Financial and analytical experience.Physical DemandsLICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS: None required.SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: No Supervisory ResponsibilityBUDGET RESPONSIBILITY: NoCOMPANY INFORMATION: Motion offers an excellent benefits package which includes options for healthcare coverage, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, vacation, sick, and holiday pay.DISCLAIMER: This job description illustrates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job classification. It is not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and skills required. Management retains the right to add or modify duties at any time.Not the right fit? Let us know you're interested in a future opportunity by joining our Talent Community on jobs.genpt.com or create an account to set up email alerts as new job postings become available that meet your interest!GPC conducts its business without regard to sex, race, creed, color, religion, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, age, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, military status, status as a veteran, or any other protected characteristic. GPC's policy is to recruit, hire, train, promote, assign, transfer and terminate employees based on their own ability, achievement, experience and conduct and other legitimate business reasons.