Product Owner

**Candidates must be authorized to work on a W2 basis and local to Culver City, CA to be able to work on-site 3 days/week at the client location. Remote candidates will not be considered.**

Overview

Our large technical client is seeking an experienced Product Owner to manage proprietary tools created for their Services Localization team. In this consultant role, you will be critical in ensuring their tools meet user needs and scale effectively. You will gather requirements for user-friendly features, collaborate cross-functionally with stakeholders, oversee UX design reviews, coordinate with Engineering Project Managers for sprint planning, lead User Acceptance Testing, and communicate product updates to end users.

This position requires a blend of organizational, operational, and analytical skills, as well as adaptability and the ability to navigate ambiguity.

What You Will Do:

• Manage the lifecycle of proprietary tools from conception to launch and beyond.
• Gather and analyze requirements for scalable and user-friendly features.
• Collaborate closely with UX designers to review and enhance human interface design.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to align product goals with organizational strategy.
• Coordinate with Engineering Project Managers to facilitate effective sprint planning.
• Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT) to ensure product quality and usability.
• Communicate product updates effectively to end users and provide ongoing support.

What You Will Bring:

• Product Management Experience: Proven experience managing internal tools or enterprise software solutions.

• UX Expertise: Strong understanding of human interface design and user experience best practices.

• Strategic Thinking: Ability to analyze and prioritize multiple requests aligned with leadership goals.

• Technical Knowledge: Familiarity with software development concepts, database management, and system integration.

• Analytical Skills: Capacity to understand user problems and design comprehensive solutions aligned with the organization’s vision.

• Integrity: Commitment to maintaining high standards in all endeavors.

• Communication and Collaboration: Exceptional ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and communicate complex concepts clearly.

• Critical Thinking: Proactive mindset to anticipate challenges and identify opportunities.

• Change Management: Experience in managing change adoption, ensuring smooth rollouts by working closely with Support and Business teams.

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $57.04 to $63.38 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through Aquent Gymnasium. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

Our client, a leader in consumer electronics, is one of the greatest, most innovative, world-changing companies ever created! More like a cluster of start-ups versus a large company, they are single-handedly credited with creating some of the most impactful products of this generation.

Working alongside some of the brightest and most talented people, the work you do here will add up to something big that could not be done anywhere else. There is no doubt that your best work will be brought out achieving some hefty goals at a heroic pace.

One thing we know is that you WILL NOT ever be bored.

Here are some more things you can expect:

• Wi-fi equipped shuttle service
• Free parking
• Onsite cafeteria

WORKING WITH AQUENT: long-term assignments with Aquent gets you access to some pretty cool things:
– You’re paid weekly
– Subsidized health (including term life and LTD) and dental benefits after your first four weeks of work (averaging at least 20 hrs/wk)
– Access to Fidelity 401(k)
– Access to FSA Program
– Direct deposit for your pay check
– Access to our Talent Rewards Program (we reward for referrals!)
– Access to free online courses via Aquent’s Gymnasium, to help you develop your skills: http://gymnasium.aquent.com/
– Access to free online courses via Lynda.com
– Aquent support: your Aquent Agent checks in with you during the course of your assignment to make sure you’re happy and progressing according to your expectations (we’re also there to be looking for new opportunities for you when you’re close to wrapping up)

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