Product Owner

SUMMARY

Avetta's SaaS platform connects the world's leading organizations with qualified suppliers, contractors, and vendors. We bring unmatched visibility to companies through cloud-based technology and human insights to improve supply chair risk and compliance. As a result, we foster sustainable growth for businesses and their supply chains globally. Our SaaS subscription software is used by 85k active customers in over 100 countries.

The Product Owner will advocate for the customer. Using your excellent product instincts, passion for creating great experiences, a data-influenced mindset, and design thinking to challenge the status quo. You provide key support to the product team by facilitating investigation, analysis, review and documentation of business features and functionality in Avetta's flagship SaaS solution, Connect. As a Product Owner, you own your products backlog from creation, into development and release, and ongoing maintenance. You are a key member of the Product team and work closely to prioritize and new features and changes to the platform, define new features with your Product Manager, collaborate with the Engineering team to make those a reality, then evangelize and enable features to the rest of the company. This is a good role for you if you are passionate about solving problems, driven to get results, and comfortable with experimenting.

If residing within commutable distance to one of our offices, a hybrid schedule would be requested, (3 days in office, 2 days work from home). Remote work may be considered for those outside of commutable distance to an office.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Gather and synthesize requirements from product managers, customers, subject matter experts, and internal stakeholders
• Define feature functionality in collaboration with the Product Manager and Engineering
• Break down features to be developed into executable milestones and individual user stories clarifying business requirements, removing roadblocks, constantly communicating and gaining alignment around feature or product strategy with your Scrum team
• Plan and prioritize product feature backlog and development for your product vertical
• Perform acceptance testing, verify features' release readiness, and ensure quality and timely delivery; remove barriers for team members and resolve open issues/questions quickly and efficiently.
• Work closely with Engineering technical leadership to ensure key architectural roadmap items are woven into the product backlog
• Work closely with other Product /Owners to identify cross product dependencies
• Collaborate with UX to research, design, and test potential solutions to features and product backlog items
• Partner with the Product Knowledge Management team to provide feature configuration and workflow details
• Effectively communicate the opportunity/problem we are solving, the business value and rationale behind your product decisions
• Communicate effectively, often, and professionally with internal and external stakeholders to prevent issues with delivery, prevent miscommunications and confusion, and manage expectations
• Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of release/sprint goals
• Analyze and investigate product complaints or reported quality issues to ensure closure in accordance with SLAs
• Conduct product demonstrations for internal stakeholders and functional teams
• Improve existing processes for product definition
• Partners with Scrum Master(s) to provide feedback, support, and coaching to Agile/Scrum best practices

IDEAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3 years in product management owning one or more products in a SaaS environment; exposure to Scaled Agile Framework is a plus
• Ability to explain both big picture (why a feature is important, why the design is what it is) and fine details (detailed acceptance criteria)
• Firm knowledge of SaaS, internet technologies, browser technologies, web apps, and mobile apps
• Define epics and user stories, drive backlog allocations, collaborate on UI/UX and partner with the engineering team in the development life cycle
• Accomplished working with teams, leading discussions, facilitating decision making and buy-in
• Strong creativity when solving UX challenges
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority as well as collaborate and negotiate with key stakeholders and executives
• Experience with reporting and analyzing key metrics and incorporating them into decision- making processes
• Experience using Jira or similar ticketing system to manage product backlogs
• Experience using Confluence to build wiki and display reports
• Highly effective communication, presentation, and facilitation skills

At Avetta, we are committed to salary transparency to ensure equitable hiring practices and promote trust. The salary range included in this job posting is based on internal and market data and the role's responsibilities. The final compensation offered to a candidate will be determined by several factors, including work location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

The salary range for this position is $87,500 - $224,000 per year, with a potential bonus.

We also offer a comprehensive benefits package, which includes health, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), and PTO.

Avetta is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We encourage individuals from all backgrounds and experiences to apply.

To apply for the Product Owner position, please submit your online application by May 30, 2025, at 11:59 PM PST.

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