What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Product Owner - Customer Service position at Milliken & Company?
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POSITION TITLE
IT Product Owner -Customer Service
POSITION OVERVIEW
Milliken is in search of an IT Product Owner to join our team! This position will be a key player in the IT Department as the Product Owner for Customer Service applications. The role of Product Owner entails working closely with business stakeholders to identify requirements and sequence the work for Digital Roadmap initiatives as well as incremental changes that bring business value.
This role is based out of our corporate headquarters in Spartanburg, SC and offers a Hybrid work schedule. Travel may be occasionally necessary to provide on-site support of projects.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaborate with Division Customer Service teams, as well as the Corporate Customer Success team to understand their specific needs and translate them into IT solutions.
- Works in Agile environment to continuously review business needs, refine priorities, outlines milestone and deliverables, and identify opportunities and risks
- Responsible for product area research to demonstrate Innovation and "art of the possible"
- Translates product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including creation of user stories with acceptance criteria
- Prioritizes and maintains the sprint backlog for the product while balancing the requirements of the business stakeholders
- Actively participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies for implementation of the work - such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retros
- Evaluate, recommend, and help implement improvements on digital strategy
- Analyze and report on digital initiatives in partnership with business stakeholders
- Focus on how digital assets will continue to be optimized to provide business results
- Training business users on new functionality
QUALIFICATIONS - REQUIRED
The successful candidate will demonstrate :
LI-AF1
Milliken is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, including but not limited to lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran or military status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.