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Title: Product Owner - Ramos Arizpe
Primary Location: Mexico (MX) - Coahuila JD Shared Svcs-Saltillo
Function: Product & Process Management (CA)

Note: All candidates should have their tax situation certificate (Constancia de Siituación Fiscal) up to date with the salary regime to be eligible for the hiring process.

Main Responsibilities

Represents the voice of the customer to the product team with a deep understanding of customers product needs and what technology-based capabilities are required to meet those needs. Maintains and prioritizes the product backlog to ensure that the team is working on features that maximize business value and deliver necessary functionality to their customers. Collaborates with the business, Engineering Managers and product teams, to define product functionality and priorities. Uses global processes to thoroughly understand the scope, complexity and dependencies of the business and what product functionality is needed. Understands technical topics at a conceptual level as well as the systems and data that enable major capabilities and drives innovation; Communicates with the Regional Product Manager to ensure alignment across products within a product family.

What Skills You Need

• Understands key business objectives and strategy of the product(s).
• Works with business owners to ensure that they are engaged and supportive of direction.
• Makes final decisions on product functionality and ensure that functionality is aligned with Digital Product Manager's strategic vision for the products within product family scope.
• Maintains and refines product backlog. Ensures features definition, acceptance criteria, and stories clearly communicate customer/stakeholder needs to the team; works with team to clarify as necessary.
• Accountable for determining release date, scope of release and communication strategy.
• Monitors and communicates the key success metrics of the product.
• Ensures an exceptional product experience collecting inputs from customers, market research while collaborating with UX, architecture and engineering resources. Participates in team events (e.g., daily stand-up, sprint planning, sprint review, sprint demos).

What Makes You Stand Out

Understanding of Agile development processes and methodologies/tools.

Has a good understanding of the principles and can independently use the knowledge.

Ability to analyze, translate, and define business requirements into technical solutions.

Has a good understanding of the principles and can independently use the knowledge.

Excellence in verbal and written communication forms with emphasis on persuasive communication, tact and negotiation.

Education

Degree in an Engineering/Technology or Information Technology discipline or equivalent experience.

This position will be posted for a minimum of 15 business days and unposted when a qualified pool of candidates is achieved.

Candidates must have the necessary work permits to work in the country.