Description

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Product Ownership

• Own and manage the product backlog for the automated scheduling products.
• Work with Product Managers to create epics from initiatives and roadmap projects.
• Define and prioritize features, enhancements, and bug fixes based on customer needs, product strategy, and business goals.
• Write clear user stories and acceptance criteria for development teams.
• Work with tech leads and development teams to plan sprints across multiple months.
• Ensure backlog items are ready for sprint planning and development.

Customer & Market Insight

• Work with the Product Manager to understand and implement the roadmap.
• Work with customers, customer support, and services to fix software defects and to define and implement customer-specific features.
• Engage with customers to understand manufacturing workflows, scheduling challenges, and product opportunities.
• Translate manufacturing and scheduling requirements into scalable product capabilities.

Agile Development Collaboration

• Work closely with engineering, QA, UX, and architecture teams during sprint planning, development, and release cycles.
• Coordinate with Product Managers, tech leads, and the development team in Program Increment (PI) planning.
• Participate in sprint ceremonies including planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Clarify requirements and ensure development teams understand the desired product outcomes.

Product Delivery

• Validate that delivered functionality meets acceptance criteria and business objectives.
• Support product releases including documentation, training, and internal enablement.
• Collaborate with product management and leadership on roadmap execution.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Work with implementation, support, and sales teams to ensure product features align with customer needs.
• Provide product expertise for internal stakeholders.
• Help drive continuous improvement of scheduling capabilities.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS

• 3–5+ years experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or Business Analyst in a software environment.
• Experience working in Agile / Scrum development environments.
• Experience with ERP systems.
• Strong experience managing product backlogs and writing user stories.
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical product specifications.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Product backlog management
• Agile / Scrum development
• Scheduling / manufacturing operations
• Requirements definition
• Stakeholder communication
• Data-driven decision making

Nice to Have:

• Experience with manufacturing or other scheduling and scheduling-optimization applications (strongly preferred).
• Knowledge of production scheduling, shop floor operations, or manufacturing analytics.
• Experience with ERP integrations and manufacturing workflows.
• Background working with industrial, manufacturing, or supply chain software.
• Experience with tools such as Jira or similar backlog management systems

Key Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree