Product Owner

The Product Owner is a member of the Product Management team and sits at the key juncture between development, sales and our outside customers. The role works directly with a Shibumi scrum team and defines the direction our product and applications will take to ensure continued growth, new sales opportunities and happy, existing customers.

Responsibilities

Work with head of Product Management to define and document product requirements for a cutting-edge, cloud-based platform

Engage with key stakeholders at Fortune 1000 customers to refine product requirements and identify future product roadmap capabilities

Communicate with product development team to clarify requirements and ensure product quality. This will include working with the UX Designer to produce design and requirements mocks.

Prioritize and manage the product backlog, milestones, and stakeholder expectations

Drive continuous improvement to user experience and delivery of business value

Become a product expert; keep up with competition and industry best practices

Experience

2 to 5 years of experience working in a product management or business consulting role (business analyst, requirements analyst, etc.)

At least one role with direct responsibility for producing detailed requirements documents

Skillsets

Understanding of Agile development methodologies

Can multi-task, adjust quickly to changing priorities and negotiate multiple, concurrent deliverables to ensure flawless execution in a rapidly changing environment

Shows good judgment in changing circumstances

Self-motivated and intellectually curious with a demonstrated ability to quickly assimilate new knowledge

Comfortable engaging senior leadership and outside consultants and courageous enough to ask follow-up

Capable of producing wireframes

Knowledge of enterprise software industry (or PPM / EPPM / etc., or of some specific solutions like SalesForce.com, Box, Tableau, Asana, etc.)

Knowledge of Machine Learning and Generative AI concepts

Education

Minimum 4 Year BA/BS degree

Ideal Locations

Shibumi Headquarters (Norwalk, CT)

Shibumi Development Office (Royal Oak, MI)