Product Owner, Enterprise Take Back at Apkudo, Inc.

Job Title: Product Owner, Enterprise Take Back

Location: Remote

Salary: $100K - $115K

Position Summary:

The Product Owner is responsible for guiding the product’s vision, strategy, and roadmap. They are responsible for making decisions about feature prioritization, defining user stories, and ensuring the product aligns with the organization's goals.

What you’ll do:

• Capture Requirements and User Stories - This role will define and manage product requirements. This includes working closely with stakeholders, customers, and the development team to translate requirements into user stories, and communicating the product vision effectively.
• Release Planning and Management - The Product Owner will collaborate with the development team and stakeholders to plan and manage product releases. They set release goals, define the content and scope of each release, and ensure the release plan aligns with business priorities.
• Stakeholder Management - This role serves as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, such as customers, executives, and other internal teams. They gather feedback, communicate updates, and manage stakeholder expectations regarding product features, timelines, and priorities.
• Collaboration with Development Team - The Product Owner provides clear requirements, answers questions, and guides the development team based on customer needs and business objectives.
• Quality Assurance Support - Although testing and quality assurance activities fall under the responsibility of a dedicated QA professional, this role does provide input, collaborates on test plans, and participates in acceptance testing.
• Budget and Financial Decisions - This role should have a good understanding of the financial implications of product decisions and be able to make recommendations.
• Sales and Marketing Collaboration - This role may collaborate with sales and marketing teams to provide product updates, information, customer insights, and competitive analysis.
• Strategy and Roadmap Alignment - This role collaborates with higher-level management to ensure the product strategy aligns with the overall organizational strategy. They provide input and insights into the product's direction and contribute to strategic planning discussions.

What you’ll need:

• Strong Product Management Skills - The Product Owner will need to be comfortable attaining a deep understanding of the SaaS product, its target market, and customer needs. They should be able to define and prioritize product features, create and maintain the product roadmap, and make strategic decisions to ensure the product's success.
• Technical Background - While not always mandatory, having a technical background can greatly benefit the Product Owner in understanding the technical aspects of the product, communicating effectively with the development team, and evaluating the code quality before release.
• Knowledge of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) - This role should be familiar with the different stages of the SDLC, such as requirements gathering, design, development, testing, and deployment.
• Excellent Communication and Collaboration Skills - As a gatekeeper for code release, this role will interact with various stakeholders, including the development team, QA team, project managers, and executives. They should be able to clearly communicate requirements, gather feedback, and coordinate efforts to deliver high-quality software.
• Ability to Navigate Complex Decision-Making and Prioritization - This role needs to make informed decisions regarding feature priorities, bug fixes, and overall software quality. They should have the ability to balance competing priorities, consider customer needs and feedback, and make decisions that align with the company's goals and objectives.
• Attention to Detail - The Product Owner should have a keen eye for detail and a strong focus on quality. They need to review and analyze the code changes thoroughly, ensuring they align with the product requirements and meet the expected standards before granting final approval for release.
• Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills - The Product Owner should be able to analyze complex problems, identify potential risks or issues, and proactively find solutions. They should have a data-driven approach, leveraging metrics and feedback to make informed decisions and continuously improve the product.
• Agile Mindset - This role should embrace the agile mindset, promote collaboration, adaptability, and transparency, and actively participate in agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Domain Knowledge - Some level of understanding of the device lifecycle and disposition industry.

Our Core Values:

• Hooked on customers. Our passion for innovation propels our customers forward. We thrive on solving our customers’ problems, big and small.
• We communicate confidently and with generosity. We not only spread ideas, but we also spread understanding to help every team succeed.
• Champion the use of data. We use data to build solutions to problems, promote collaboration, and inform decisions for us and our customers.
• Proudly accountable. We follow through because the alternative is not an option. Every word, every action, and every result reflect the improvements we seek to make.
• Be you. We bring our whole selves to our work, our teams, and our customers. The collective ‘we’ will shine bright for all to see.
• I have your back. Trust and respect each other to do the right thing when someone needs an extra hand. We go farther together than we do alone.
• It matters how we show up. Sometimes bold, sometimes brave, always curious. We expect more of ourselves to be our best for the team.

What you can expect from us:

• Generous holidays plus your birthday off.

• Paid parental leave benefits.
• Casual dress.
• A company-paid Google Pixel phone or a monthly tech stipend that you can use for your tech needs.
• A monthly wellness stipend that you can use for things like a meditation app, standing desk, gym equipment, etc.
• 401(k) matching up to 4% or a 5% pension plan for employees of the UK.
• Up to $5,250/year for certification, continuing education, and tuition reimbursement.

• Competitive package with benefits.

About Apkudo:

Our Vision

Devices connect the world. We help ensure there will still be a world to connect.

This is ambitious, on purpose. We must lean into our shared passion for change and do whatever it takes to do our part to regenerate resources and build sustainable processes and behaviors to leave the world a better place.

Those who do good, do well.

The Fine Print:

We are an agile organization, and so the duties and description of this role (like every other at Apkudo) may change at any time as we adapt.

This position is exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Note: Apkudo is an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusivity and to creating a culture where everyone feels respected and connected, no matter the location of their work. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.