Your Job
The Technical Product Owner will lead the Enterprise Integration Build and Support Product Team, focusing on managing the product backlog, overseeing the design, implementation, and maintenance of integration solutions that leverage modern integration platforms and services. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in product ownership with a deep understanding of software development, integration technologies, and enterprise architecture. The Technical Product Owner is responsible for defining and prioritizing the product roadmap and strategy, collaborating with cross-functional teams, gathering and refining user requirements, analyzing product performance data, and staying current with industry trends to ensure the solutions meet business needs and technical standards.
Our Team
Molex is a global leader in electronic components and solutions, with a strong focus on innovation, quality, and customer service. The company has been in operation for over 80 years and has a strong presence in various industries, including automotive, telecommunications, consumer electronics, aerospace, defense, medical, and industrial automation.
Candidates can expect to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment that values creativity, collaboration, and excellence. Molex is committed to investing in its employees and providing opportunities for growth and development.
What You Will Do
- Define and communicate the product’s technical vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs.
- Own and prioritize the product backlog, focusing the team on delivering high-impact features, enhancements and addressing technical debt.
- Translate business goals and requirements into detailed technical specifications and user stories for the development team.
- Work closely with engineers and other teams to support and guide the development of solutions, ensuring technical viability.
- Act as the primary liaison between technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring transparency, alignment, and clear communication on product roadmap and progress.
- Define acceptance criteria for backlog items and ensure that the delivered solutions meet these criteria.
- Leverage data insights and monitor performance metrics to drive continuous product improvements, ensuring product quality and reliability.
- Stay up-to-date with market trends and emerging technologies to identify opportunities for innovation and product enhancement.
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- 5+ years of experience in product ownership, project management, or technical roles with a focus on integration platforms or enterprise systems.
- Proven ability to manage product roadmaps, backlogs, and to translate business requirements into detailed technical specifications.
- Experience working in Agile development environments, with a strong understanding of Scrum or Kanban methodologies.
- 5+ years of experience with deep technical knowledge of modern integration technologies and concepts (e.g., API, microservices, message brokers, REST, and JSON), platforms (e.g., MuleSoft, Kafka, and AWS), and enterprise architecture.
- Proven experience leading technical teams, with the ability to be hands-on with building when needed.
- Strong ability to analyze data and translate it into actionable insights, providing key decision points to stakeholders and driving product improvements.
What Will Put You Ahead
- Experience working in a digital product-oriented delivery organization.
- Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools such as JIRA.
- Proven ability to lead and manage teams, including remote and contractor staff, strong decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to collaborate effectively with product owners, other teams, and stakeholders; experience in providing feedback and facilitating continuous improvement.
- Strong hands-on background in integration engineering, including integration platforms, streaming/events, EDI and API management; proficiency in relevant programming languages and frameworks. knowledge of cloud services and infrastructure.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and projects in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy
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Who We Are
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Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information.
