Associate Product Owner

Full-time

Description

Position Overview:

Under the direction of the Director of Web R&D the Associate Product Owner supports the product team in delivering high-quality features ensuring smooth cross-functional collaboration and maintaining clear organized product documentation. This role is ideal for someone who is highly organized detail-oriented customer service-focused and proactive. The Associate Product Owner at Johnson Health Tech will partner across global teams to not only support our existing fitness platforms but also design build & deliver the next generation of fitness products. The Associate Product Owner is intended to be an introductory role for the Product Owner I II and III positions.

Responsibilities:

Product Triage & Testing:

Monitor production issues assist in triage and help facilitate resolution with applicable teams such as DQA console software overseas R&D teams factory or SBUs.

Identify patterns in issues and proactively surface risks or improvement opportunities.

Assist in hands-on testing of new features prior to Product Owner approval ensuring functionality aligns with requirements and software is in working order.

Backlog Support:

Support the Product Owner team by assisting in maintaining Jira boards including creating and updating epics stories versions and workflows.

Partner with the Product Owner team to refine acceptance criteria and ensure requirements are clear and actionable.

Support the prioritization process by ensuring backlog items are well-defined organized and ready for development.

Ensure the DPD projects are accurately reflected in Jira and other Johnson internal documentation.

Meetings & Communication:

Exceptional customer service: Treat everyone in R&D (mechanical/electrical engineers DQA embedded product owners scrummasters PMs etc) kindly fairly and with respect at all times.

Plan coordinate and facilitate recurring team ceremonies with a Scrum-like approach

Organize and capture within Confluence detailed meeting notes follow-ups and outcomes; ensure decisions and discussions are documented dispersed and easily accessible.

Communicate dependencies risks and timelines to appropriate partners.

Document obtain approvals and communicate the outage report and findings

Release Support:

Support release planning by coordinating release communication and validating release readiness before the release and post-release

Product Ownership:

May manage features or products with a low degree of scope and complexity

Work in conjunction with and take direction from Product Owners or Agile Coach in support of the outlined work for a team or multiple teams

Continuous Learning:

The Associate Product Owner should never stop learning new skills about the product owner role agile software development leadership communication tools and other business acumen skills.

Other Duties as Assigned

Requirements

Education:

Minimum of a 4-year degree in computer science engineering information systems or related field OR a minimum of 2 years equivalent experience.

Experience:

2 years of experience in roles related to product development project coordination or software delivery is ideal.

Benefits:

We offer an excellent compensation package and team-oriented work environment with growth opportunities. Some of our outstanding benefits include:

Health & Dental Insurance

Company paid Life Insurance

401(k)

Paid Time Off benefits

Product discounts

Wellness programs

Required Experience:

IC