Product Owner - Searchspring
Portland, OR 97209
About the Job
Who we are
Searchspring provides e-commerce retailers with the industry-leading software platform for site search, product merchandising, and personalization. With offices in San Antonio, Denver, Colorado Springs, Portland, Bangalore, London, Melbourne, and remote across the globe, Searchspring employees are dedicated to fostering an environment that enables everyone to thrive, both personally and professionally, and feel supported, engaged, and valued every step of the way.
Backed by a growth equity firm with extensive resources and expertise in helping software and technology companies navigate transformational growth, Searchspring helps our customers, like PuraVida, Fabletics, SKIMS, West Elm, Specialized, and RipCurl increase cart size, conversion, and repeat customers. Join us as we change the way the world shops online and achieve our mission to deliver the ultimate shopper experience.
About the role
Effectively prioritize features and enhancements based on business value, customer impact, and technical feasibility.
Create, maintain, and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring it reflects the product strategy and vision.
Collaborate with stakeholders (e.g., implementations, engineering, sales, marketing, support, etc.) to gather requirements and understand their needs.
Retrieve and analyze feedback from customers and stakeholders to adjust the backlog, shape requirements features, and end products in response to changing business needs.
Leverage strong communication and organizational skills to manage expectations and ensure alignment among all parties involved in product development.
Identify and mitigate risks associated with product development, such as technical challenges, timeline delays, or scope creep, ensuring products are built to the highest standards, on time, and within budget.
Write detailed, easy to understand user stories and acceptance criteria.
Present work in a group setting and drive the pace of development projects.
Participate in daily team rituals (i.e., stand-ups, grooming sessions, planning, etc.).
You enjoy working with others and are a strong communicator who takes the time to interact with people across different disciplines. You have a keen sense of community and are always looking for new ways to expand the work of others.
You are an avid learner, and are eager to accept feedback to advance your knowledge and skills as part of a collaborative and supportive team.
When you find an issue you don't know how to fix, you research intensely to gather information and learn about the problem domain. You present your findings along with a recommended solution to a trusted team member.
What we"re looking for
Requirements
Minimum of 2 years of product related experience (i.e., product owner, product manager or business analyst).
Experience with agile methodologies such as scrum and kanban.
Detail oriented, highly motivated and self-directed.
Ability to present complex designs across technical and non-technical teams.
Strong collaborative and communication skills.
Responsive to feedback.
Experience working directly with engineering teams (onshore & offshore).
Experience in product development, requirements gathering, writing user stories, backlog management and prioritization and release management.
Passion for building great products and delivering value to customers.
Nice to have experience
Background in eCommerceto bring domain expertise to the role.
Knowledge of relational databases (e.g., MySQL) and proficiency in SQL.
UX/UI wireframing/design mock-ups.
Experience with Asana, Figma, Miro, Aha, GitHub, Metabase and/or Grafana
Open PTO
Company-paid health, dental, and vision insurance
Medical and dependent care health spending accounts (HSA)
Company-paid Short Term and Long Term Disability coverage
Company-paid Life and AD&D coverage
Voluntary benefits, including critical illness, accident insurance, legal services, and pet insurance
401(k) plan with employer match
$500 Charitable donation matching
$1000 Continuing education stipend
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