Product Owner

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Product Owner to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading and driving the research and development efforts for QAD s Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) solution. As a Product Owner, you will be a crucial link between the business stakeholders, RD teams, and technical development teams, ensuring that our Foreign-Trade Zone solutions are innovative, competitive, profitable, and meet the evolving needs of our clients.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Product Vision: Work closely with Product Management to develop and maintain a clear product vision, strategy, and roadmap for our Foreign-Trade Zone products. This includes understanding market trends, legislative landscape, client feedback, and technology advancements.

2. Requirements Gathering: Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and prioritize product requirements, ensuring alignment with business objectives and client needs.

3. RD Alignment: Collaborate and work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery of product features and enhancements.

4. Feature Definition: Create detailed feature specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria, ensuring a clear understanding of the desired outcomes for development teams.

5. Prioritization: Prioritize product features based on incremental revenue, strategic value, competitive differentiation, client impact, and technical feasibility.

6. Iteration Planning: Participate in Agile development processes, define sprint goals, and ensure the teams work aligns with the product roadmap.

7. Product Testing: Collaborate with quality assurance and testing teams to ensure product quality, and conduct user acceptance testing.

8. Market and Competitive Analysis: Continuously monitor the FTZ market and competitive landscape to identify opportunities for product improvement and innovation. This may include Thomson Reuters, Descartes, MIC, E2Open, OCR-inc and others. Digest FTZ intelligence from analysts, thoughtleaders, and competitors to be aware of new trends and technologies.

9. User Experience (UX): Work with UX/UI designers to create user-friendly and visually appealing interfaces, considering user needs and feedback.

10. Stakeholder Communication: Maintain open and transparent communication with stakeholders, ensuring that they are informed about the products progress and any potential issues.

11. Product Launch: Plan and execute product launches, including go-to-market strategies, user training, and documentation.

12. Product Performance Tracking: Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess the products success and make data-driven decisions for further improvements.