Product Owner, PDI Technologies
Retail convenience and petroleum wholesale solutions
Job no longer available
Retail convenience and petroleum wholesale solutions
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help fuel and convenience businesses increase productivity, profitability, loyalty, and security by Connecting Convenience.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s degree or 3 years of experience as a project administrator in the information technology or related field OR equivalent experience
- 2 - 5 years of experience working as a business analyst, product manager, product owner or similar role
- At least 4 years of experience working as an Agile product owner
- Highly motivated self-starter with a desire to help others, take action and seek out resources to excel within the role
- Requires strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into non-technical terms
- Ability to independently work as a contributing member in a high-paced and focused team
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize tasks with competing deadlines
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with the ability to work under pressure
- Ability to socialize ideas and influence decisions without direct authority
- Collaborative in nature with a strong desire to dig in and learn independently and as well as through asking questions
- Considers ‘best-practice’ standards, as well as departmental policies and procedures
- Excellent organizational, time management and multi-tasking skills
- Understanding of product and sprint backlog tracking, burn-down metrics, velocity, and work breakdowns
- Understands the fundamentals of software development processes and procedures
- Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
- Creative thinker with a vision
- Excellent attention to details
- In-depth knowledge of Agile process and principles
- Domain experience in the Convenience Retail Industry, ERP, Logistics or Financial transaction processing solutions preferred
- Prior experience in Product Management, Product Owner, or Business Analyst role for a consumer-focused mobile app, website, and CRM (Customer Relationships Management) tool is highly desired
What the job involves
- PDI Technologies is looking for a Product Owner to help manage multiple simultaneous projects of varying sizes from start to finish for our consumer facing solutions
- The Product Owner (PO) is a critical member of an agile development team that drives the team to deliver high quality, high value features and functions
- As a PO, you will help shape our product features and requirements while working closely with Agile engineering teams, Product Managers, customers, and business stakeholders to build high quality products for our target markets
- Stay aligned with and contribute to the product vision, roadmaps and priorities
- Work closely with Support to understand and prioritize customer reported issues
- Work closely with system users (customers, partners, consulting) to understand product needs and translate into actionable user stories
- Work with technical astuteness, be detailed oriented and proactive in driving closure and optimizing throughput of development teams
- Serve as a product evangelist, particularly with Product Managers and Business teams, to help them understand the best practices of using the platform
- Contribute and develop documentation for new features including user interface mockups, process and data sequence diagrams
- Attend sprint planning meetings, work with the team to define sprint goals
- Guide agile teams in breaking down user stories and defining acceptance criteria
- Ensure that product backlogs are prioritized, and properly balanced between product and maintenance
- Collaborate with teams to review output during sprints, answer questions about desired functionality/outcomes
- Ensure the team has the appropriate number of stories in the backlog prepared for sprint planning, monitor ready stories vs. velocity
- Conduct backlog refinement meetings, sprint reviews and product demos
- Manage product backlog in ALM tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, etc
- Author and publish product release notes and customer notifications
- Own Release Planning
Our take
Powering the solutions and insights that serve as the backbone of the convenience retail and petroleum wholesale ecosystem is PDI Technologies. Founded almost 40 years ago, Professional Datasolutions Inc was acquired by PDI Software in 2018, and the company has since rebranded to PDI Technologies in late 2022.
The company’s platform has added significant enterprise offerings to the market – including payments, promotion and offer engagement, security, advanced insights, and more – to its 200,000+ customers across 50 countries. Its customer initiatives include the Fuel Rewards program and GasBuddy, connecting more than 20 million active users to the broader convenience ecosystem.
PDI Technologies has been very progressive in its ability to adapt to the rapidly evolving convenience retail industry. The company has nearly doubled its workforce since 2020, with growth stemming from its global expansion efforts, acquisitions, and accelerated product investments. Its expanding suite of integrations and solutions has PDI well set to see further accelerated growth.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Comprehensive Benefits Package Including Health, Dental, and Vision Coverage
- Flexible Work Environment w/ Remote Work Opportunities
- Matching Group Retirement Savings Plan
- PTO
- Full access to Linked-In Learning
- Quarterly Self-Investment Allowance
- And More (Varies by Position & Location)
Company HQ
Alpharetta, GA
Leadership
Jimmy Frangis
(CEO, not founder)Previously served as the company's COO before being promoted to CEO in 2017. Worked in a variety of roles at NCR Corporation, including VP & GM of Payments-Security & Cloud Services.
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