Product Owner, Advanced

Overview:

At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges.

Being part of Zebra Nation means you are seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our unique perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are part of a team pushing boundaries today to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve.

You’ll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward-thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about—locally and globally.

Come make an impact every day at Zebra.

What We're Looking For:

In this rapidly evolving world, Zebra Technologies is always looking for new ways to disrupt the status quo, go to market faster, and optimize customer experiences. We are seeking an experienced, high-caliber Advanced Product Owner to help lead this mission. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring the success of a project in Scrum. The product owner is responsible for managing and optimizing the product backlog in order to maximize the value of the product and ensure product vision is met. We need someone who has an entrepreneurial mindset for distilling business value and goals into roadmaps and refined product backlogs. Most important, we need a product owner who can help us build better products that people love to use.

Objectives of this role

• Lead team scrums to define product vision, roadmap, and growth opportunities, effectively communicating with stakeholders throughout the development lifecycle.
• Develop a deep understanding of Zebra's products, competitive landscape, and customer needs to align the product roadmap with strategic business goals.
• Work closely with product managers and business teams to create and maintain the product backlog according to business value, ROI, and customer impact.
• Act as a highly collaborative bridge between engineering teams and business stakeholders, ensuring seamless alignment on requirements, timelines, and technical constraints.
• Stay ahead of market trends, emerging technologies, and Agile/Scrum best practices to continually elevate team velocity and product quality.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the communication link between the customer, product manager, and development team. Be the ultimate embodiment of and advocate for the customer's voice inside the development team.
• Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics, and themes to ensure work aligns with product strategy. 
• Build and set production process priorities to ensure the development team focuses on high-impact items.
• Work closely with development teams to oversee new product development, validating that development is exactly on spec and mitigating roadblocks to achieve sprint/release goals.
• Drive innovation by identifying and leveraging emerging technologies (including AI and machine learning) to create competitive differentiation in our product offerings.
• Actively participate in all team meetings with internal stakeholders to ensure the development process follows the ratified product roadmap. 
• Provide constructive feedback to Product Managers to continuously refine this roadmap.
• Serve as a product ambassador internally and externally, sharing knowledge, answering questions, and supporting product launches by providing a comprehensive understanding of the value proposition.
• Mentor and guide junior team members and peers, sharing Agile best practices, industry knowledge, and product expertise.

Required skills and qualifications

• 10 + years of experience in product development, product ownership, or a closely related field.
• Deep expertise in Agile methodologies and frameworks and tools, including extensive experience operating within Scrum.
• Practical experience utilizing AI-driven tools to accelerate and improve effeciency.
• Outstanding communication, presentation, and leadership skills.
• Ability to effectively manage conflicting needs of stakeholders and maintain strong business acumen and customer orientation.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make data-driven decisions that balance customer needs with business goals.

Preferred skills and qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent work experience) in a related discipline; Advanced Degree is a plus.
• Proficiency with applicable project management tools and technology

Benefits:

We understand the importance of work-life balance and wellbeing, which is why we offer flexibility for our teams including: hybrid work, adaptable hours, Summer Flex Fridays, Focus Fridays, and an annual companywide well-being day to promote revitalization and success.

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