Product Owner

Job Summary:

If you are a professional looking for an opportunity to work with the global Emerson Systems and Software organization, this is a stimulating opportunity for you! As the Product Owner, you will play a key role in driving the development and delivery of innovative software solutions for the process automation industry. You will serve as the connection between product strategy and software delivery, collaborating with product, business, and technology teams to translate customer and business needs into valuable outcomes. Working within a SAFe Agile environment, you will help shape priorities, guide development teams, and contribute to the creation of modern solutions across cloud, web, and desktop platforms. This position offers the opportunity to work with global stakeholders, influence product direction, and deliver solutions that create meaningful value for customers.

In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Partner with Product Management and key stakeholders to understand product vision, customer needs, business objectives, and roadmap priorities, translating them into actionable direction for development teams.

• Support Program Increment (PI) planning activities by refining features and user stories, identifying dependencies and risks, and contributing to meaningful business outcomes.

• Manage and continuously refine the team backlog to balance customer value, business priorities, technical requirements, quality improvements, and team capacity.

• Develop clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and supporting requirements that enable effective and efficient software delivery.

• Help teams understand the customer impact and business value behind planned functionality, enabling informed prioritization and decision-making.

• Gather and incorporate customer and stakeholder feedback to enhance usability, reliability, and overall product experience.

• Collaborate across development, quality, architecture, operations, and security teams to coordinate work, address dependencies, and support successful delivery outcomes.

• Review completed work against defined acceptance criteria and intended business results, leveraging feedback and lessons learned to improve future planning.

• Communicate effectively with global stakeholders, providing clarity on priorities, progress, risks, and key decisions.

• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of Agile practices, team collaboration, and delivery effectiveness.

Who You Are:

You understand internal and external stakeholder requirements, expectations, and needs. You make sound decisions, even in the absence of complete information. You gain insight into customer needs

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

• Minimum of 4 years’ experience working in product ownership, product management, business analysis, software delivery, or a similar role supporting software development teams.

• Experience managing and refining product backlogs, creating user stories and acceptance criteria, and supporting iterative software development processes.

• Working knowledge of Agile methodologies and SAFe practices, including backlog refinement, Program Increment planning, dependency management, and continuous improvement activities.

• Ability to translate customer and business needs into clear, actionable requirements that support successful product outcomes.

• Strong planning, facilitation, stakeholder engagement, negotiation, and decision-making skills.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across technical and non-technical teams.

• Flexibility to collaborate with global stakeholders across different time zones when required to support key planning and delivery activities.

Preferred Qualifications That Set You Apart:

• Experience serving as a Product Owner for SaaS, cloud-based, or enterprise software solutions.

• Experience working within a SAFe environment, including participation in Program Increment planning and execution.

• Familiarity with Azure DevOps or similar product backlog and lifecycle management tools.

• Knowledge of industrial automation, SCADA, distributed control systems, IoT, IIoT, telemetry, or operational technology environments.

• Experience collaborating with globally distributed product and engineering teams.

• Relevant Agile or Product Ownership certifications, such as SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager, Certified Scrum Product Owner, or similar credentials.

Our Culture and Commitment To You:

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results. 

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing competitive benefits plans, a variety of medical insurance plans, Employee Assistance Program, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave

WHY EMERSON 

Our Commitment to Our People

At Emerson, we are motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps our diverse, multicultural teams across the world drive innovation that makes the world healthier, safer, smarter, and more sustainable. And we want you to join us in our bold aspiration.

We have built an engaged community of inquisitive, dedicated people who thrive knowing they are welcomed, trusted, celebrated, and empowered to solve the world’s most complex problems — for our customers, our communities, and the planet. You’ll contribute to this vital work while further developing your skills through our award-winning employee development programs. We are a proud corporate citizen in every city where we operate and are committed to our people, our communities, and the world at large. We take this responsibility seriously and strive to make a positive impact through every endeavor.

At Emerson, you’ll see firsthand that our people are at the center of everything we do. So, let’s go. Let’s think differently. Learn, collaborate, and grow. Seek opportunity. Push boundaries. Be empowered to make things better. Speed up to break through. Let’s go, together.

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ABOUT EMERSON 

Emerson is a global leader in automation technology and software. Through our deep domain expertise and legacy of flawless execution, Emerson helps customers in critical industries like life sciences, energy, power and renewables, chemical and advanced factory automation operate more sustainably while improving productivity, energy security and reliability.

With global operations and a comprehensive portfolio of software and technology, we are helping companies implement digital transformation to measurably improve their operations, conserve valuable resources and enhance their safety.

We offer equitable opportunities, celebrate diversity, and embrace challenges with confidence that, together, we can make an impact across a broad spectrum of countries and industries. Whether you’re an established professional looking for a career change, an undergraduate student exploring possibilities, or a recent graduate with an advanced degree, you’ll find your chance to make a difference with Emerson. Join our team – let’s go!

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