Product Owner - Fixed Infrastructure

Product Owner - Fixed Infrastructure

An amazing career opportunity for a Product Owner Fixed Infrastructure!! Location: Eden Prairie, MN; Remote (US). The position will be responsible for product ownership of real-time location services (RTLS) fixed infrastructure hardware that uses (but not limited to) Bluetooth low-energy (BLE), WiFi, LoRa, ethernet, cellular, and low-frequency (LF) radio technologies. This includes gateways and exciters that interact with location tags in both indoor and outdoor environments, and are used with cloud solutions. The position includes gathering market requirements for RTLS use-cases in industrial and healthcare applications, converting these requirements into features for development teams, and working with the development teams to build these features and bring them to market. This position will also be responsible for participating in the organization's program increment planning, which includes feature generation, value-ranking, prioritization, and resource allocation. The suitable candidate will fulfill their duties related to the products they own, as well as be responsible for working with other product owners and product managers to drive organizational improvements, especially in the area of Agile frameworks, development value streams, and operational value streams.

HID powers the trusted identities of the world's people, places, and things, allowing people to transact safely, work productively and travel freely. We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin, TX, with over 4,500 worldwide employees. Identification Technologies (IDT): IDT is creating trusted identities for IoT applications through Smart Components and Enabling Services. HID's Identification Technologies powers the trusted identities of the world's people, places and things through smart components and cloud services. We make it possible for people and organizations to transact safely, work productively, and travel freely.

As our a Product Owner Fixed Infrastructure, you'll support HID's success by:

• Gathering market requirements for industrial/ manufacturing and health care users and generating product features with acceptance criteria for RTLS fixed infrastructure (including electrical design, mechanical design, firmware, and device management)
• Working with development and operations teams to build product features, ensure acceptance criteria is met, and releasing features to market. Teams will include: electrical design (PCBA), mechanical design, firmware, QA/ testing, manufacturing and operations, and cloud engineering.
• Scoring and ranking features for prioritization and resource allocation
• Working with product managers to manage epics and define MVPs
• Managing product roadmaps for RTLS fixed infrastructure
• Defining user-personas, empathy maps, and user journeys
• Working with location tag POs and cloud software POs to develop full solutions
• Working with the Customer Experience (CX) team on product support documentation and customer support, as well as project deployment guidelines and best practices
• Working with the sales teams for voice-of-the-customer, product training, and sales enablement
• Driving organizational change through contributing to program increment (PI) planning and improving the use of Agile tools and methodologies

Your experience and background include:

• Bachelor's degree from four-year College or University, engineering degree preferred
• Candidates with an equivalent education plus relevant work experience may also be considered
• Experience working in a technology industry with an aptitude for understanding technical product details and specifications
• 10+ years of experience in engineering design, product management, and/ or product ownership of hardware products
• Strong hardware and RF technical background, and familiarity with electrical design, mechanical design, firmware, QA/ testing, and manufacturing/ operations
• Experience in deployments of wireless technologies within industrial and/ or healthcare facilities
• Experience in Agile frameworks
• Excellent communication and technical skills to develop relationships with business leaders, developers, sales, customers and channel partners, and customer support personnel

What we can offer you:

• Competitive salary and rewards package
• Competitive benefits and annual leave offering, allowing for work-life balance
• A vibrant, welcoming & inclusive culture
• Extensive career development opportunities and resources to maximize your potential

To be a part of a global organization that is pioneering the hardware, software and services that allow people to confidently navigate the physical and digital worlds