Product Owner - BLE/ LF Tags

Product Owner - BLE/LF Tags

Location: Eden Prairie, MN (Hybrid)

An Amazing Career Opportunity for a Product Owner - BLE/LF Tags!! The position will be responsible for product ownership of real-time location services (RTLS) tags using (but not limited to) Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) and low-frequency (LF) radio technologies. This includes tags that interact with fixed infrastructure (gateways/ exciters) and mobile devices, 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.

As our Product Owner - BLE/LF Tags, 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 tag hardware (includes electrical design, mechanical design, firmware, and device management)
• Working with development and operations teams to build product features, ensure acceptance criteria is met, and release features to market. Teams will include: electrical design (PCBA), mechanical design, firmware, QA/ testing, manufacturing and operations, and cloud engineering.
• Managing product roadmaps for BLE/ LF tags
• Working with fixed infrastructure (gateways/ exciters) POs and cloud software POs to develop full solutions
• Scoring and ranking features for prioritization and resource allocation
• Work with product managers to manage epics and define MVPs
• Defining user-personas, empathy maps, and user journeys
• Working with the Customer Experience (CX) team on product support documentation and customer support
• 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:

• 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 Agile frameworks
• Excellent communication and technical skills to develop relationships with business leaders, developers, sales, customers and channel partners, and customer support personnel
• Ability to communicate and write in the English language effectively and verbally
• Experience working with RTLS is preferred. Experience in working with Industrial, Manufacturing, and/ or Healthcare facilities is preferred.

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