Senior Product Owner - Costing and Rebates

Role Description

As a Senior Product Owner on the Boundary Applications team, you will own the strategy, vision, and roadmap for Ferguson’s Costing and Rebates capabilities - systems that directly impact costing capabilities, margin improvements, rebate accuracy, and financial outcomes across the enterprise. This role operates at the intersection of business, finance, and technology, requiring close partnership with Finance, Accounting, and operational stakeholders to define, prioritize, and deliver solutions that support complex costing models, rebate structures, and related financial processes. You will translate sophisticated business requirements into actionable product direction, guide technical teams through delivery, and ensure solutions balance speed, scalability, and financial integrity. The ideal candidate brings experience leading revenue‑ or cost‑impacting products in fast‑paced environments, thrives amid ambiguity, and takes direct accountability for delivering measurable business value.

Location: This role is approved to be either Remote within the United States or Hybrid for associates in Newport News, VA, in accordance with company policy.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Help to define your product's vision and strategy.
• Determine stakeholder needs by specifying the research needed to obtain market information.
• Implement comprehensive, competitive analyses and market validation across multiple customers/products, contributing to deep stakeholder understanding of customers and markets to find adjacencies, and impactful new market opportunities.
• Manage and communicate a detailed roadmap for your product.
• Use qualitative and quantitative research to drive business value and roadmap prioritization.
• Identify and prioritize opportunities to improve operational efficiency and drive business value.
• Collaborate closely with the business, Finance and Accounting teams to define, document and prioritize requirements, ensuring business needs are met and exceeded.
• Communicate clearly to business leaders on changes, how they are affected, and how these changes are aligned with the company's overall goals.
• Work closely with Project Management to make sure product is on time and scoped properly.
• Coordinate alignment between delivery teams, internal customer groups, and leadership throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Monitor and manage overall product health through analytics and stakeholder feedback sessions and provide commentary to leadership on an ongoing basis.
• Create and maintain a work environment that promotes customer service, collaboration, performance feedback, individual recognition, mutual respect, and employee satisfaction ensuring quality hiring, training, and succession planning processes that encompass Ferguson's diversity commitment.
• Perform all other job-related duties as requested.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Information Systems, Business, or equivalent experience is required.
• 2-5 years Product Management experience, Finance and/or Oracle Fusion experience preferred.
• Some relevant experience required in product lifecycle management.
• Developing technical knowledge of applying Waterfall and Agile Methodologies.
• Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on quality execution.
• Customer centered approach to sophisticated business/user problems.
• Performance mentality to drive outcomes and results.
• Self-motivated and capable of uplifting and motivating a multi-functional team.
• Experience in Horizontal leadership to get results that capture our customers’ needs and drive business results.
• Experience gaining alignment and prioritization across multiple customer groups.
• Experience in waterfall and agile product development methodologies.
• Adaptable and proactively able to move with change while maintaining a positive demeanor.
• Good communication and leadership experience.

Requirements

• Problem solving—when something is broken, you can assess the situation and fix it quickly and efficiently!
• Interpersonal skills—you play nice with others: you can maintain discretion, contribute ideas, and disagree nicely.
• Oral communication—you have the ability to talk with others to exchange information, ask constructive questions, and explain your exciting ideas.
• Written communication—you can effectively edit your work for spelling and grammar and are able to present information in a way that is easy to read and understand.
• Planning/organizing—you know what should be at the top of your to-do list and how to get through it in a timely manner.
• Quality control—you know how to check yourself before you wreck yourself; you're thorough and produce quality work.
• Adaptability—you can roll with the punches and you welcome change.
• Dependability—you get to work on time, get your work done, and are always open to give and receive feedback.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid time off.
• Life insurance.
• 401(k) with a company match.
• Mental health coverage.
• Gender affirming and family building benefits.
• Paid parental leave.
• Associate discounts.
• Community involvement opportunities.