Job Description
What you will do
Have a deep understanding of customer needs (internal and external), as well as engineering needs, and have the ability to build products that meet the needs of both audiences.
Deeply understand the needs of current and target customers/engineers through quantitative and qualitative customer research. Passionately represent the voice of the customer and engineering community to internal teams.
Drive adherence to processes and procedures to ensure the work a scrum team is delivering is aligned with our strategy and priorities.
Working with cross-functional teams and prioritizing features and investments to get the maximum customer value.
Create, implement and communicate the scrum team backlog to achieve the goals and strategy for the assigned product area.
Own the scrum team's backlog and prioritize product enhancements, customer and internal requests by making inquisitive, decisive trade-offs using data-driven analysis and sound judgment.
Proactively conceive, document and drive the creation of new features. Build use cases, user stories, and detailed product requirements that clearly articulate desired product functionality.
Collaborate with UI Architects, Development, QA, Doc, UX and other Product Owners to deliver great products to our internal and external customers.
Manage features through their entire lifecycle including requirements definition, design, implementation, documentation and release.
Communicate proactively to encourage teamwork and cooperation between cross-functional teams and mediate conflicts when vital.
Provide value by ensuring the health, happiness, efficiency, and effectiveness of the scrum team.
Responsibilities
We encourage you to apply if you have most (or all!) of the following
At least 2 years of product owner/technical product management/product development/technical professional services experience.
A solid understanding of the product development lifecycle and product management processes.
Bachelor's or Master's degree or relevant experience in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) is preferred.
Deep understanding of software development industry standard frameworks (Scaled Agile, Lean, Design thinking, SAFe, OKRs, etc).
Great teammate, comfortable working and collaborating with other Product Owners to achieve common goals.
Excellent prioritization skills. Ability to create a winning backlog and roadmap to achieve business goals while making difficult tradeoff decisions.
Ability to make recommendations and decisions independently and make convincing arguments for the direction of the products.
Passion for and ability to understand customer needs and deliver great solutions. A track record for building products with exceptional user experience.
Excellent communication. A track record of successfully working with a combination of local and remote development and QA team to deliver quality products.
Strong organizational skills: task prioritization, effective time management, meeting facilitation, conflict resolution, and risk identification and mitigation.
Comfortable with change; agent of change when the need is recognized.
Not constrained by role definition; contributes wherever needed to make NetSuite a success
We also value
Familiarity with general programming languages and concepts.
Experience building web-based applications is preferred.
JavaScript or other scripting language experience is preferred.
Previous product owner experience on an internal platform team.
Previous experience in an engineering position (developer, QA, team lead, etc).
Experience defining component libraries built with JSX and Virtual DOM engines like React/Preact.
Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) processes and version control systems.
Does this sound like you? If so, we hope to meet you!
About Us
An Oracle career can span industries, roles, Countries and cultures, giving you the opportunity to flourish in new roles and innovate, while blending work life in. Oracle has thrived through 40+ years of change by innovating and operating with integrity while delivering for the top companies in almost every industry.
In order to nurture the talent that makes this happen, we are committed to an inclusive culture that celebrates and values diverse insights and perspectives, a workforce that inspires thought leadership and innovation.
Oracle offers a highly competitive suite of Employee Benefits designed on the principles of parity, consistency, and affordability. The overall package includes certain core elements such as Medical, Life Insurance, access to Retirement Planning, and much more. We also encourage our employees to engage in the culture of giving back to the communities where we live and do business.
At Oracle, we believe that innovation starts with diversity and inclusion and to create the future we need talent from various backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to successfully participate in the job application, interview process, and in potential roles. to perform crucial job functions.
That’s why we’re committed to creating a workforce where all individuals can do their best work. It’s when everyone’s voice is heard and valued that we’re inspired to go beyond what’s been done before.
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