Product Owner

Fluidra is seeking a Product Owner that will support our IoT equipment product roadmap. This position will be based out of our North American Headquarters in Carlsbad, CA.

WHAT YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE

We are seeking a Product Owner with Scrum-Agile experience to drive execution against our IoT equipment product roadmap. This role will interface directly with the members of a cross-functional Agile Software Team to design and communicate requirements, monitor, and consult on feature development, and ensure the finished product delivers the desired user experience.

The ideal candidate for this role thrives in a dynamic work environment and enjoys communicating with a wide variety of stakeholders. This role wants to make a difference and understands their work is critical to execution against our IoT product strategy. Additionally, you will:

• User Advocacy: build a strong understanding of our customers and users to empathize with their goals/challenges and advocate for their experiences.
• Product Direction: clearly communicate the product vision for each release and sprint so that the team understands and is equipped to realize it; collaborate with UI/UX development to create wireframes and UI designs to augment user story development.
• Product Requirements: create user stories and acceptance tests from themes and features granular enough for a single sprint; prioritize and sequence user stories, bugs, and tasks into a product backlog.
• Product Development: lead the sprint planning meetings for the development team; create the sprint backlog using prioritized user stories from the product backlog.
• Acceptance Testing: Test delivered user stories to ensure compliance with acceptance criteria; lead demonstration of working features to stakeholders at the conclusion of each sprint.
• Team Communication: participate in sprint planning, estimating, daily stand-ups, and sprint retrospectives; is consistently accessible to the development team throughout the sprint for questions and collaborative problem solving.
• Stakeholder Management: Work collaboratively with Product Managers and execute against the PM’s product vision/strategy; participate in release planning; communicate sprint and release progress, ensuring process transparency; capture stakeholder feedback to refine user story backlog and prioritization.

WHAT WE SEEK

• 3+ years of Agile Product Owner experience OR in-depth familiarity with Jandy Automation & Equipment
• Thorough understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures
• Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle
• Ability to effectively communicate user needs through user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Ability to understand technical issues, connectivity technologies, and the Internet of Things
• Collaborative and comfortable in a team environment
• Self-directed and driven, with the ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously with minimal supervision.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and comfortable delivering presentations.
• Excellent negotiation skills; be decisive and assertively advocate for user experience as part of the product vision.
• Ability to be flexible as needs change; move seamlessly between strategic and the tactical with a focus on the end-user needs.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
• Scrum Product Owner certification (CSPO or similar) is preferred.
• Familiarity with Atlassian JIRA project tracking software is preferred.
• Familiarity with IoT, home automation, industrial automation, or related is a plus.

EDUCATION

Bachelor's degree, preferably in marketing/business management, computer science, or engineering

WHAT WE OFFER 

An exciting opportunity to dive in and begin your career with a company that offers a competitive total rewards package that includes: 

• Alternate work week schedule (EVERY OTHER FRIDAY OFF!)
• Flexible vacation policy
• Full range of health benefits including medical, dental & vision, short & long-term disability
• 401(K) matching (100% of first 3% contributed, 50% of the next 2%)
• Health and wellness programs / gym reimbursement
• Educational assistance up to $7,000 per year
• On-site self-service café / free gourmet coffee stations
• Company sponsored FUN events!
• On-site gym, ping-pong, foosball, outdoor bocce ball court, BBQ & firepit
• Generous product discounts

WHO WE ARE

Fluidra is a publicly listed company focused on developing innovative products, services and IoT solutions for the residential, commercial and wellness pool markets, globally. The company operates in over 45 countries, has over 7,000 employees and owns a portfolio of some of the industry’s most recognized and trusted brands: Polaris®, Jandy®, CMP, S.R. Smith, and Zodiac®. We also sell products under the Cover‐Pools®, iAquaLink®, Grand Effects®, Dell® and Nature2® names. With these combined resources we’re able accelerate innovation in critical areas like energy-efficiency, robotics and the Internet of Things.

Our focus is on creating the perfect pool and wellness experience responsibly. We take our mission to heart, and our employees embody these guiding principles in everything we do: passion for success, honesty & trust, customer collaboration, teamwork and inclusion, learn and adapt, excellence and innovation.

Don't meet every single requirement listed? At Fluidra, we thrive on building an inclusive workspace, so if you are excited about this role and your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may be just the right candidate for this role or another role in the organization. Fluidra is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Fluidra recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.

Expected salary range is $90,000 - $120,000. Fluidra offers a comprehensive total rewards / benefits program that includes base salary, annual bonus based on performance of individual and company objectives, competitive 401K matching, paid vacation and sick time, full range of health benefits, educational assistance, etc. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including skills, qualifications, experience and location. Your recruiter will provide additional details on our compensation and total rewards program.

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