Sr Data Product Owner (Boston, MA - Hybrid)

Join a high-performing, tight-knit team at a fast-growing company that is using the Internet of Things (IOT) to transform how organizations sense, monitor, and make decisions. Founded out of MIT in 2005, Smart Sense is trusted by more than 2,000 organizations, including Walmart, SpaceX, Apple, CVS Health, Coca-Cola, and the US State Department to help them make sensor-driven decisions. We have a solution that our customers rely on every day to make mission critical decisions; we are looking for team-oriented change agents to help shape the future of IOT.

Position

We are looking for a Senior Data Product Owner to join a fast-paced team in expanding a set of Internet of Things (IoT) Sensing as a Service innovative solutions that deliver dynamic and personalized asset monitoring, process digitization, and digital decisioning across key verticals. As a key member of the Product team, you will be responsible for managing the development, use, and performance of our data products. You will work closely with data scientists, data engineers, and data analysts, and bridge the gap between business needs and technical capabilities. You will also ensure data products are aligned with our customer's strategic goals and optimize data processing and analytics to derive valuable insights for decision-making.

The Senior Data PO will work closely with Product Managers to transform the strategic product roadmap into a well-defined set of features and then deliver on them successfully from one release to the next. You will interface with customers and internal stakeholders to continuously understand and identify business problems and ensure we are building solutions that meet their needs while delivering with quality and an unrivaled user experience.

The ideal candidate will be highly collaborative with the ability to lead cross-functionally and inspire our teams while remaining focused on results and value creation. The candidate will possess the technical skills to work comfortably with our engineers while balancing a big-picture vision that can be communicated to our leaders.

What You Will Do

• Collaborate with Product Managers to formulate our product vision, strategy, and roadmap
• Define data product requirements and objectives
• Coordinate with data teams to develop and maintain data products
• Monitor data product performance and usage
• Ensure data quality and compliance with data governance policies and regulations
• Foster collaboration between data professionals, business stakeholders, and technical teams
• Own the product backlog, balancing conflicting priorities to determine prioritization
• Own the release planning and sprint planning processes, including setting release and sprint goals, and successfully delivering on those goals
• Provide an active role in mitigating risks and issues impacting successful team completion of release and sprint goals
• Ensure acceptance criteria are met with current release and conduct sprint reviews from a business/customer perspective.
• Produce documentation with Product Managers and Marketing to support development, launch, support, services, and sales and marketing initiatives
• Perform detailed product demonstrations for external and internal audiences to communicate the benefits of the solution
• Serve as a subject matter expert to assist with sales and support as needed

Who You Are and What You Bring

• Drive & Grit - Operate in a fast-paced environment with a focus and determination to achieve high-quality results
• Strategic Thinker - determine opportunities and threats through comprehensive analysis of current and future trends with the ability to see and communicate the big picture in an inspiring way
• Product Focus - Translate market and customer feedback into requirements, driving product delivery through an agile release process
• Customer Focused - passionate about creating value for our customers

Minimum Qualifications

• 5 years of experience as a Data Product Owner or Product Manager
• Bachelor's in computer science, Engineering, or similar field
• Significant experience and In-depth knowledge of Agile processes and principals
• Ability to balance conflicting priorities and negotiate a backlog with engineers and leadership
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Cross-functional leadership - Lead and drive execution across Development, Product Management, Support, and Customer Success

Desired But Not Required

• Familiarity with AWS, Google and Microsoft cloud computing and analytics offerings
• Understanding of Machine Learning solutions
• Experience in Food Service or Healthcare software and Data Management a plus
• Experience with IoT software solutions a plus
• Certifications: Agile, Pragmatic Marketing, Scrum Product Owner

Smart Sense by Digi offers a distinctive Total Rewards package including new hire stock award, paid parental leave, open (uncapped) PTO, and hybrid work environment in addition to our competitive medical, health & wellbeing and compensation offerings.

At Digi, we embrace diversity and inclusion among our teammates. It is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. We are committed to providing an environment of respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates.