IT Product Owner

Job Description

Join one of the fastest growing companies in America, recently recognized as an Inc. 5000 award-winning company with more than 400 percent growth over the past three years. Silencer Central is passionate about the compliancy, knowledge and community education in firearm sound suppression and making silencer buying simple since 2005. Apply today!

Classification: Full time; Exempt

Shift: Monday – Friday, core hours 8:30am-5:00pm

Job Summary:

At Silencer Central, we believe that Customers + Integrity = Winning. The IT Product Owner is a critical role in Agile project management, responsible for maximizing the value of the product created by the development team. Acting as a bridge between stakeholders and the development team, the PO ensures that the product aligns with business goals and user needs. This role involves decision-making authority over the product backlog and prioritizing tasks based on value and impact, guiding the team toward successful product delivery.

Essential Functions:

• Delivers written and oral communication, responds to questions and concerns, and produce specific outcomes and impact.
• Continuously gather, understand, and represent customer feedback and expectations. Communicate these insights to the team to ensure the product meets user needs and preferences.
• Clearly articulates the long-term vision and goals of the product, ensuring that every feature aligns with the overall strategy and user needs.
• Monitors industry trends and directions and discusses possible impact on internal strategies.
• Owns the product backlog by creating, refining, and prioritizing tasks. Ensure that the most valuable and impactful work is addressed first, considering both business and user priorities.
• Analyze existing systems, processes, and data to identify improvement opportunities. 
• Provide direction for development sprints, offering clarity on acceptance criteria and ensuring that each increment delivers real value. Be available to answer questions and offer feedback to keep the team on track.
• Make decisions based on the highest possible return on investment (ROI), balancing user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility to drive the most impactful product developments.

• Oversee the planning and timing of product releases, ensuring readiness and alignment with organizational goals and timelines.

   

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in business or a related field required
• Minimum 5 years of experience in business analysis required
• Accountability - Understanding of the importance of being accountable and ability to focus on those activities that have the greatest impact on meeting work commitments.
• Collaborating - Knowledge of collaborative techniques and ability to promote a culture of information sharing and working together to solve business problems and meet business goals.
• Communication - Understanding of the importance of insightful listening, communicating and ability to provide information and messages in a way that produces clarity and impact.
• Continuous Learning - Understanding of the rationale behind the necessity to continually learn and grow and the ability to seek performance feedback and identify approaches to improve own performance and that of others.
• Customer Focus - Knowledge of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and ability to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
• Industry Knowledge - Knowledge of the organization's industry group, trends, directions, major issues, regulatory considerations, and trendsetters; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
• Innovation - Understanding of the value of innovation and ability to develop new ideas and initiatives that improve the performance of the organization.
• Teamwork - Knowledge of the necessity and value of teamwork; experience with and ability to participate effectively as part of a team.
• Exceptional ability to position and “sell” solutions that are reasonable, actionable, and cost-effective, including the ability to properly gauge the requirements and “plug” the appropriate solution.
• Forward-thinking and resourceful to skirt red tape and ensure solutions are brought to fruition and requirements are closed properly.
• Ability to problem solve and apply methodologies such as Unified Modeling Language and Rational Unified Process, to prepare detailed specifications using case statements and related documentation
• People skills, with the ability to engage diplomatically with stakeholders and communicate changes that may not be aligned with the original expectations
• Knowledge of proper requirements specification and development, such as process/functional requirements definition methods, JAD/RAD sessions, use case development, process flow diagrams

• Working knowledge of Agile and Waterfall Methodologies

   

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS:

Salary: $70,000 - $90,000 DOE. Silencer Central offers a competitive total compensation package that includes:

• Unlimited PTO
• Company Paid Holidays
• Health insurance: Copayment Plus Plan or High Deductible Health Plan with $1500-$3000 HRA Contribution
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• LTD and STD insurance
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• EAP
• Colonial Life
• 401(k) with company match
• Employee Discount Program

• Free snacks and drinks

   

Apply today and join our amazing team! Our business is growing, and we need motivated people to help us continue our success!