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Sysco

Product Owner

Sysco, Houston, Texas, United States, 77246

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Summary Delivers value to Business and BT stakeholders through the planning, execution, and delivery of high-quality software products and product enhancements through leading and mentoring an agile Product team. Develop and lead a team of people with a focus on skills and deliverables. Oversee and take accountability for team’s actions, providing day‑to‑day hands‑on direction. Engage directly with customers to ensure delivery of a high‑quality, robust, and scalable product on a regular basis.

Responsibilities

Owns the development and delivery of a software product in line with business needs

Owns and drives key business relationships for the product

Creates & maintains an executable backlog of product requirements

Understands, defines, and communicates prioritization of product requirements with a mind toward business value and tradeoffs

Assists with the distillation of product backlog requirements into user stories

Participates actively in daily stand‑ups, sprint planning meetings, sprint reviews and retrospectives to drive team alignment on product vision and value delivery

Weighs business risks, issues, & impediments being experienced by the product team & actively assists with issue resolution

Inspects product progress throughout the sprint and is empowered to make critical decisions and accept work completed by the team

Supports product team members as they engage with stakeholders, build a backlog, and deliver work

Maintains an analytical perspective during a crisis and supports crisis resolution.

Holds self and others accountable for measurable high‑quality, timely, and cost‑effective results.

Owns people management responsibilities for 1–3 business analysts

Takes ownership of and is accountable for one or more complex products, features, components, or solutions and associated performance metrics.

Ensures team level decisions align with priorities and strategic agenda for project/product.

Leverages budget and other financial information to support staffing and business planning efforts.

Identifies risks and their potential outcomes and proposes possible solutions to meet business objectives.

Fosters an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued.

Participate in process analysis to determine areas of improvement using Lean and Agile methodologies.

Presents results and/or demos with appropriate complexity for different audiences.

Mandatory Experience

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

5-8 years experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager or Business Analyst with 3+ years of experience in an agile environment

Strong understanding of Scrum, Lean, XP, Kanban and other agile development frameworks

Proven experience managing design and delivery of low-to‑medium complexity products

Sound knowledge of emerging technologies focusing on cloud products, SaaS platforms, or Enterprise Applications

Preferred Experience

Salesforce certifications (e.g., Salesforce Administrator, Service Cloud Consultant).

Experience with third‑party tools and integrations (e.g., CTI,phony, knowledge bases, other cloud technologies).

Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, or other product management tools.

Prior experience in a contact center, customer support, or CRM‑heavy organization.

Leverage Salesforce capabilities (automation, reporting, dashboards) to improve sales productivity and provide actionable insights for leadership.

Work with Business Teams to define and prioritize Sales Cloud enhancements to optimize core sales processes such as lead management, opportunity tracking, pipeline forecasting, and quote‑to‑cash workflows.

Competencies

Strong product management skills with deep understanding of product vision and overall product lifecycle

Demonstrated leadership and people management skills and ability to make decisions and set clear priorities

Proven ability to recognize value and manage investments to maximize value delivered

Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills

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