MES PRODUCT OWNER

Rockwell Automation is a global technology leader focused on helping the world’s manufacturers be more productive, sustainable, and agile. With more than 28,000 employees who make the world better every day, we know we have something special. Behind our customers - amazing companies that help feed the world, provide life-saving medicine on a global scale, and focus on clean water and green mobility - our people are energized problem solvers that take pride in how the work we do changes the world for the better.

We welcome all makers, forward thinkers, and problem solvers who are looking for a place to do their best work. And if that’s you we would love to have you join us!

Job Description

Summary:

Product Owner plays a key role in ensuring the product requirements are captured and prioritized according to customer and team member needs especially for Rockwell Automation's industry-leading commercial software known for its innovation and usability, in particular real-time scalable features based on Rockwell's Manufacturing Execution System (MES) that are often integrated with machine automation and control systems as well as ERP software.

Product Owner is able to gather product requirements from customers and other stakeholders. You will collaborate with multiple global teams and requires and in the large project teams.

Joining Rockwell Automation Software Development group allows to become part of a team that is committed to use reliable and well-thought-out engineering and software development practices such as SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework).

Your Responsibilities:

• Manage one or more products within MES value stream. One product owner will have to work with one to three Scrum teams
• Contribute to the product vision and roadmap by actively working with product management teams and assisting with grooming and prioritizing the product backlog
• Work closely with product management team to plan and manage Features, Capabilities and Epics in Jira Align and to plan product releases
• Create and manage product requirements using requirements management software, JAMA
• Manage and prioritize the team backlog on a regular basis by grooming, creating, and planning user stories in Jira
• Drive acceptance for the work done by Scrum Teams
• Work closely with Scrum teams to detect quality issues as they occur and help the teams with corrective actions
• Prompt engagement in various ART and Scrum ceremonies.
• Contribute significantly to PI planning by coordinating with Product Management, RTE, Scrum Masters and the Scrum teams.
• You will report to Sr. Engineering Manager.

The Essentials - You Will Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
• 10 years of experience working with software product development including significant background with large scale enterprise system development projects
• 8 Years of domain experience in manufacturing
• 5 Years of experience as a Business Analyst or Functional Consultant or Quality Consultant handling MES or similar products.

The Preferred - You Might Also Have:

• Master's degree in Business Administration
• Certified SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager
• Experience of working in SAFe methodology
• Experience with tools like JAMA, Jira Align, Jira
• Experience with Rockwell Manufacturing Execution Systems (Pharma Suite, FTPC, CPG Suite, Auto Suite or PMX)
• Domain experience with life sciences, pharmaceutical industry
• Good understanding of modern software delivery practices like rapid prototyping, CI/CD, containerization, virtualization etc. and various test strategies like TDD / BDD
• Experience with security, data communication, and contemporary user interface technologies in enterprise environment.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, that enables collaboration with global teams

What We Offer:

Our benefits package includes …

• Comprehensive mindfulness programs with a premium membership to Calm
• Volunteer Paid Time off available after 6 months of employment for eligible employees
• Company volunteer and donation matching program – Your volunteer hours or personal cash donations to an eligible charity can be matched with a charitable donation.
• Employee Assistance Program
• Personalized wellbeing programs through our OnTrack program
• On-demand digital course library for professional development

... and other local benefits!

At Rockwell Automation we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right person for this or other roles.

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