Product Owner (Truss Software)

Job Description:

ITW Description:

Founded in 1912 ITW (NYSE: ITW) is a global industrial company centered on a differentiated and proprietary business model. The companys seven industry-leading segments leverage the ITW Business Model to generate solid growth with best-in-class margins and returns in markets where highly innovative customer-focused solutions are required. ITWs more than 45000 dedicated colleagues around the world thrive in our decentralized entrepreneurial 2025 the company achieved revenues of $16 billion with roughly half coming from outside North America. To learn more please visit.

Division Description:

Alpine an ITW company is a leading provider of industry solutions and increased business productivity for component manufacturers helping design and manufacture the highest quality roof floor and wall components. Our comprehensive product suite includes software engineering services connector plates equipment and premier cold-formed steel truss system.

Job Description:

In Alpines Agile software development environment the Product Owner (PO) is the key role to ensure product priorities and product roadmaps are executed. The PO develops and executes on a vision for the product and is responsible for translating that vision to actions for the scrum teams. The PO collaborates with internal stakeholders including Product Management Marketing Support Operations and Engineering to ensure that business quality and functional goals are met with each product release. The PO is responsible for the design usability quality and delivery of a product or feature. The PO is the key decision maker on priorities and works to ensure that all stakeholders are aligned at each stage of the development lifecycle. The PO understands both the technical and business side of the product release and is ultimately responsible for representing the end users needs.

Core Responsibilities:

• Roadmap Execution & Delivery

  • Own execution of the product roadmap established by Product Manager for a specific focus area or product line

  • Translate strategic direction from Product Managers into clear actionable development plans

  • Partner with Development Managers to manage sprint planning backlog prioritization and release scope

• Customer-Back Innovation (CBI)

  • Apply ITWs Customer-Back Innovation (CBI) framework to identify and prioritize customer pain points

  • Translate insights into product requirements and features

  • Validate concepts directly with users and iterate based on feedback

• Backlog & Requirements Management

  • Create and maintain clear concise user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria

  • Ensure the backlog remains prioritized refined and ahead of development needs

  • Collaborate with UX/UI teams to align designs with user needs and business objectives

• Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Work closely with Product Management Engineering QA Development and UI/UX Design teams on a daily basis

  • Facilitate agile events (standups sprint planning reviews retrospectives)

  • Coordinate with support and implementation teams to ensure successful releases

• Domain & Industry Expertise

  • Develop subject matter expertise in component manufacturing workflows

  • Gain hands-on understanding of how customers use Alpine tools (e.g. design software manufacturing software and manufacturing equipment)

  • Observe real-world usage to inform product decisions

• Quality & Delivery Assurance

  • Ensure delivered features meet acceptance criteria and customer expectations

  • Support user acceptance testing (UAT) documentation and release readiness

  • Oversee beta trials with customers to validate product value and usability

• Communication & Advocacy

  • Communicate progress risks and dependencies to the organization by presenting at monthly CBI gate meetings

  • Advocate for the customer within development teams

  • Maintain transparency into sprint outcomes priorities and roadmap progress

Key Competencies:

• Customer Focus Making customers and their needs a primary focus of ones actions; developing and sustaining productive customer relationships.

• Communication Strong ability to communicate vision and strategy to a variety of stakeholders including customers leadership and the development teams.

• Business Savvy As the key decision maker for the project the Product Owner must use understanding of the market customer and business to make sound decisions

• Team Player The Product Owner is committed to the team and works with the team collaboratively to deliver value to our customers.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Computer Science Business Marketing or a comparable discipline; an MBA is a plus

• 4 years experience working as a Product Owner or similar role with a development team

• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) is preferred

• Software Product strategy and management experience with demonstrated value delivery

• Experience with complex customer environments and/or relevant industry experience

• Experience leading software product development in an Agile environment leveraging frameworks such as Scrum and SAFe

• Strong team/project management communication and presentation skills

• Self-motivated energetic and can work both autonomously and as part of the team

• Ability to be flexible and adaptable in a changing environment

• Up to 25% travel

Compensation Information:

$80000 - $125000 (high level of experience)

This compensation range is provided as a reasonable estimate of the current salary range for this role. Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education specific skills market level other job-related factors geographic location and other factors as applicable by addition our benefits include paid vacation sick holiday and parental leave. For more detailsvisit our Benefits page.

ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues unique perspectives experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential.

As an equal employment opportunity employer ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color sex gender identity sexual orientation religion national origin age disability protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local laws.