What are the responsibilities and job description for the IT Product Owner - Costco Travel position at Costco?
Costco Travel IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed.
This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco’s success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST. Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.
Come join the Costco Travel IT family. Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.
Product Owners are responsible for defining requirements, assisting with the overall product roadmap /vision, and driving value at the scrum team level. Product Owners work closely with teams and are the “voice of the customer”, ensuring the needs of the end-user are incorporated into the product from design to deployment. Product owners are responsible for the authoring of functional user stories which are used to support the day to day development of new features and capabilities.
The Product Owner partners with Product Managers and stakeholders to translate product strategy and problem solving into a detailed, and prioritized backlog of user stories. Product Owners collaborate with an agile delivery team to implement, measure, and learn from the improvements they have made. This individual serves as the scrum master for their delivery team by enabling the team to self-organize, remove impediments, and foster an environment for high-performing team dynamics, continuous flow, and continuous improvement. The Product Owner will manage the execution of the portfolio’s product features, and delivery roadmap for Costco Travel that are aligned to KPI's that integrate both internal and external stakeholder requirements.
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ROLE
● Creates and authors user stories with detailed acceptance criteria written in the customers’ voice.
● Collaborates with the team to prepare the estimates for the user stories within the product backlog.
● Conducts the formal review and acceptance of user stories implemented by a team within a sprint.
● Supports business strategy by forming a backlog of features and user stories for use by the delivery team.
● Articulates requirements for each user story with detailed acceptance criteria.
● Uses data and insights from multiple sources that benefits the business and our members.
● Pursues incremental delivery by looking for ways to meet business goals and learn from members, and end users through frequent, and measurable enhancements.
● Works collaboratively and uses best practices with the delivery team to support backlog refinement, sprint planning, and long-term release planning.
● Monitors and improves product health.
● Ensures completed stories meet acceptance criteria by reviewing test plans, the output of automated testing, or contributing to manual testing efforts.
● Prioritizes and collaborates in resolution of issues and defects.
● Seeks and improves processes across the entire product team and delivery team by using retrospectives to inspect and adapt.
● Communicates with team members, stakeholders, and all levels of management.
● Provides direction, mentorship, and coaching to junior Product Owners.
● Stays current with product management and lean-agile best practices.
REQUIRED
● 5 years’ current experience:
● As a Product Owner or similar role.
● Working on a Scrum and/or Agile team.
● Working within a complex software development environment.
● With creating documentation for communication with varied audiences.
● 2 years’ experience working on complex development projects.
● Deep understanding of business requirements elicitation pursuant to specific programs/projects involved.
● Proficient in requirements gathering, business modeling, project scoping, and use case creation.
● Expertise in utilizing standard documentation and backlog management tools/utilities.
Recommended
● Strong work ethic, detail orientated, excellent self and time management, and organizational skills.
● Ability to work both independently and within a close team environment.
● Understanding the needs of the business, meeting department goals, and deadlines.
Required Documents
● Cover Letter
● Resume
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Pay Ranges:
Level 2 - $105,000 - $135,000
Level 3 - $130,000 - $160,000
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.
Costco is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Costco is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to IT-Recruiting@costco.com
If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States. Applicants and employees for this position will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas.
Salary : $135,000 - $160,000
