Product Owner

Austin, TX, United States

CAMP Systems is the leading provider of aircraft compliance and health management services to the global business aviation industry. CAMP is the pre-eminent brand in its industry and is the exclusive recommended service provider for nearly all business aircraft manufacturers in the world. Our services are delivered through a “SaaS plus” model and we support over 20,000 aircraft on our maintenance tracking platform and over 31,000 engines on our engine health monitoring platform. Additionally, CAMP provides shop floor management ERP systems to over 1,300 aircraft maintenance facilities and parts suppliers around the world. CAMP has grown from a single location company in 2001, to over 1,300 employees in 13 locations around the world.

CAMP’s relationships with business aircraft manufacturers, aircraft maintenance facilities, and parts suppliers place it in a unique position to understand how current offline information flows in the business aviation industry to introduce friction to the global market for business aviation parts and services. CAMP is building a digital business that will streamline the exchange of parts and services and create substantial value for both CAMP and the aviation industry at large.

CAMP is an exciting company to work for, not only because of its future growth prospects, but also because of its culture. Smart, motivated people, who want to take initiative, are given the opportunity and freedom to make things happen. CAMP is part of the Hearst Business Media portfolio.

Job Summary

Our Product Owners work daily with a team of product managers, application developers, QA testers, and a Scrum Master to deliver business value through innovative software solutions. The Product Owner is the “CEO” of their product and its primary product specialist for the development scrum team, manages the team’s backlog, participates actively in all phases of development, and is a key stakeholder in product related decisions and release planning. Our Product Owners possess an in-depth knowledge of product functionality and use cases.

Responsibilities

Understand and consistently reinforce the vision for products and features and evaluate various approaches to implement effective solutions

Own their product’s success with a laser focus on continuously improving customer experience and delivered value

Collaborate with product managers and other stakeholders to drive product specifications, product design, and leverage their in-depth knowledge to bring the most defensible position for overall product direction

Translate ideas and strategies into tangible product requirements in the form of themes, epics, and user stories

Prioritize development backlog items based on product strategy, business value to the customer, implementation cost, and resource availability

Continuously groom the development backlog by recurring iterations of user story development and prioritization

Set specific objectives for each sprint

Act as the one person in the scrum team who fully understands the vision and business value associated with all user stories, and communicate that knowledge to the team to ensure that implemented solutions achieve intended goals

Make the final acceptance decision on all implemented user stories based on whether the intended business value has been achieved

Review and demonstrate product functionality with customers and internal stakeholders

Evaluate and articulate scrum team results, and identify opportunities for further product and feature improvements

Requirements Demonstrated success in managing the responsibilities described above

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, business, or marketing

3 to 5 years of software product related experience, minimum

Welcomes solving problems with a positive attitude, teamwork, and innovation

An effective and persuasive communicator (written, verbal, presentation, e-mail, etc.), who is skilled at leading meetings and making presentations

Proven ability to work in a collaborative environment - consulting frequently with team members to understand all issues, ideas, and suggestions

Experience with agile and scrum processes and methods is highly desirable

Experience writing formal business/functional requirements and user stories, creating mock-ups, etc.

Strong customer and user intuition

Must be able to grasp the big picture vision and have the drive to make that vision a reality

Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with many moving parts where information, resources, and priorities can change quickly, and where information must be readily digested, and decisions made expeditiously

Must be a proactive problem solver, innovator and able to handle multiple complex product features and tasks

Qualified candidates must be in commuting distance to either our Autin, TX or San Diego, CA offices

CAMP is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We understand the value of diversity and its impact on a high-performance culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.

CAMP is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request reasonable accommodation, please contact [email protected].

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status EOE