Columbia Sportswear Company Hiring for Digital Product Owner Job at Portland, OR Full Time

The Digital Product Owner – eCommerce Marketing creates and prioritizes the list of backlog items based on overall strategy and business objectives of our global eCommerce marketing teams. Maps out project dependencies to inform the necessary sequence of development. Completes each stage of the development process and ensures final product meets strategic goals.

OUTGROWN YOUR OWN BACKYARD? COME PLAY IN OURS.

At Columbia, we’re as passionate about the outdoors as you are. And while our gear is available worldwide, we’re proud to be based in the Pacific Northwest, where natural wonders are our playground.

Every product we make and every task we undertake is inspired by the famous words of our founder Gert Boyle: “It’s perfect. Now make it better.” As pioneers of relentless improvement, we are constantly evolving.

We believe the outdoors is ours to protect and strive to keep our planet healthy. We believe in empowering people to experience the outdoors to the fullest.

And we believe in you.

ABOUT THE POSITION

Although we’re an apparel and footwear-focused company, technology is central to everything we do. Columbia Sportswear’s Digital Technology (CDT) group enables an IT infrastructure and applications across four global brands, a global supply chain, and 500+ geographically dispersed stores. These teams support in-store, mobile, and data platforms to enhance customer interface and service in an ever-evolving industry.

The Digital Product Owner – eCommerce Marketing creates and prioritizes the list of backlog items based on overall strategy and business objectives of our global eCommerce marketing teams. Maps out project dependencies to inform the necessary sequence of development. Completes each stage of the development process and ensures final product meets strategic goals.

HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

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  Solutions: Plays a key role throughout development of the product including planning, refinement, review, and sprint commitments. Assists in solving problems, gathers requirements, and works closely with development partners to ensure deliverable are met
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  Delivery: Creates acceptance criteria and executes acceptance tests. Works with UX designers to deliver user-friendly experiences
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  Documentation: Translates stakeholder needs into well-written user stories which allows the development team to deliver the product
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  Roadmap: Executes the product vision and roadmap for a given product category. Tracks, analyzes, and manages internal and external end-user feedback about products to refine roadmap, backlog, and priorities. Acts as a change agent to drive innovation and digital transformation

YOU ARE

• A problem-solver with critical thinking skills
• An excellent presenter and communicator, both written and verbal
• Highly organized with solid time management and project management skills
• Curious and user focused

YOU HAVE

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Computer Science or related field or related work experience.
• 5 – 8 years’ professional experience
• Scrum Master Certification is a plus
• Previous Digital Product Owner experience including soliciting, writing business requirements and managing a product backlog
• Agile product lifecycle experience preferred
• General knowledge of Agile development methodologies and IT project management processes
• Experience supporting business teams with segmentation and consumer journey creation in enterprise email platforms is a plus
• Previous experience building or supporting real time and lifecycle email campaigns is a plus
• Previous experience with tag management platforms like Adobe Launch, Google Tag Manager is a plus
• Previous experience working with vendors to define requirements paid search and social media tags/pixels is a plus
• Previous experience performing technical SEO analysis and audits is a plus
• General knowledge of JavaScript, HTML, CSS is a plus

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Columbia Sportswear Company and our portfolio of brands, including Columbia, SOREL, Mountain Hardwear and prAna, know a thing or two about adventures. After all, we’ve been on one since 1938, working to perfect the art of enjoying the outdoors. Behind everything we make is an employee who’s found that the greatest adventure starts with joining a company that strives to do the right thing.

This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position’s scope and function in the company.

At Columbia Sportswear Company (CSC), we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. CSC believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.