Mouser Electronics Jobs (NOW HIRING)

ACCOUNTABILITIES & ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Collaborate with developers, product managers, project managers, quality assurance, business teams and technical support to provide a mix of business and technical direction on systems, design, development, testing and deployment.
• Learn stakeholder strategy, tactical approaches, priorities, requirements, and business process.
• Document business requirements and user stories, oversee and coordinate the development of technical specifications, and help enforce change control procedures.
• Must take initiative to spend time with all levels of users (formal meetings, informal meetings, observing work, etc.)
• Develop a strong Mouser business acumen and use it with each assignment
• Understand basic agile software development methodology processes
• Document basic business needs, user requirements and/or user stories
• Participate in functional design process
• Oversee development team backlog
• Establish open and timely communications with interested parties, stakeholders, and teams.
• Develop and maintain all project documentation for all assigned projects.
• Must be seen as an advocate for the customers/users
• Represents the company and Internet Business in a professional manner
• Establishes and maintains effective relationships with internal and external contacts.
• Team player.
• Expected to utilize organizational skills to document, categorize, prioritize, provide easy access to information, ask questions, follow up, and maintain communications.
• Detailed and thorough in work habits with multi-tasking ability.

SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS

• Skill evaluation: Behavioral (80%)
• General understanding of project management tools, software development lifecycle, and problem solving.
• Ability to work on an agile software development team.
• Produce documentation including mockups, flowcharts, and other process diagrams.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong ability to work in teams with a collaborative interpersonal style.
• Demonstrates a positive attitude toward self and others.
• Ability to set and track goals.
• PC experience in a Microsoft Windows environment, proficient with internet e-mail, Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, Power Point, Project, Outlook, and other software.
• Able to use, read, analyze, and interpret spreadsheets and printed reports.
• Exhibits strong analytical, problem solving, negotiation, organizational and teaching skills.
• Interacts effectively with individuals and groups inside and outside the organization.
• Good verbal and non-verbal communication skills. Including the ability to communicate with people at all levels.

Product Owner I

• Requires a Bachelor's Degree in a technical or equivalent discipline or experience that demonstrates equivalent expertise
• Familiarity with ecommerce environments preferred

Product Owner II

• Maintain and continuously build on an established strong Mouser and Ecommerce business acumen
• Serve as a subject matter expert within established Internet Business value area
• Demonstrated success in guiding an agile software development team
• Eliciting and documenting business needs, user requirements and/or user stories, and supporting artifacts
• Contribute to functional design of customer-facing solutions
• Proficiency in maintaining a well-groomed team backlog

Requirements

• Requires a Bachelor's Degree in a technical or equivalent discipline
• 2+ years of experience as a software development business analyst, product owner, or equivalent position required.
• Requires 1 year of experience with ecommerce environments.
• For internal candidates, experience can be a combination of internal and external experience.
• Experience with project management tools and methodologies, software development lifecycle and problem solving.
• Demonstrated ability to work on an agile software development team.
• Proficiency in producing documentation including mockups, flowcharts, and other process diagrams.
• Familiarity in working in and with cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with setting and tracking goals.
• Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills. Including the ability to communicate with people at all levels.
• Product Owner certification preferred.