Inside the Role
At Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), we are driven by a vision to keep the world moving and revolutionize the way our customers interact with their vehicles through cutting-edge connected vehicle products and services. The Connectivity Services Group (CSG) is at the forefront of this transformative journey, and we are excited to welcome a dynamic Product Owner to our team.As a Product Owner within the Connectivity Services Group, you will be a key contributor to our strategic project, Data as a Service (DAAS). In this role, you will collaborate closely with internal and external partners to bring groundbreaking applications to our fleet customers. Your responsibilities will include defining and prioritizing product features, facilitating communication between stakeholders, and ensuring that the product vision becomes a reality.
Are You Ready to Drive Innovation? Are you ready to be part of a team that’s fueling the future of connected vehicles? Join us and become a part of our vision to reshape the way the world drives. This is your chance to take the wheel and navigate a path of innovation and progress, and let your expertise steer us towards a connected future.
Posting Information
We provide a scheduled posting end date to assist our candidates with their application planning. While this date reflects our latest plans, it is subject to change, and postings may be extended or removed earlier than expected.
We Take Care of Our Team
Position offers a starting salary range of $95,000.00 - $121,000.00 USD
Pay offered dependent on knowledge, skills, and experience
Benefits include annual bonus program; 401k company contribution with company match up to 6% as well as non-elective company contribution of 3 - 7% depending on age; starting at 4 weeks paid vacation; 13+ calendar holidays; 8 weeks paid parental leave; employee assistance program; comprehensive healthcare plans and wellness programs; onsite fitness (at some locations); tuition assistance and volunteer paid time off; short-term and long-term disability plans.
What You Drive at DTNA
- Agile Product Development: Collaborate with SAFe teams on all new feature development, including but not limited to building, grooming, prioritizing feature backlog Identify and manage inter-team development dependencies. Drive sprint planning, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives to maintain a high level of efficiency and product quality. Contribute to, review/approve user stories, sprint planning, and QA testing.
- Requirements Gathering: Elicit and document clear and detailed product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria. Maintain a well-organized and up-to-date product backlog that reflects priorities and business objectives. Create, collect, and lead requirements for POC, MVP, MSP, and action plans, managing each strategic growth opportunity through completion.
- User Research and Insights: Translate customer input into actionable product improvements and feature enhancements by writing user stories with detailed acceptance criteria for product features while utilizing SAFe/Agile framework.
- Problem-Solving: Prioritize incoming issues from various teams to develop an appropriate solution. Additionally, document these issues in JIRA while collaborating with cross-functional teams on solution design to drive resolution. Propose technical solutions and spearhead technical solutions across diverse initiatives from the development team.
- Build Connections: Engage with cross-department portal stakeholders to prioritize work, coordinate and plan against dependencies communicate needs, and ensure resource availability to support continuous improvement of the product.
Knowledge You Should Bring
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field from an accredited university/college required, as well as three years of relevant experience OR eight years of relevant experience.
- At least two years of industry experience in software development.
- Expertise utilizing tools to manage agile projects such as JIRA and Confluence.
- Analytical mindset with a focus on data-driven decision-making.
- Proven history of delivering commercial solutions with software engineering teams
- Familiarity with Azure environment.
- Professional proficiency in Microsoft Office, including PowerPoint, Excel and Word.
- Ability to translate product features into user stories and further breaking them down into technical requirements that are easily digestible by development teams.
- Excellent written and verbal skills; ability to communicate across cultures and geographic regions.
- Exceptional technical documentation skills.
- Strong ability to context-switch and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrable experience and comfort in presenting to leadership teams.
- Ability to work across time zones.
- An attached resume is required.
Exceptional Candidates Might Have
- Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role in the telematics industry, with a focus on commercial trucking.
- SAFe PO certification is preferred.
- Strong experience with Azure IoT services such as Azure IoT Hub, Azure IoT Edge, Azure Time Series Insights, and Azure Stream Analytics.
- Experience with big data tools such as HDInsight, Data Lake Storage, and Databricks is a plus.
- Strong coding skills in at least one programming language such as Python, R, or Java is a plus.
- Strong understanding of data generated by commercial trucks and its applications.
- Product validation experience in the trucking industry is a significant plus.
- Strong understanding of telematics technology, IoT, and fleet management, particularly in the context of commercial trucks.
- Knowledge in commercial vehicles, digital products, or telematics.
- Strong understanding on Azure cloud concepts especially emphasis on IOT data analytics
- Experience in driving data quality within the organization
- Understanding of Commercial vehicle electrical architecture and CAN signals is a plus
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Where We Work
This position is open to applicants who can work in (or relocate to) the following location(s)-
Portland, OR US. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.Schedule Type:
Hybrid (4 days per week in-office / 1 day remote). This schedule builds our #OneTeamBestTeam culture, provides an unparalleled customer experience, and creates innovative solutions through in-person collaboration.At Daimler Truck North America, we recognize our world is changing faster than ever before. By listening to the needs of today, we’re building to solve with cutting-edge solutions in sustainability and future driving technology across electric, hydrogen and autonomous. These solutions, backed by years of innovative success and achievement, continue DTNA’s legacy as the undisputed industry leader. Our evolving brand portfolio is second to none, including Freightliner Trucks, Western Star, Demand Detroit, Thomas Built Buses, Freightliner Custom Chassis, and Financial Services. Together, we work as one team towards our envisioned future – building a cleaner, safer and more efficient tomorrow for all.
That is what we are working toward - for all who keep the world moving.
Additional Information
Visa sponsorship will only be open to current Daimler Truck North America employees working under an existing U.S. Daimler Truck North America Visa
All other applicants must be legally authorized to work permanently in the country the position is located in at the time of application
Final candidate must successfully complete a criminal background check
Final candidate may be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screen
Contractors, professional services, or other contingent workers should confirm with their local agency if they are eligible to apply for FTE positions
EEO - Disabled/Veterans
Daimler Truck North America is committed to workforce inclusion and providing an environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, age, marital status, family relationship, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression (including transgender and transitioning status), genetic information, or veteran status.
For an accommodation or special assistance with applying for a posted position, please contact our Human Resources department at 503-745-8982 or toll free 800-206-3369. For TTY/TDD enabled call 503-745-2137 or toll free 866-355-6935.
