Digital Product Owner - Customer Applications

WM a Fortune 250 company is the leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America. We are strongly committed to a foundation of operating excellence professionalism and financial strength. WM serves nearly 25 million customers in residential commercial industrial and municipal markets throughout North America through a network of collection operations transfer stations landfills recycling facilities and waste-based energy production projects.

Recognized across the organization for functional expertise. Acts as the primary liaison between the Technology and the business of new systems and enhancement of existing systems. Conducts technically advanced and in-depth level business process analysis needs assessments and preliminary cost/benefit analysis in an effort to align Technology solutions with business initiatives.

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. Other ancillary duties may be assigned.

• Support Self-Service capabilities with primary responsibility for making recommendations that will improve online adoption and customer experiences across digital channels
• Act as a liaison between business stakeholders and the technical development team to translate business requirements into functional specifications.
• Experience enabling an omnichannel self-service strategy to optimize personalized online experience.
• Performing data analysis on self-service features measuring success and improvements through KPIs and metrics.
• Working cross-functionally to translate business goals and objectives into product roadmap features and user experiences. Knowledge and experience of agile methodologies for lean product development facilitate business requirements process flow definitions and design sessions.
• Play a leadership role within the Scrum team to ensure that capabilities are in scope on time and of high quality.
• Must demonstrate advanced communication and training skills.
• Stay informed on content management systems capabilities and best practices to help guide solution decisions and platform optimizations.
• Documentation: Proven ability to document requirements workflows wireframes and process flows.
• Omni-Channel Self-Service Expertise: Proven experience designing and optimizing digital self-service experiences across web mobile and chat platforms.
• Strong Analytical Skills: Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and use data to drive decision-making.
• Personalization Strategy: Experience with digital personalization techniques to enhance user experience and engagement.
• Agile Implementation Expertise: Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Data Analysis: Performing data analysis on different data sources consolidating multiple data sets and analyzing the data accurately and efficiently.
• AI for Self-Service: Experience implementing AI technologies (e.g. chatbots recommendation engines predictive analytics) to improve self-service capabilities is a strong plus.
• Exposure to JIRA Confluence or other project management tools.

Will coach and mentor less experienced analysts and act as team leader on more complicated systems projects.

The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.

A. Education and Experience

Education: Bachelors Degree (accredited) in Computer Science MIS Business Administration or similar area of study or in lieu of degree High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and four years of relevant work experience.

Experience: Eight years of relevant work experience as a IT Business Analyst (in addition to education requirement). Four years working as an IT Manager/Project Manager may substitute for the minimum years of experience.

B. Certificates Licenses Registrations or Other Requirements

Certified Scrum Product Owner (Preferred)

C. Other Knowledge Skills or Abilities Required

Technically advanced knowledge or in-depth skills in one or more of the following is required:

Systems development implementation upgrades and analyses

QA testing business analysis methodologies system design and related analysis

Project management methodologies

Training and communication skills

D. Other Knowledge Skills or Abilities Preferred

Documentation: Proven ability to document requirements workflows wireframes and process flows.
Omni-Channel Self-Service Expertise: Proven experience designing and optimizing digital self-service experiences across web mobile and chat platforms.
Strong Analytical Skills: Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements and use data to drive decision-making.
Personalization Strategy: Experience with digital personalization techniques to enhance user experience and engagement.
Agile Implementation Expertise: Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
Data Analysis: Performing data analysis on different data sources consolidate multiple data sets and analyze the data accurately and efficiently.
AI for Self-Service: Experience implementing AI technologies (e.g. chatbots recommendation engines predictive analytics) to improve self-service capabilities is a strong plus.
Exposure to JIRA Confluence or other project management tools.

Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Normal setting for this job is: office setting and/or landfill/outdoor.

Benefits
At WM each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical Dental Vision Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan Company match on 401K and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation Holidays and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.

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