IT Product Owner II
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Job Location:
Birmingham, MI - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
IT Product Owner II
You must be eligible to work in the US without Visa Sponsorship.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Were building intelligent product search that understands intent learns from behavior and gets smarter over time. Youll partner with a Business Owner who sets the strategic directionyour job is to take that vision and execute: decomposing it into engineering-ready work keeping the team unblocked and ensuring every sprint delivers measurable outcomes. Youll work side-by-side with an ML Architect Search Architect and Senior Python Engineers. You dont need to write the modelsbut you need to understand them well enough to write sharp requirements and set a clear bar for done.
WHAT YOULL OWN
Backlog & Execution
- Internalize Business Owner priorities and translate them into a groomed estimated sprint-ready backlog.
- Write clear user stories with acceptance criteria; decompose ML features into shippable increments with the Architects.
- Run sprint ceremonies maintain delivery cadence and shield the team from scope creep.
Discovery & Requirements
- Lead discovery with Merchandising Sales and Customer Success to surface unmet search needs.
- Partner with Architects to validate technical feasibility before committing to sprint scope.
- Escalate prioritization conflicts to the Business Owner with clear optionsnot just problems.
Experimentation & Measurement
- Partner with the Business Owner to define success criteria and relevance KPIs for A/B experiments (CTR zero-result rate NDCG conversion-from-search).
- Coordinate instrumentation with engineering and surface experiment results to the Business Owner in clear actionable terms.
WHAT YOU BRING
Required
- 3-5 years product ownership experience; including 2 years on a search AI or ML product in ecommerce.
- Proven ability to execute alongside a Business Ownertranslating strategy into backlogs without owning the vision.
- Familiarity with ecommerce search patterns: faceting query understanding merchandising rules relevance tuning.
- Experience tracking search KPIs and interpreting A/B experiment results with statistical rigor.
- Strong communicator across engineering data science and business stakeholders.
- Agile/Scrum practitioner comfortable in fast-moving cross-functional ML teams.
Nice to Have
- B2B or industrial ecommerce background; knowledge of ML concepts (embeddings vector search reranking RAG).
- Experience with Elasticsearch/OpenSearch LaunchDarkly GCP or product analytics tools (Adobe Analytics BigQuery).
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS: None required.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY: No Supervisory Responsibility
BUDGET RESPONSIBILITY: No
COMPANY INFORMATION: Motion offers an excellent benefits package which includes options for healthcare coverage 401(k) tuition reimbursement vacation sick and holiday pay.
DISCLAIMER: This job description illustrates the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this job classification. It is not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties responsibilities and skills required. Management retains the right to add or modify duties at any time.
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