SAS Platform Product Owner

Title: SAS - Platform Product Owner

Location: Dallas TX onsite 3x per week (Local Only)

Duration: 12 Months Contract

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Job Description

Role Overview

Client is seeking a Platform Product Owner to own and drive the technical health security and stability of its e commerce platform. This is a newly created role designed to bring product ownership discipline to platform level security focused initiatives.

This position is not a functional or business-facing Product Owner role. Instead it is ideal for a Product Owner with a strong technical mindset who enjoys working on platform stability upgrades security requirements and release execution rather than customer-facing features.

The initial engagement is expected to last at least six months with a high likelihood of extension due to the volume of platform and technical initiatives underway at Rexel.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Ownership & Vision

Act as the technical Platform Product Owner for the e commerce platform

Maintain a clear platform vision roadmap and delivery timelines

Own platform-level scope decisions and technical priorities

Ensure the platform remains stable secure and production-ready

Security & Platform Stability

Partner closely with security teams to deliver required platform-level security changes

Ensure security requirements are translated into clear technical user stories

Own and coordinate platform upgrades patches and configuration changes

Ensure platform configurations are secure (e.g. backend controls component scope access restrictions)

No hands-on security engineering required; work is at the platform governance and delivery level

Technical Product Ownership

Define and manage technical user stories acceptance criteria and scope

Ensure development work is properly tested (UAT) and production-ready

Validate that platform changes meet security and stability requirements

Drive work through completion and successful release into production

Cross Team Coordination & Communication

Work closely with:

o Other Product Owners

o Product teams

o Security teams

o QA and testing teams

Manage cross product dependencies and downstream impacts

Serve as the primary point of coordination for platform-related changes

Primary customers are internal product teams and security teams not end users

Release & Delivery Management

Drive release planning for platform upgrades patches and security work

Coordinate timelines across development testing and release activities

Communicate milestones risks and timelines clearly to stakeholders

Blend Product Owner responsibilities with light project delivery leadership

Platform & Technology Context

Platform: E commerce (SAP Hybris)

o Hybris experience is a plus not required

o Any solid e commerce platform experience is acceptable

Role focuses on maintaining and securing the existing Hybris cloud platform

Rexel is evolving toward a microservices architecture making platform coordination critical

Team & Working Model

No direct reports

Owns and works with a pod/group of developers primarily based in India

Requires strong coordination across time zones

On-site presence in Dallas is required

Ideal Candidate Profile

Product Owner with a strong technical/platform orientation

Comfortable discussing:

o APIs

o Platform architecture concepts

o technical dependencies

Security requirements at a conceptual level.

Not a purely functional or business-only Product Owner

Strong communicator who can translate technical complexity into clear direction

Enjoys owning platform health stability and delivery

Approximately 80% IT/technical focus with awareness of functional impact

Required Qualifications

Experience as a Product Owner or similar role on technical or platform-focused initiatives

Experience working with engineering teams and defining technical user stories

Strong stakeholder communication and coordination skills

Experience supporting releases upgrades and production deployments

Preferred Qualifications

E commerce platform experience (Hybris or similar)

Experience working with offshore development teams

Exposure to platform security initiatives (not hands-on security tools)

Why This Role Is Unique

This role exists to bring product ownership vision and accountability to technical platform initiatives that are often run informally by technical leads. It is ideal for a Product Owner who wants to operate behind the scenes ensuring the platform runs securely and reliably while enabling product teams to move faster.