Product Owner – Supplier Management

Role -Product Owner - Supplier Management Platform Modernization

Location - San Diego CA (onsite)

Job type- W2 Contract

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Product Owner to lead the replacement of a custom homegrown supplier management and screening solution with a modern Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) platform. This role will define the product vision manage the product backlog align business and technical teams and ensure successful delivery of supplier lifecycle management capabilities that support procurement supplier qualification compliance risk management and supplier governance processes.

Key Responsibilities

• 7-10 years of total experience including 5 years supporting Supply Chain or Procurement IT solutions and 3 years in a Product Owner Product Management or equivalent leadership role.
• Serve as the Product Owner for the supplier management platform modernization initiative.
• Define and communicate the product vision roadmap and business priorities.
• Partner with Procurement Supply Chain Supplier Quality and IT stakeholders to gather and prioritize requirements.
• Own and maintain the product backlog epics features and user stories.
• Lead backlog refinement sprint planning reviews and acceptance testing activities.
• Collaborate with solution architects developers implementation partners and business teams to deliver scalable solutions.
• Drive process standardization while balancing global and regional business requirements.
• Define success metrics KPIs and business outcomes for supplier onboarding qualification risk management and supplier performance processes.
• Support testing training change management and deployment activities.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture data governance security and compliance standards.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Business Supply Chain Management Information Systems Engineering or a related field.
• 7-10 years of professional experience including:
• 3 years as a Product Owner Product Manager Lead Business Analyst or equivalent role.
• 5 years working with Supply Chain Procurement Supplier Management or ERP-related solutions.
• Experience leading enterprise software implementation or transformation programs using Agile methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder management facilitation and communication skills.
• Experience defining user stories acceptance criteria and managing product backlogs.

Preferred Qualifications

• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) certification or other SAFe/Agile certification.
• Experience implementing supplier management sourcing procurement compliance risk management or supplier lifecycle management solutions.
• Experience with the PROCURE platform preferred.
• Working knowledge of an ERP platform such as Infor LN/Baan SAP Oracle Microsoft Dynamics or similar ERP systems.