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CHS Inc. is a leading global agribusiness owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States that provides grain, food and energy resources to businesses and consumers around the world. We serve agriculture customers and consumers across the United States and around the world. Most of our 10,000 employees are in the United States, but today we have employees in 19 countries. At CHS, we are creating connections to empower agriculture.

Summary

CHS is seeking a Product Owner to drive the digital product strategy for Microsoft Dynamics sales, service & marketing on behalf of our Go-to-Market and technical teams. The Product Owner will be responsible for partnering with internal stakeholders to set product strategy, communicate product vision and value proposition, prioritization of feature builds, building consensus with the business and develop and maintain the product roadmap, all while being accountable for defining and monitoring key metrics.

This position is a hybrid work schedule requiring a minimum of 2 days per week in our Inver Grove Heights headquarters. The ideal candidate will be located in the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and surrounding areas.

Responsibilities

Lead Product Strategy & Product Marketing Strategy

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define the product vision and mission and ensure the vision is clearly communicated to and adopted by the product delivery team.

• Develop a product marketing strategy to drive consumption including core positioning and value proposition for the product and its major releases.

• Create, maintain and communicate the product roadmap to the product delivery team and business stakeholders. Hold decision-making authority for scope-versus-schedule decisions for features isolated to their product.

• Prioritize backlog based on customer and business value and drive clarity for the product delivery team by communicating the goals of the requirements, working with team members as needed.

• Communicate successes to the enterprise and continue to drive the value behind product ownership and agile delivery.

Represent Customer & Lead Stakeholder Engagement

• Understand the overall market, various segments, and define user personas of the product in order to ensure that the product strategy and roadmap provide value to the users and business.

• Conduct the necessary research and analysis to fully understand the customers’ needs and requirements. Work with the customer to define what business value means to the customer and use this definition to assess each feature/story based on business value.

• Represent the voice of the customer to the product delivery team, based on active customer engagement, and provide direction on the development, testing, and refinement of features in a collaborative fashion.

• Ensure the product is demonstrated to the customer and stakeholders to validate that the product being delivered meets the customers’ needs.

Drive Product Performance

• Negotiate with the customer representatives, stakeholders, and the product delivery team to prioritize work in the backlog and help maximize the value the team delivers.

• Ensure that the team understands the context of the stories in the backlog and that the team has adequate information to deliver the stories.

• Provide leadership to ensure the product delivery team continually achieves a meaningful balance between user needs, business objectives, and technical feasibility.

• Ensure value realization by consistently measuring the impact of delivered features against the original goals and KPIs identified by stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications (required)

• High School diploma and/ GED

• 7+ years of experience in Information Technology

Additional Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience ( depending on level ) in one or more of the following:

• working as a Product Owner, Product Marketer, IT Relationship Manager, Senior Business Analyst, or Senior Developer

• Leading or working with digital subscription products

• working on or leading an Agile software development teams

• working directly with business stakeholders and end-users

• organizing, facilitating, and leading a cross-functional team

• Specific product expertise with Microsoft or Salesforce platforms

• MBA or product certified

• Advanced knowledge of software development procedures including scrum methodology

• Advanced proficiency in agile delivery tools such as Azure DevOps

• Excellent presentation and communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences

• Track record of using quantitative and qualitative data to prioritize decision-making

• Pre-employment screening is based on the job requirements and industry guidelines and may or may not be required for the position. If required, selected candidates must pass pre-employment screenings to include all or a combination of drug, criminal, motor vehicle check, physical requirements and FMSCA Clearinghouse

CHS offers a competitive total rewards package. Compensation includes base wage and, depending upon position, may include other earnings such as bonus, incentives and commissions. Actual pay offered will vary based on multiple factors which may include, without limitation, experience, education, training, specialized skills and certifications.

Benefits include medical, dental, vision, wellness programs, life insurance, health and dependent care savings accounts, paid time off, 401(k), pension, profit sharing, short- and long-term disability, tuition reimbursement and adoption assistance, subject to the eligibility requirements for each benefit plan.

CHS is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disability.