Costco IT is responsible for the
technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed.
This is an environment
unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco's success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST. Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.
Come join the
Costco Wholesale IT family. Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.
Product Owners are responsible for defining requirements, assisting with the overall product roadmap /vision, and driving value at the scrum team level. Product Owners work closely with teams and are the "voice of the customer", ensuring the needs of the end-user are incorporated into the product from design to deployment. Product owners are responsible for the authoring of functional user stories which are used to support the day to day development of new features and capabilities.
The Enterprise API Gateway Product Owner will be primarily responsible for managing intake across all API gateway platforms, including Apigee, APIM, and DataPower. This role will lead the successful development and ongoing maintenance of the delivery team's backlog, ensuring alignment with business priorities and integration goals.
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ROLE• Defines and communicates the minimum viable product (MVP) for a given application / product and the supporting release plans.
• Collaborates with technology stakeholders (e.g., Principal engineers, Systems Architects) to define new and or enhanced product requirements and functionality.
• Works continuously / daily with teams to provide answers, feedback and direction on work items, enablers, user stories, etc.
• Collaborates with Scrum Masters to ensure the work managed by teams achieves the highest value relative to needs / priority of the business.
• Collaborates with Scrum Masters and teams to define the sprint plan based on the priority outlined within the overall product vision and roadmap.
• Prioritizes the sprint backlog (as part of the sprint planning ceremony) based on the sequencing / ranking of features defined in the product roadmap.
• Refines product requirements based on the input obtained through sprint showcases / demos.
• Creates and authors user stories with detailed acceptance criteria written in the customers' voice.
• Collaborates with the team to prepare the estimates for the user stories within the product backlog.
• Conducts the formal review and acceptance of user stories implemented by a team within a sprint.
• Performs functional reviews as part of sprint demos and showcases along with the Product Manager and Delivery Manager.
• Oversees migration off legacy systems.
• Facilitates Planning, Refinement, Retros and standups as needed.
REQUIRED• 5 years' experience as a Product Owner or equivalent work experience
• Proven experience working on an Agile and/or waterfall team.
• Proven experience working within a complex software development environment.
• Proven experience working on complex development projects.
• Deep understanding of business requirements elicitation pursuant to specific programs/projects involved.
• Expertise in utilizing standard documentation tools/utilities.
• Strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
Recommended• Prior experience successfully managing delivery of a technology solution.
• Demonstrate technical and/or data related acumen, as a project management leader.
• Experience with Azure Dev Ops
• Experience leading integration workstreams
• Proficient in Google Workspace applications, including Sheets, Docs, Slides, and Gmail.
Required Documents• Cover Letter
• Resume
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Pay Ranges:
Level 1 - $90,000 - $115,000
Level 2 - $105,000 - $135,000
Level 3 - $130,000 - $160,000
Level 4 - $140,000 - $200,000
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.
Costco is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Costco is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to
[email protected]If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States. Applicants and employees for this position will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas.
