Product Owner, Circularity

7 days ago


Houston, United States wm Full time

As an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

I. Job Summary

Circularity is at the core of WM’s sustainability strategy as we aim to increase recovery of materials by 60% to 25 million tons per year by 2030. We are investing in building new MRFs (Material Recovery Facilities) and upgrading the technology in our existing ones.

The newly formed Product Owner (PO) role will be accountable for scaling our digitization efforts across our recycling business. Take ownership of the end-to-end program, leading functional, technical and data integration tracks.

The PO will work alongside the Corporate Sustainability group and on-the-ground field leadership to identify improvement opportunities in both technology & process. They will own the roadmap and oversee the development & deployment of technologies & processes to capitalize on the identified opportunities, ensuring they meet or exceed targeted outcomes.

Expertise in data architecture and data integration is essential along proven ability to interface with business stakeholders in the recycling sector.

The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in the processes, principles, technology and regulatory landscape related to circular materials as WM seeks to maximize the value of resources and minimize environmental impact.

II. Duties and Responsibilities To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. Other ancillary duties may be assigned.

• Build, maintain, socialize the product roadmap

o Direct ongoing tactical execution of roadmap deliverables

o Own strategic investment planning and product lifecycle governance processes

o Manage P&L for product

• Drive ideation and hypothesis-led problem-solving to generate step change improvements for operations

• Own & manage critical product KPIs, including stakeholder communication thereof

o Time - milestones

o Scope - requirements

o Cost - investment

o Risk - challenges

o Return - value

• Drive end-to-end operational excellence and product resiliency from product delivery through product retirement, extracting maximum value

• Own product decision-making framework and final approvals for product capabilities, including escalation to senior leadership and cross-product functions, as needed

o Capture, score, and implement business feature and technical backlog requests, ensuring risk-based prioritization methods

• Collect, prioritize, and document business requirements and develop project charters to drive project initiation

• Research industry trends and competitor analyses to inform future product goals / vision and possible commercialization opportunities

• Instill, reinforce, & coach best practices for SaaS purchases, bespoke tool development, SaaS management, etc.

• Provide oversight, coaching and leadership of product teams, including deliverable reviews, issue resolution, and training

• Collaborate with other teams and Field management (Area business leaders) to implement and manage programs developed and delivered, as needed

• Performs other duties as assigned

III. Supervisory Responsibilities

No supervisory responsibilities

IV. Qualifications

The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.

A. Education and Experience

Education : Bachelor’s Degree (accredited) in computer science or similar area of study, or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and four years of relevant experience.

Experience : Seven years of related experience (in addition to education requirement).

Expertise in data architecture and data integration is essential along proven ability to interface with business stakeholders in the recycling sector.

The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in the processes, principles, technology and regulatory landscape related to circular materials as WM seeks to maximize the value of resources and minimize environmental impact.

B. Certificates, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements

None required.

C. Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required

  • Proficient in Excel, Word, PowerPoint

  • Excellent verbal and written communications skills

V. Work Environment and Essential Functions

Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

  • Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding, machine operation, etc) most of the work day;

  • Normal setting for this job is an office setting.

Benefits

At WM, each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan, Company match on Pension, and more Our employees also receive Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click ""Apply.”

Equal Opportunity Employer: Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran


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