Technical Product Owner, Freight

About Shamrock Trading Corporation

Shamrock Trading Corporation is a family of brands that has been serving the transportation and logistics industries since 1986. Shamrock offers factoring solutions, export financing, third-party logistics, a fuel card program and trucking technology.

Shamrock's mission since the start has been to create value and success for our customers, our partners and our people. Strong ethics, dedication to our customers and close attention to the marketplace are critical to the success and growth of the Shamrock brands. Shamrock is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, with multiple offices throughout the U.S. Overland Park is a great place to live, work and play, being conveniently located within driving distance of everything Kansas City has to offer. Housed within the heart of Overland Park, our offices include 4 gorgeous towers on the East and West sides of Metcalf Ave. With a heavy community presence and a winning culture, Shamrock is a great place to work in Overland Park

Why You'll Love Working Here

Our award-winning culture is a testament to our commitment to growth, recognition and empowerment. From day one, we prioritize employees first, encouraging them to think and act like owners and providing endless opportunities for growth and self-development, both personally and professionally. Shamrock has been recognized as one of America's 2025 "Most Loved Workplaces" by Newsweek.

At Shamrock, we hire bright, ambitious people and give them the tools they need for a successful, long-term career here. Shamrock also offers a premier set of benefits for employees and their families:

• Training and Development: Ongoing training and professional development opportunities, and a LEAD Program for aspiring leaders
• Medical: Fully paid healthcare, dental and vision premiums for employees and eligible dependents, and gym benefits
• Financial: One-time sign-on bonus, generous company 401(k) contributions and employee stock ownership after one year
• Work-Life Balance: Competitive PTO and work from home opportunities after an introductory period

About the Role
 
Shamrock is looking for a Technical Product Owner to join our Software Engineering team. The Technical Product Owner (TPO) is the primary role driving business requirements into our agile development teams, and a key partner with Product Management and Software Engineering teams. This role serves as a conduit between business/product objectives and technical execution. The purpose of the TPO role is to enable effective and efficient execution of technical product development, with a clear understanding of the desired product, based on well-defined user stories. This role is responsible for designing, documenting, and orchestrating scalable, efficient, and maintainable Fintech and payment software systems that meet the business needs of the organization.

What You'll Do

•    Understand market needs and transform business requirements into features and user stories with clear acceptance criteria to convey specific functionality from an end-user perspective

•    Own sprint prioritization, balancing between product work and other activities within a sprint

•    Translate product and business needs into detailed technical requirements and user stories

•    Prioritize the backlog based on business value, technical dependencies, and stakeholder input

•    Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Software Engineers, Architects, SREs, Data Services, Data Analytics and QA to ensure technical solutions align with overall platform strategy and performance goals

•    Serve as the go-to expert for the team's deliverables, ensuring clarity and completeness of stories and technical documentation

•    Participate in and lead agile ceremonies in concert with the team's Software Engineering Lead (sprint planning, refinement, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups)

•    Act as the key liaison between different technical units and non-technical stakeholders

•    Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including system architecture, design patterns, software requirements, and development guidelines

What You'll Bring

•    Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience 

•    5+ years of experience as a Technical Product Owner (or similar role) in a production software environment, with direct experience working with agile teams 

•    Strong technical knowledge, with experience building Fintech and/or BaaS payment solutions platforms; knowledge or relevant technology, tools, and middleware is critical covering compliance, onboarding, KYB/KYC and fund flows 

•    Advanced understanding of agile development processes and demonstrated experience driving agile processes in a highly technical environment 

•    Exceptional communication and collaboration skills; adept at working across different functions and diverse cultures 

•    Experience working in a dynamic environment, with a need to adapt to changing priorities, market dynamics, and evolving business needs and guide teams accordingly 

•    Experience integrating payment technologies, such as Plaid, Finicity, Stripe, Paypal 

•    Expertise in payment solutions, specifically including bank payment rails such as ACH, Fed wires, RTP, Fed Now, and/or API Payment Integrations 

•    CSPO certification or equivalent experience 

•    Prefer formal people management experience

Apply Today

We're so excited to connect with you If you want to work with forward-thinking people in an award-winning culture, submit your application today.

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