Product Owner (Truss Software)

Job Description:

ITW Description:

Founded in 1912, ITW (NYSE: ITW) is a global industrial company centered on a differentiated and proprietary business model. The company’s seven industry-leading segments leverage the ITW Business Model to generate solid growth with best-in-class margins and returns in markets where highly innovative, customer-focused solutions are required. ITW’s more than 45,000 dedicated colleagues around the world thrive in our decentralized, entrepreneurial culture.

In 2025, the company achieved revenues of $16 billion, with roughly half coming from outside North America. To learn more, please visit  www.itw.com .

Division Description:

Alpine, an ITW company, is a leading provider of industry solutions and increased business productivity for component manufacturers helping design and manufacture the highest quality roof, floor and wall components. Our comprehensive product suite includes software, engineering services, connector plates, equipment and premier cold-formed steel truss system.

Job Description:

In Alpine’s Agile software development environment, the Product Owner (PO) is the key role to ensure product priorities and product roadmaps are executed . The PO develops and executes on a vision for the product and is responsible for translating that vision to actions for the scrum teams. The PO collaborates with internal stakeholders including Product Management, Marketing, Support, Operations, and Engineering to ensure that business, quality, and functional goals are met with each product release.

The PO is responsible for the design, usability, quality, and delivery of a product or feature. The PO is the key decision maker on priorities and works to ensure that all stakeholders are aligned at each stage of the development lifecycle. The PO understands both the technical and business side of the product release and is ultimately responsible for representing the end user’s needs.

Core Responsibilities:

• Roadmap Execution & Delivery
• Own execution of the product roadmap established by Product Manager for a specific focus area or product line
• Translate strategic direction from Product Managers into clear, actionable development plans
• Partner with Development Managers to manage sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and release scope
• Customer-Back Innovation (CBI)
• Apply ITW’s Customer-Back Innovation (CBI) framework to identify and prioritize customer pain points
• Translate insights into product requirements and features
• Validate concepts directly with users and iterate based on feedback
• Backlog & Requirements Management
• Create and maintain clear, concise user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria
• Ensure the backlog remains prioritized, refined, and ahead of development needs
• Collaborate with UX/UI teams to align designs with user needs and business objectives
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Work closely with Product Management, Engineering, QA, Development, and UI/UX Design teams on a daily basis
• Facilitate agile events (standups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives)
• Coordinate with support and implementation teams to ensure successful releases
• Domain & Industry Expertise
• Develop subject matter expertise in component manufacturing workflows
• Gain hands-on understanding of how customers use Alpine tools (e.g., design software, manufacturing software, and manufacturing equipment)
• Observe real-world usage to inform product decisions
• Quality & Delivery Assurance
• Ensure delivered features meet acceptance criteria and customer expectations
• Support user acceptance testing (UAT), documentation, and release readiness
• Oversee beta trials with customers to validate product value and usability
• Communication & Advocacy
• Communicate progress, risks, and dependencies to the organization by presenting at monthly CBI gate meetings
• Advocate for the customer within development teams
• Maintain transparency into sprint outcomes, priorities, and roadmap progress

Key Competencies :

Customer Focus – Making customers and their needs a primary focus of one’s actions; developing and sustaining productive customer relationships.

Communication – Strong ability to communicate vision and strategy to a variety of stakeholders including customers, leadership, and the development teams.

Business Savvy – As the key decision maker for the project, the Product Owner must use understanding of the market, customer, and business to make sound decisions

Team Player – The Product Owner is committed to the team and works with the team collaboratively to deliver value to our customers.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Marketing, or a comparable discipline; an MBA is a plus
• 4+ years’ experience working as a Product Owner or similar role with a development team
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) is preferred
• Software Product strategy and management experience with demonstrated value delivery
• Experience with complex customer environments and/or relevant industry experience
• Experience leading software product development in an Agile environment leveraging frameworks such as Scrum and SAFe
• Strong team/project management, communication, and presentation skills
• Self-motivated, energetic and can work both autonomously and as part of the team
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable in a changing environment
• Up to 25% travel