IT Product Owner

About the role

Position SummaryThe IT Application Product Owner, Pricing Technologies is responsible for defining, managing, and executing the strategic roadmap for Client's pricing technology ecosystem, with primary ownership of the Vendavo platform suite, including Deal Manager, Price Manager, and associated integrations. This role serves as the key liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams to ensure pricing, quoting, approval workflow, and governance capabilities effectively support commercial objectives while maintaining compliance and operational excellence.The Product Owner will partner closely with Product Pricing, Deal Desk, Pricing Strategy, Salesforce, SAP, Commercial Operations, and IT teams to prioritize enhancements, manage vendor relationships, drive platform adoption, and ensure scalable, compliant solutions that improve pricing effectiveness and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Product Ownership & Roadmap Management
  • Own and manage the strategic roadmap for the Vendavo platform, including:
    • Vendavo Deal Manager
    • Vendavo Price Manager
    • Pricing approval workflows
    • System integrations with Salesforce, SAP, and related applications
  • Establish and maintain a prioritized backlog of enhancements, technical improvements, and business capabilities.
  • Lead demand intake, requirements gathering, solution evaluation, and prioritization activities.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on pricing optimization, sales efficiency, governance, and process simplification.
  • Define product vision, success metrics, roadmap priorities, and release plans aligned to business objectives.
• Pricing & Commercial Process Enablement
  • Partner with Product Pricing, Deal Desk, Pricing Strategy, and Commercial leadership to improve:
    • Price management processes
    • Deal review and approval workflows
    • Discount governance
    • Quoting efficiency
    • Pricing analytics and decision support
  • Identify opportunities to streamline pricing-related business processes through automation and workflow enhancements.
  • Support initiatives that improve pricing consistency, margin performance, and policy compliance.
• Vendor & Platform Management
  • Serve as the primary IT relationship manager for Vendavo and related pricing technology partners.
  • Evaluate vendor capabilities, product releases, and emerging functionality to maximize platform value.
  • Coordinate platform upgrades, testing, release management, and production deployment activities.
  • Monitor vendor performance and ensure service commitments are achieved.
• Governance, Compliance &