IT Product Owner - Costco Travel

About the role

Costco Travel IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, a global retailer with a strong focus on employee-centric culture and community involvement.

Responsibilities

• Supports business strategy by forming a backlog of features and user stories for use by the delivery team.
• Articulates requirements for each user story with detailed acceptance criteria.
• Effectively uses data and insights from multiple sources that benefits the business and our members.
• Constantly pursues incremental delivery by looking for ways to meet business goals and learn from members and end users through frequent, measurable enhancements.
• Works collaboratively and uses best practices with the delivery team to support backlog refinement, sprint planning, and long-term release planning.
• Maintains and improves product health.
• Ensures completed stories meet acceptance criteria by reviewing test plans, the output of automated testing or, where necessary, contributing to manual testing efforts.
• Prioritizes and collaborates in resolution of issues and defects.
• Seeks and improves processes across the entire product team.
• Effectively communicates with team members, stakeholders, and all levels of management.
• Provides direction, mentorship, and coaching to junior Product Owners.
• Stays current with product management and lean-agile best practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years current experience as a Product Owner or similar role.
• 5+ years current experience working on a Scrum and/or Agile team.
• 5+ years current experience working within a complex software development environment.
• 5+ years experience with creating documentation for communication with varied audiences.
• 2+ years experience working on complex development projects.
• Deep understanding of business requirements elicitation pursuant to specific programs/projects involved.
• Proficient in requirements gathering, business modeling, project scoping, and use case creation.
• Expertise in utilizing standard documentation and backlog management tools/utilities.

Qualifications

• Deadline-oriented and capable of self-management.
• Demonstrated attention to detail, excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Ability to work both independently and within a close team environment.
• Ability to listen to and understand business needs.
• Proficient in Microsoft Workspace applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.

Skills

• Strong work ethic.
• Knowledge of product management and lean-agile best practices.

Benefits

• 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.

Pay

• Level 2 - $105,000 - $135,000
• Level 3 - $130,000 - $160,000

Schedule

• Full-time position.

Company Information

• 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 IT-Recruiting@costco.com.
• 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.