Product Owner, Integrated Business Planning

About the role

Scout Motors is building its Integrated Business Planning (IBP) capability from the ground up. We have a working proof-of-concept for our Integrated Business Planning planning tool, but the production-grade platform - the one that will run our executive planning forum and coordinate demand, supply, capacity, constraints, scenarios, and decisions as we scale to volume production - still needs to be built. This role will own the product vision, roadmap, and prioritization for this platform.

Responsibilities

• Set the direction for the Integrated Business Planning platform, convey that vision to the build team, and translate business requirements into a sequenced roadmap of product features.
• Make the hard calls on what to build first, what to defer, and what not to build at all.
• Define and evolve the integrated view at the center of the executive planning forum: demand outlook, production plan, procurement and supplier constraints, capacity and inventory implications, financial impact, scenarios, decisions, and actions, so it mirrors how Scout actually plans and decides.
• Own backlog refinement end to end: write clear user stories, keep acceptance criteria testable and tied to IBP value delivery, and validate delivered features and enhancements against those criteria so they support end-to-end IBP execution.
• Translate planning logic into clear product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria. Work together with IT and data teams on architecture, data flows, integrations, reporting logic, user access, testing, and support model.
• Sit between the product/dev team and the IBP and business functions—Production, Procurement, Supply Chain, Commercial, and Finance—to align priorities and timelines, surface the inputs, assumptions, constraints, and outputs the process actually needs, and reconcile competing priorities into a coherent product.
• Involvement in stakeholder discovery and alignment. Sit between the product/dev team and the IBP and business functions—Production, Procurement, Supply Chain, Commercial, and Finance—to align priorities and timelines, surface the inputs, assumptions, constraints, and outputs the process actually needs, and reconcile competing priorities into a coherent product.
• Build the governance that makes outputs credible: data quality, master data and planning assumptions, scenario logic, change control, and version management.
• Drive the platform from “a tool that exists” to “the source of truth the executive forum runs on” through training, iteration, feedback loops, and relentless attention to whether people actually use it to decide.

Requirements

12+ years in product ownership / product management, supply chain / operations planning, S&OP / Integrated Business Planning, business systems, or a related analytical or transformation role—ideally including ownership of a product or platform, not just delivery of one.

Real S&OP / Integrated Business Planning fluency. You understand demand and supply planning, capacity and procurement constraints, inventory and financial implications, scenario planning, and how executive decision forums actually run—and you can hold your own with the functional experts who live in each of these.

A product mindset. You think in outcomes and tradeoffs, prioritize ruthlessly, say no well, and own the result rather than the activity.

Able to lead an agile team, skilled in backlog management, sprint planning, and agile delivery for complex, data-driven products.

Data and KPI literacy. Familiarity with the data flows and KPIs critical to supply chain efficiency (e.g., forecast accuracy, inventory levels, service levels), and comfort with large data sets, planning assumptions, scenario models, dashboards, and performance metrics.

Experience managing a digital product across areas such as data management, APIs, integration, and monitoring, spanning the entire S&OP/IBP process in a multi-team, multi-channel environment.

Knowledge of how planning tools (e.g., APS, ERP, or custom solutions) enable S&OP execution.

Cross-functional leadership without formal authority. You build trust, create alignment across functions with competing priorities, and drive progress through credibility rather than mandate.

Sharp communication. You synthesize complexity, document decisions clearly, and move fluently between senior leaders and technical teams.

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, business, information systems, or operations preferred.

Automotive or other complex-manufacturing experience—long-lead procurement, BOM and capacity ramp, supplier allocation, plant constraints—is a strong plus, as is experience with planning systems, ERP, BI platforms, or agile product delivery.

Qualifications

Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Skills

Product vision and roadmap setting.

Product backlog refinement and acceptance criteria.

Agile delivery fluency.

Data and KPI literacy.

Experience managing a digital product across areas such as data management, APIs, integration, and monitoring.

Knowledge of how planning tools (e.g., APS, ERP, or custom solutions) enable S&OP execution.

Cross-functional leadership without formal authority.

Sharp communication.

Benefits

Competitive insurance including: Medical, dental, vision and income protection plans.

401(k) program with: An employer match and immediate vesting.

Generous Paid Time Off including: 20 days planned PTO, as accrued; 40 hours of unplanned PTO and 14 company or floating holidays, annually.

Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders.

Paid leave for circumstances related to bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave.

Initial base salary range = $160,000.00 - $192,500.00.

Annual performance bonus program.