Technical Product Owner

We are an American Fortune 500 company headquartered in Centennial, Colorado. The company specializes in distribution and value-added services relating to electronic components and computer products.

At Arrow ECS we are at the forefront of new internet security technology, providing businesses with technical expertise. As a company we sell, install and maintain customer's software and hardware solutions such as firewalls, antivirus, web filtering, virtual infrastructures, network traffic load balancers to name a few. Our customers can range from small businesses through to some of the biggest companies in the world. We work with these customers to ensure that their IT infrastructure is, fast, reliable, secure and most importantly working well for their needs.

Position Summary

Arrow Electronics is transforming its global eCommerce experience through modernization of the digital platform. We are seeking a Technical Product Owner (TPO) to lead the delivery of scalable, secure, and business-aligned digital capabilities. As part of the IT organization, the TPO plays a critical liaison role between product management (business-owned) and cross-functional scrum teams (IT-owned), ensuring delivery of high-impact digital features, APIs, and platform services.

This role requires deep technical fluency, strong business acumen, and hands-on collaboration with architects, developers, QA, analysts, and business stakeholders across a global enterprise.

Key Responsibilities

Product Ownership & Backlog Management

• Own the product backlog for one or more digital scrum teams supporting

• Translate business requirements, use cases, and platform goals into actionable user stories with clear acceptance criteria

• Drive backlog refinement, sprint planning, and story prioritization in collaboration with product managers and program leads

• Ensure alignment with architecture, security, and compliance standards

Technical & Business Analysis

• Partner with enterprise architects and developers to assess solution feasibility and platform fit

• Facilitate functional and technical requirement gathering with business analysts and domain SMEs

• Support documentation of technical specifications, payload schemas, API contracts, and integration points

• Collaborate with QA to define test cases and align with Definition of Done (DoD)

Program & Cross-Team Coordination

• Participate in cross-team Scrum-of-Scrums and release planning for complex digital initiatives

• Manage dependencies across APIs, frontend components (e.g., Angular, React), and backend services (e.g., Spring Boot, Salesforce, SAP)

• Ensure technical stories, enablers, and architectural spikes are properly represented in planning cycles

• Help align UAT readiness, data flow validation, and SIT coordination across functional teams

Communication & Governance

• Serve as the bridge between Business Product Managers and IT scrum delivery teams

• Provide regular updates on feature readiness, velocity, impediments, and risks

• Ensure alignment to Arrow's enterprise digital governance standards and delivery methodologies (Scrum-Fall)

• Support release managers with documentation needed for production deployment and hypercare readiness

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or Technical Analyst in enterprise IT or digital organizations

• Proven ability to translate business goals into technical epics, stories, and workflows

• Strong understanding of APIs, data models, user journeys, and software architecture

• Experience delivering projects using Agile Scrum and hybrid (Scrum-Fall) models

• Hands-on experience with Jira, Confluence, and backlog tools (e.g., Aha)

• Familiarity with platforms like Salesforce, SAP, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud technologies

Preferred Skills

• Experience with eCommerce, B2B platforms, or digital transformation programs

• Knowledge of Angular/React frontend frameworks and Spring Boot or Java-based backend services

• Understanding of DevOps, QA automation, test case management, and release readiness

• Exposure to enterprise architecture, data flow mapping, and integration patterns

• Prior experience in a Fortune 100 IT organization or global matrixed enterprise

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