Product Owner - CDS/GDE

Cummins Inc. is seeking a Product Owner to lead CDS/GDE product ownership in Columbus, IN. This role focuses on long-term product line strategy and marketing across the product lifecycle, working within an Agile/SAFe environment to deliver launches, profitability improvements, and customer value.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the long-term product line strategy, forecast, and operating plan to support sustainable growth, profitability, and alignment with business objectives.
• Drive successful product launches by creating introduction plans and executing marketing strategies across the product lifecycle.
• Improve product profitability through pricing strategy leadership, budget planning, and resource allocation decisions.
• Strengthen market position using customer insights and competitive research to define differentiated product value propositions.
• Support customer satisfaction by addressing product-related issues, collecting feedback, and driving continuous improvements.
• Manage product portfolio performance through lifecycle decisions, including enhancements, promotions, and obsolescence planning.
• Support brand protection and growth by ensuring product branding and communications, and collaborating with legal and engineering teams to safeguard intellectual property.
• Build organizational capability by coaching Associate Product Managers and developing a high-performing product management team.

Backlog, Agile, and SAFe Execution

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify short- and long-term business priorities.
• Own backlog refinement, prepare for Program Increment planning, and participate in planning events.
• Define and drive iteration goals and iteration content using prioritized stories.
• Build, edit, and maintain the Team Backlog, including user stories, defects, and enablers, with primary responsibility for maintaining just-in-time story elaboration.
• Practice Lean/Agile leadership by contributing to vision and Program backlog, and owning the team backlog and implementation.
• Accept user stories as done by validating acceptance criteria, appropriate acceptance tests, and alignment with the Definition of Done (DoD).
• Understand the scope of enabler work and collaborate with System and Solution Architect/Engineering to support decisions and sequencing of technological infrastructure.
• Support feature planning and prioritization for capabilities, serving as the primary source for story detail and priorities in Iteration Planning.
• Review and accept stories in the Team demo and participate in the Iteration Retrospective and the Inspect and Adapt workshop.

Influence, Delivery Quality, and Product Performance

• Influence cross-functional partners by using different approaches to shift opinions or plans, gaining support for ideas in a matrix environment.
• Understand data structures, APIs, and data models.
• Track KPIs such as availability, usage, and performance.
• Use analytics to iterate and improve product performance.

Required Qualifications

• College, university, or equivalent degree in Marketing, Sales, technical or related subject required.
• Intermediate level of relevant work experience required.
• 5-7 years of experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, Business Analyst, or in a related digital product role, including experience working in Agile environments.

Preferred Qualifications and Additional Notes

• SAFe experience is strongly preferred.
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

Tools and Technologies

• Agile
• SAFe
• APIs

Location and Employment Details

• Location: Columbus, IN (on-site)
• Role category: On-site with flexibility
• Job type: Exempt - Experienced
• 100% on-site: No
• Organization: Cummins Inc.
• ReqID: 2436136

Benefits

• Relocation Package: Yes