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Product Owner - CDS/GDE

Cummins Inc. Columbus, IN

Columbus, IN

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Full time Marketing Customer Experience Management

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Job Description

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

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