Product Owner (Truss Software)

Job Description:

ITW Description:
Founded in 1912, ITW (NYSE: ITW) is a global industrial company centered on a differentiated and proprietary business model. The company’s seven industry-leading segments leverage the ITW Business Model to generate solid growth with best-in-class margins and returns in markets where highly innovative, customer-focused solutions are required. ITW’s more than 45,000 dedicated colleagues around the world thrive in our decentralized, entrepreneurial culture. In 2025, the company achieved revenues of $16 billion, with roughly half coming from outside North America. To learn more, please visit .
Division Description:
Alpine, an ITW company, is a leading provider of industry solutions and increased business productivity for component manufacturers helping design and manufacture the highest quality roof, floor and wall components. Our comprehensive product suite includes software, engineering services, connector plates, equipment and premier cold-formed steel truss system.
Job Description:
In Alpine’s Agile software development environment, the Product Owner (PO) is the key role to ensure product priorities and product roadmaps are executed. The PO develops and executes on a vision for the product and is responsible for translating that vision to actions for the scrum teams. The PO collaborates with internal stakeholders including Product Management, Marketing, Support, Operations, and Engineering to ensure that business, quality, and functional goals are met with each product release. The PO is responsible for the design, usability, quality, and delivery of a product or feature. The PO is the key decision maker on priorities and works to ensure that all stakeholders are aligned at each stage of the development lifecycle. The PO understands both the technical and business side of the product release and is ultimately responsible for representing the end user’s needs.
Core Responsibilities:

Roadmap Execution & Delivery

Own execution of the product roadmap established by Product Manager for a specific focus area or product line

Translate strategic direction from Product Managers into clear, actionable development plans

Partner with Development Managers to manage sprint planning, backlog prioritization, and release scope

Customer-Back Innovation (CBI)

Apply ITW’s Customer-Back Innovation (CBI) framework to identify and prioritize customer pain points

Translate insights into product requirements and features

Validate concepts directly with users and iterate based on feedback

Backlog & Requirements Management

Create and maintain clear, concise user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria

Ensure the backlog remains prioritized, refined, and ahead of development needs

Collaborate with UX/UI teams to align designs with user needs and business objectives

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Work closely with Product Management, Engineering, QA, Development, and UI/UX Design teams on a daily basis

Facilitate agile events (standups, sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives)

Coordinate with support and implementation teams to ensure successful releases

Domain & Industry Expertise

Develop subject matter expertise in component manufacturing workflows

Gain hands-on understanding of how customers use Alpine tools (e.g., design software, manufacturing software, and manufacturing equipment)

Observe real-world usage to inform product decisions

Quality & Delivery Assurance

Ensure delivered features meet acceptance criteria and customer expectations

Support user acceptance testing (UAT), documentation, and release readiness

Oversee beta trials with customers to validate product value and usability

Communication & Advocacy

Communicate progress, risks, and dependencies to the organization by presenting at monthly CBI gate meetings

Advocate for the customer within development teams

Maintain transparency into sprint outcomes, priorities, and roadmap progress

Key Competencies:

Customer Focus – Making customers and their needs a primary focus of one’s actions; developing and sustaining productive customer relationships.

Communication – Strong ability to communicate vision and strategy to a variety of stakeholders including customers, leadership, and the development teams.

Business Savvy – As the key decision maker for the project, the Product Owner must use understanding of the market, customer, and business to make sound decisions

Team Player – The Product Owner is committed to the team and works with the team collaboratively to deliver value to our customers.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, Marketing, or a comparable discipline; an MBA is a plus

4+ years’ experience working as a Product Owner or similar role with a development team

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) is preferred

Software Product strategy and management experience with demonstrated value delivery

Experience with complex customer environments and/or relevant industry experience

Experience leading software product development in an Agile environment leveraging frameworks such as Scrum and SAFe

Strong team/project management, communication, and presentation skills

Self-motivated, energetic and can work both autonomously and as part of the team

Ability to be flexible and adaptable in a changing environment

Up to 25% travel

Compensation Information:
$80,000 - $125,000 (high level of experience)
This compensation range is provided as a reasonable estimate of the current salary range for this role. Compensation depends on relevant experience and/or education, specific skills, market level, other job-related factors, geographic location, and other factors as applicable by law. In addition, our benefits include paid vacation, sick, holiday, and parental leave. For more details, visit our Benefits page.
ITW is an equal opportunity employer. We value our colleagues’ unique perspectives, experiences and ideas and create workplaces where everyone can develop their careers and perform to their full potential.
As an equal employment opportunity employer, ITW is committed to equal employment opportunity and fair treatment for employees, beginning with the hiring process and continuing through all aspects of the employment relationship.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, disability, protected Veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Originally posted on Himalayas