IT Product Owner - Finance

The Product Owner is responsible for leading the strategy, roadmap, prioritization and adoption of features related to a specific product within DTC’s technology stack. This role serves as a crucial link between business and IT, translating business vision to technology implementations that facilitate delivery of company goals. The objective measures of success are effective collaboration with business stakeholders, maintaining a value-driven product roadmap and effective release management. At this level, the Product Owner should be able to manage moderately complex products/systems, give guidance to more junior Product Owners and contribute to overall Product Ownership best practices.

Work Environment:

We are headquartered in the Madison, WI area, but this job may be performed remotely within the United States. If you happen to live near and enjoy coming into the office, we will welcome you too!

What You’ll Do: 

• Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to shape vision and craft the roadmap for a specific product within DTC’s technology stack
• Own, groom and facilitate refinement of the product backlog, using customer and business value to prioritize features
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to define the business case for suggested enhancements and incorporate into scoping and prioritization
• Define epics and user stories for the product backlog
• Manage fast-changing priorities in a dynamic environment
• Partner with Business Analysts to refine and split user stories, refine the backlog and understand downstream and operational impacts
• Effectively manage release scope and ensure changes are communicated and approved by appropriate stakeholders
• Work closely with other Product Owners to identify product dependencies, ensure coordinated development efforts and align to company objectives
• Maintain continuous communication with stakeholders and developers throughout the development, testing and rollout process
• Maintain project documentation repository and release notes library
• Track against and provide relevant project status reports regularly
• Serve as a product evangelist, identifying and promoting best practices, staying current on technological advances and making recommendations for tool/system usage to drive organizational growth & innovation

What We’re Looking For:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Computer Science, or related field
  • Equivalent work experience will be considered
• Experience in a retail environment, including ERP, finance and accounting environments
• Google Workspace Suite
• Product Ownership, Business Analysis or related field
• Working with data warehouse and analytics technology solutions
• Working in an Agile environment
• Experience with data architecture, integrations or data governance is a plus
• Familiar with analytic technologies and techniques such as data warehousing, customer data hygiene, performance dashboards, marketing automation and data mining
• Agile best practices
• Leadership of cross-functional teams
• 3+ years of experience years of experience
• No Management Experience Required
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship. 

Duluth Headquarters Benefits and Perks

Our pursuit of a better way isn't just about our products—it's about our people too.  That's why our Dam Good Crew enjoys a comprehensive benefits package, designed to support their well-being and success.

• Multiple Medical plan options 

• Dental & Vision plans 

• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts 

• Health Savings Account including company contributions  

• Company paid Life Insurance and AD&D

• Company paid Short-Term Disability

• Other various voluntary benefits including: Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Long-Term Disability and Supplemental Life Insurance

• 401(k) Employer Match

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan to purchase Duluth Trading Co. stock at a discount 

• 12 weeks of Parental Leave at 100% pay 

• Paid holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day

• Paid Time Off: take it as you need it policy for exempt employees

• Daily pay available  

• 40% Employee Discount 

• Flexible Fridays 

• Onsite fitness center

Position Compensation Outline 

Compensation Range: $60,000 to $95,000/year 

This position is eligible to participate in the company bonus program. 

Compensation listed is for the full-time position at this specific location and is based on several factors, including experience, and qualifications. Benefits and perks may have eligibility requirements and are subject to change.

The responsibilities outlined in this position description are a guideline for the general duties of the position and are not exhaustive of all duties inherent in the job. Duluth Trading Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Started in 1989, Duluth Trading Company exists to enable hard-working individuals to take on life with their own two hands. Folks that revel in doing it the hard way and celebrate finding a better way. We seek talented individuals who share these beliefs and are excited to further the Duluth Trading legacy with a digital-first mindset, always moving forward and always innovating.

From ingenious Duluth workwear, to comfortably capable Buck Naked Underwear, to outside-embracing AKHG, it’s all about the innovative gear and gadgets that equip customers for a more hands-on way of life.

Top-notch quality, immersive storytelling, outstanding customer service, and the shared belief that the go-all-in-and-dig-deep spirit exists with everyone are what sets Duluth Trading Co. apart. We seek talented folks looking to be part of a can-do team that’s hellbent on helping the world to gear up, get its hands dirty, and do.