Product Owner - Daimler Truck Experience

Daimler Truck North America develops connected vehicle products and digital customer experiences that support the transportation industry. The Junior Product Owner will translate product requirements into sprint-ready user stories, manage backlog and sprint execution, coordinate quality and UAT activities, and collaborate with product, design, engineering, and business teams.

What you'll do:

• Translate Product Manager requirements (PRDs, epics, business rules) into clear, sprint-ready user stories
• Author acceptance criteria and definition-of-done for each story so the team knows exactly what “built and done” means; review and confirm with the owning PM
• Maintain backlog hygiene and in-sprint prioritization across related product areas, keeping stories groomed, ordered, and ready
• Run backlog refinement sessions and drive story readiness ahead of each sprint
• Own sprint-planning inputs — what is ready and in what order — and make day-to-day, in-sprint scope tradeoffs with the responsible PM
• Partner with developers throughout the sprint on clarifications, estimation, and unblocking
• Coordinate release readiness and regression activities with development teams and cross-functional partners to help ensure quality before launch
• Prepare UAT test cases from acceptance criteria, coordinate testers, and log and track defects to resolution
• Perform story-level QA and confirm work meets acceptance criteria before it reaches PM sign-off and go/no-go
• Partner with the UX/UI team on story-level design hand-offs
• Work with program and product partners on dependencies. Escalate blockers and risks early
• Communicate clear, timely status to product, program, design, engineering, and business partners

What they're looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in Product Management, Business Administration, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, and 2-4 years of relevant experience, or 6 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree, is required
• 1–3 years in a product owner, business analyst, QA, associate PM, or similar delivery-focused role
• Agile/Scrum fundamentals; you understand backlogs, sprints, user stories, acceptance criteria, and the ceremonies that keep a team moving
• Requirements-to-stories translation; you can turn a business need into clear, testable user stories and acceptance criteria
• Strong organization and attention to detail; you keep a backlog clean and never let a story enter a sprint without clarity
• Clear written and verbal communication with both technical and non-technical partners
• Comfort with backlog/ALM tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar
• Exposure to digital products, customer-facing platforms, or complex enterprise applications
• Familiarity with UAT planning and defect tracking
• Basic understanding of APIs, integrations, or how modern web applications are built
• Curiosity about emerging technologies and how they can improve customer and internal user experiences
• An attached resume is required

Benefits:

• Annual bonus program
• 401k company contribution with company match up to 6%
• Non-elective company contribution of 3 - 7% depending on age
• Starting at 4 weeks paid vacation
• 13+ calendar holidays
• 8 weeks paid parental leave
• Employee assistance program
• Comprehensive healthcare plans
• Wellness programs
• Onsite fitness (at some locations)