Inside the Role
At Daimler Truck North America (DTNA), we are driven by a vision to keep the world moving and revolutionize the way our customers interact with their vehicles through cutting-edge connected vehicle products and services.
We are building modern digital customer experiences that bring together capabilities from across the enterprise into more connected, consistent, and scalable solutions. This work requires close coordination across product, design, engineering, and business teams to align priorities, manage dependencies, and deliver high-quality outcomes for customers.
As our Junior Product Owner, you are the engine that turns product vision into shippable software. You work closely with two Product Managers to translate requirements into sprint-ready user stories with clear acceptance criteria, while also partnering with Product Managers and Product Owners across the enterprise to coordinate cross-team dependencies, sequencing, and delivery.
This role is perfect for someone who is highly organized, detail-obsessed, and energized by turning ambiguity into clear, buildable work.
Posting Information
We provide a scheduled posting end date to assist our candidates with their application planning. While this date reflects our latest plans, it is subject to change, and postings may be extended or removed earlier than expected.
We Take Care of Our Team
Position offers a starting salary range of $95,000.00 - $121,000.00 USD
Pay offered dependent on knowledge, skills, and experience
Benefits include annual bonus program; 401k company contribution with company match up to 6% as well as 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 and wellness programs; onsite fitness (at some locations); tuition assistance and volunteer paid time off; short-term and long-term disability plans.
What You Drive at DTNA
Backlog & story ownership
- 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.
Sprint execution
- 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.
Quality, regression & UAT
- 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.
Collaboration & coordination
- 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.
Knowledge You Should Bring
- 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.
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Where We Work
This position is open to applicants who can work in (or relocate to) the following location(s)-
Portland, OR US. Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
Schedule Type:
Hybrid (4 days per week in-office / 1 day remote). This schedule builds our #OneTeamBestTeam culture, provides an unparalleled customer experience, and creates innovative solutions through in-person collaboration.
At Daimler Truck North America, we recognize our world is changing faster than ever before. By listening to the needs of today, we’re building to solve with cutting-edge solutions in sustainability and future driving technology across electric, hydrogen and autonomous. These solutions, backed by years of innovative success and achievement, continue DTNA’s legacy as the undisputed industry leader. Our evolving brand portfolio is second to none, including Freightliner Trucks, Western Star, Demand Detroit, Thomas Built Buses, Freightliner Custom Chassis, and Financial Services. Together, we work as one team towards our envisioned future – building a cleaner, safer and more efficient tomorrow for all.
That is what we are working toward - for all who keep the world moving.
Additional Information
- This position is not open for Visa sponsorship or to existing Visa holders
- Applicants must be legally authorized to work permanently in the country the position is located in at the time of application
- Final candidate must successfully complete a criminal background check
- Final candidate may be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screen
- Contractors, professional services, or other contingent workers should confirm with their local agency if they are eligible to apply for FTE positions
- EEO - Disabled/Veterans
Daimler Truck North America is committed to workforce inclusion and providing an environment where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex (including pregnancy), religion, national origin, age, marital status, family relationship, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression (including transgender and transitioning status), genetic information, or veteran status.
For an accommodation or special assistance with applying for a posted position, please contact our Human Resources department at 503-745-8982 or toll free 800-206-3369. For TTY/TDD enabled call 503-745-2137 or toll free 866-355-6935.
