Search Product Manager - Springfield

Job Title: Discovery Product Manager Product Owner — Search B2B Automotive Parts Platform Role Overview We are seeking an experienced Product Owner to support the delivery of search and catalog discovery capabilities on a B2B digital platform serving professional automotive repair shops and commercial buyers. This is an execution-focused role that sits within the delivery team, partnering with the Discovery PM, engineering architects, and internal product and QA teams to translate roadmap intent into sprint-ready stories, manage the backlog, and ensure high-quality delivery. The Search PO is the day-to-day delivery anchor for the search and catalog workstream — owning backlog hygiene, story quality, sprint readiness, and stakeholder coordination at the feature level. The ideal candidate is a disciplined, detail-oriented PO who can bridge product intent and engineering execution in a fast-paced Agile environment. Key Responsibilities Backlog & Story Ownership - Own and manage the sprint backlog for the search and catalog discovery workstream — covering parts search, vehicle selection, catalog lookup, product listing pages, product detail pages, pricing and availability, part interchange, kits, and stock order workflows. - Break epics and features into well-structured, sprint-ready user stories with clear acceptance criteria, edge cases, and definition of ready and done. - Facilitate backlog grooming sessions with engineering (API and frontend tracks), architects, QA, and internal stakeholders — ensuring stories are technically unambiguous before sprint entry. - Maintain traceability from business requirements through to stories, test cases, and release notes. - Keep the backlog current, prioritized, and aligned to the Discovery PM's roadmap direction at all times. Delivery Execution - Work within the team's Agile delivery model — supporting the end-to-end pipeline from story sign-off through technical design, development, integration, testing, and production release. - Track feature progress at the task level across API build, frontend build, integration, QA, and bug-fix cycles. Escalate blockers proactively and without delay. - Support sprint ceremonies — planning, daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives — ensuring the team maintains delivery velocity and transparency. - Coordinate stakeholder touchpoints per feature — ensuring the right reviewers and approvers are engaged at the right stages of the delivery pipeline. - Manage JIRA as the single source of truth — story status, acceptance criteria, defect linkage, and release tracking. - Search & Catalog Domain Execution - Translate Discovery PM direction into executable delivery items across search and catalog features — parts search, vehicle-based lookup, catalog enrichment, PLP and PDP attributes, pricing and availability, part interchange, kits, and stock order initiation. - Validate acceptance criteria against professional buyer workflows — ensuring stories correctly reflect shop, vehicle, fitment, pricing, and ordering scenarios. - Support data model design reviews and API specification walkthroughs as part of the technical design gate process. - Work with the search platform team to define and validate relevance, ranking, and catalog quality requirements at the story level. Quality & Release Readiness - Coordinate UAT preparation — test data setup, test case review, and defect triage. - Ensure each feature meets integration and end-to-end gate requirements before advancing to regression and user acceptance testing. - Partner with QA to define test scenarios that cover edge cases, fitment logic, pricing rules, and catalog data quality. - Support post-launch monitoring — tracking defect resolution, feature adoption, and catalog quality metrics in the immediate post-release window. Required Qualifications - 5+ years of Product Owner or Business Analyst experience in e-commerce, enterprise SaaS, or digital platform delivery. - Hands-on experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria (BDD format) for complex, API-integrated product features in JIRA and Confluence. - Strong understanding of product listing and detail page experiences — attribute management, pricing display, availability logic, and catalog data requirements. - Experience in Agile/Scrum environments — sprint planning, grooming, standups, reviews, and retrospectives. - Ability to collaborate directly with API and frontend engineering teams on technical requirements, integration specifications, and defect resolution. - Strong attention to detail — ability to manage large backlogs across multiple epics concurrently without losing story quality or prioritization clarity. - Excellent communication skills — able to manage stakeholder expectations, surface blockers clearly, and keep delivery moving. Preferred Qualifications - Experience in B2B e-commerce, automotive aftermarket, parts commerce, or procurement platforms — familiarity with vehicle selection, fitment logic, part interchange, catalog complexity, and B2B buyer workflows is a strong plus. - Working knowledge of search and catalog platforms (Apache Solr, Elasticsearch, or similar) — understanding of indexing, relevance tuning, faceted search, and query pipelines from a product and delivery perspective. - Familiarity with pricing and availability services in a commerce context — real-time P&A integration, tiered pricing, and inventory visibility. - Experience with headless commerce, MFE (Micro Frontend) architectures, and API-first platform delivery. - Exposure to cloud-based platform infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and release management tooling. - Experience coordinating analytics instrumentation and working with QA and data teams on test coverage and product dashboards. - CSPO, PSPO, SAFe PO/PM, or equivalent Agile certification. Core Skills - Product Backlog Management & Story Writing - Acceptance Criteria Definition (BDD Format) - Search & Catalog Delivery Coordination - Vehicle-Based Navigation & Fitment Requirements - Pricing & Availability Story Definition - Part Interchange & Kits Delivery - Sprint Planning & Agile Ceremonies - JIRA Backlog & Release Tracking - API & Frontend Delivery Coordination - UAT Coordination & Defect Triage - Stakeholder Communication & Escalation - Cross-functional Delivery Execution Compensation, Benefits and Duration Minimum Compensation: USD 52,000 Maximum Compensation: USD 182,000 Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role. Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full-time employees. This position is available for independent contractors No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post