IAA, Inc. is looking for a talented Product Owner to join the team at our Corporate Headquarters in Westchester, IL. Someone empathetic, analytical, astute in business, innately curious, and passionate about innovating to make our customers’ lives better and to help our businesses run more efficiently.

The Product Owner is responsible for product strategy, identifying market trends, and understanding both customer and operational needs. They are customer advocates and domain experts who lead the organization in defining and delivering high-impact products. Internally, the Product Owners work closely with Marketing, Sales, Operations Management and Engineering. Externally, the Product Owner will interact with customers and industry partners.

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to the following):

• Define product strategy and create viable roadmaps
• Act as a knowledge leader and product champion within the company
• Contribute to a customer-centric, quality-driven environment for developing products
• Determine product KPIs and measure results
• Prioritize the product features for release
• Work closely with the Product team and Business Analysts to turn vision into stories that the Scrum teams can deliver
• Be able to say “no” to stakeholders and have the data to support your decisions

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related discipline is required.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience as a Product Manager/Product Owner
• Working knowledge of Product Management tools and artifacts
• Demonstrated success in defining and launching successful products.
• Excellent teamwork skills: proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
• Ability to quantitatively assess and prioritize customer needs
• Ability to communicate, in written and verbal form, with diverse audiences, internal and external to the company, in a clear and comprehensible manner
• Ability to perform market research, market analysis, and competitive intelligence studies
• Must be willing to travel up to 25% of the time for work purposes

In return for your excellent skills and abilities, we offer a benefits package including health insurance, 401K, STD/LTD, Life Insurance/AD&D, paid holidays and vacations.

About IAA

IAA, Inc., a Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers company (NYSE: RBA) and (TSX: RBA), is a trusted global marketplace for insights, services, and transaction solutions for commercial assets and vehicles. Leveraging leading-edge technology and focusing on innovation, IAA’s unique platform facilitates the marketing and sale of total-loss, damaged and low-value vehicles. IAA serves a global buyer base – located throughout over 170 countries – and a full spectrum of sellers, including insurers, dealerships, fleet lease and rental car companies, and charitable organizations. Buyers have access to multiple digital bidding and buying channels, innovative vehicle merchandising, and efficient evaluation services, enhancing the overall purchasing experience. IAA offers sellers a comprehensive suite of services aimed at maximizing vehicle value, reducing administrative costs, shortening selling cycle time and delivering the highest economic returns. Ritchie Bros. globally has over 7,000 employees and is headquartered near Chicago in Westchester, Illinois.

IAA is dedicated to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, creed, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship status, or marital status. IAA is a drug-free workplace.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform necessary job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)