About the Role:
The Product Owner is responsible for the daily ownership, roadmap, and continuous optimization of the Akeneo PIM system, while supporting the eCommerce platform (Kibo Commerce/Shopify) and the Content Management System (HCL DX). This role acts as a crucial link between business needs and technical delivery, structuring product specifications and configurations to scale effectively across GCC and Asian markets. This role requires constant engagement in configuration, testing, QA, and enhancing the platform systems.
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What You Will Do:
Akeneo PIM Ownership
- Own the PIM product backlog, roadmap, and prioritization for product data models, families, attributes, categories, and enrichment workflows.
- Manage the product taxonomy and automation rules, driving rule consolidation and system maintainability.
- Govern catalog health, completeness, enrichment status, live vs. delisted products, and define reporting/dashboard requirements.
- Manage SAP-Akeneo attribute mapping and product-family design, coordinating with GTDP and integration partners.
- Evaluate and adopt new Akeneo capabilities (e.g., AI enrichment, DAM, classification) and translate them into workflow improvements.
eCommerce Platform Support
- Support the ecommerce platform product team on catalog, merchandising, and content publishing flows from PIM to the storefront and apps.
- Contribute to requirements, user stories, and UAT for platform features and integrations across headless web and app.
- Coordinate PIM-Algolia data flow to maintain merchandising performance and personalization.
CMS Support
- Support content and configuration management through the CMS, ensuring consistent product and campaign content across brands and locales.
- Manage digital asset and multi-language content workflows in coordination with the content team.
Cross-Functional & Delivery
- Act as the point of coordination between Product, Ecommerce, Content, Marketing, GTDP/Engineering, Data, and external technology partners.
- Translate business requirements into technical specifications and guide IT integration partners.
- Define and maintain RBAC/role requirements for the platforms owned.
Required Skills To Be Successful:
- Strong analytical, data-driven, and problem-solving mindset.
- Ability to translate business needs into clear technical specifications and vice versa.
- Excellent stakeholder management across brands, IT, and external vendors.
- Detail-oriented focus on data quality, taxonomy, and governance.
What Qualifies You For The Role:
- 3+ years in product ownership/product management within eCommerce or digital retail.
- Hands-on experience with a PIM platform, preferably Akeneo, including data modeling, attributes, families, and automation rules.
- Proficiency with eCommerce platforms like Kibo, Shopify, or equivalent headless/composable stacks and a CMS like HCL DX.
- Solid understanding of product/solution architecture and system integrations including SAP, APIs, and middleware.
