Platform Product Owner

Title: Platform Product Owner (E‑Commerce / Technical Platform)

Location: Dallas, TX (Hybrid)

Job Description

Role Overview

Client is seeking a Platform Product Owner to own and drive the technical health, security, and stability of its e‑commerce platform. This is a newly created role designed to bring product ownership discipline to platform‑level, security‑focused initiatives.

This position is not a functional or business-facing Product Owner role . Instead, it is ideal for a Product Owner with a strong technical mindset who enjoys working on platform stability, upgrades, security requirements, and release execution rather than customer-facing features.

The initial engagement is expected to last at least six months , with a high likelihood of extension due to the volume of platform and technical initiatives underway at Rexel.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Ownership & Vision

• Act as the technical Platform Product Owner for the e‑commerce platform
• Maintain a clear platform vision , roadmap, and delivery timelines
• Own platform-level scope decisions and technical priorities
• Ensure the platform remains stable, secure, and production-ready

Security & Platform Stability

• Partner closely with security teams to deliver required platform-level security changes
• Ensure security requirements are translated into clear technical user stories
• Own and coordinate platform upgrades, patches, and configuration changes
• Ensure platform configurations are secure (e.g., backend controls, component scope, access restrictions)
• No hands-on security engineering required; work is at the platform governance and delivery level

Technical Product Ownership

• Define and manage technical user stories , acceptance criteria, and scope
• Ensure development work is properly tested (UAT) and production-ready
• Validate that platform changes meet security and stability requirements
• Drive work through completion and successful release into production

Cross‑Team Coordination & Communication

• • Work closely with:
    • Other Product Owners
    • Product teams
    • Security teams
    • QA and testing teams
  • Manage cross‑product dependencies and downstream impacts
  • Serve as the primary point of coordination for platform-related changes
  • Primary “customers” are internal product teams and security teams , not end users

Release & Delivery Management

• • Drive release planning for platform upgrades, patches, and security work
  • Coordinate timelines across development, testing, and release activities
  • Communicate milestones, risks, and timelines clearly to stakeholders
  • Blend Product Owner responsibilities with light project delivery leadership

Platform & Technology Context

· Platform: E‑commerce (SAP Hybris)

o Hybris experience is a plus, not required

o Any solid e‑commerce platform experience is acceptable

· Role focuses on maintaining and securing the existing Hybris cloud platform

· Rexel is evolving toward a microservices architecture , making platform coordination critical

Team & Working Model

· No direct reports

· Owns and works with a pod/group of developers , primarily based in India

· Requires strong coordination across time zones

· On-site presence in Dallas is required

Ideal Candidate Profile

· Product Owner with a strong technical/platform orientation

· Comfortable discussing:

o APIs

o Platform architecture concepts

o Technical dependencies

o Security requirements at a conceptual level

· Not a purely functional or business-only Product Owner

· Strong communicator who can translate technical complexity into clear direction

· Enjoys owning platform health, stability, and delivery

· Approximately 80% IT/technical focus , with awareness of functional impact

Required Qualifications

· Experience as a Product Owner or similar role on technical or platform-focused initiatives

· Experience working with engineering teams and defining technical user stories

· Strong stakeholder communication and coordination skills

· Experience supporting releases, upgrades, and production deployments

Preferred Qualifications

· E‑commerce platform experience (Hybris or similar)

· Experience working with offshore development teams

· Exposure to platform security initiatives (not hands-on security tools)