Product Owner

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Your Job Flint Hills Resources (FHR) is seeking a talented Product Owner to partner with key business capabilities and deliver technology solutions that transform work processes and create competitive advantage. In this role, you will help advance technology roadmaps focused on industry-leading data management, automation, and data-driven decision-making. This hybrid role is based at our Wichita, KS headquarters. Our Team FHR IT product teams create value by solving business problems through technology while maximizing return on investment and optimizing total cost of ownership. Join our Product Team to collaborate across the business, develop innovative solutions, and deliver technology that drives meaningful business outcomes. What You Will Do • Product Strategy & Ownership : Own and drive the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for a portfolio of products, aligning business goals, user needs, and market opportunities to maximize value. • Backlog & Requirements : Define, prioritize, and maintain the product backlog, translating business and user needs into actionable features, user stories, and clear acceptance criteria. • Product Development & Delivery : Partner with Software Engineering, Data Architecture, Solution Architecture, Support, and other cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality product solutions, including hands-on configuration, development and testing of system integrations. • User Validation & Adoption : Develop a deep understanding of end-user needs, incorporate feedback into product improvements, and partner with business stakeholders to validate new features that enable end users to effectively drive business outcomes. • Solution & Market Evaluation : Evaluate market alternatives and contribute to solution design, using domain expertise to identify innovation opportunities, influence vendor roadmaps, and support long-term business objectives. • Product Performance & Improvement : Use data-driven insights and key performance indicators (KPIs) to evaluate product performance, inform prioritization decisions, and identify opportunities for continuous improvement. • Team Development : Mentor product analysts to strengthen capabilities and execute roadmap delivery plans in collaboration with internal and external working teams. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) • Experience developing domain knowledge and using it to understand customer needs, influence stakeholders, and shape solutions • Experience leveraging the expertise of others to lead and facilitate informed decision-making processes • Experience owning and prioritizing a product backlog while mentoring and developing other team members • Experience using query languages and working with data integrations • Experience translating functional requirements into technical requirements in collaboration with technical teams • This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship What Will Put You Ahead • Experience leveraging AI tooling assistants and agents to automate work • Experience working with Neo4j Graph Data Platform and AWS cloud services • Experience with Agile software development frameworks • Prior experience/knowledge with plant manufacturing and refinery processes At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy. Hiring Philosophy All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here . Who We Are As a Koch company, Flint Hills Resources is an industry-leading refining company making the oil and transportation products that keep the world moving. We make a large supply of fuel for gas stations and airports in addition to transporting crude oil, natural gas liquids and refined products through 4,000+ miles of pipeline – delivering energy to farmers, manufacturers and families. Our team champions innovation and excellence to help power modern life. At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. Our Benefits Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results. Equal Opportunities Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. 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