Integrations Product Owner at Cummins in Columbus, IN

• Shape strategic direction: Develop and execute long-term product line strategies, forecasts, and annual operating plans that align with business goals and drive sustained growth.
• Drive successful product launches: Lead product introduction planning and execute the full marketing mix (product, price, place, promotion) to ensure strong market entry and lifecycle performance.
• Own pricing strategy: Lead pricing decisions across the product lifecycle to balance competitiveness, profitability, and market positioning.
• Strengthen brand presence and communication: Ensure consistent product branding and lead internal and external communications to enhance market visibility and customer engagement.
• Leverage insights for competitive positioning: Use market research to define clear differentiation strategies and position products effectively against competitors in target markets.
• Enhance customer satisfaction: Proactively address customer feedback and resolve product-related issues to improve overall experience and loyalty.
• Optimize product lifecycle management: Manage products from launch through obsolescence, making data-driven decisions on enhancements, promotions, and retirement timing.
• Lead cross-functional execution and talent development: Collaborate across global teams to drive profitability, improve processes, and coach Associate Product Managers to build capability and performance.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

• Business insight - Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals. 
   
• Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions. 
   
• Decision quality - Making good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward. 
   
• Drives results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances. 
   
• Articulating Value Proposition - Interprets internal and external customer needs based on relevant application; explains and demonstrates products, solutions, and services to distinguish strengths and weaknesses to meet customer's specific needs to differentiate against competition. 
   
• Marketing Plan Management - Develops marketing mix recommendations based on the 4 P’s (Product, Price, Promotion, and Placement) to meet customer needs and achieve business objectives; guides and influences cross-functional implementation and creates framework to evaluate market responses and business performance. 
   
• Maximizing Profitability - Develops strategies that demonstrate the use of all marketing and sales levers (e.g. pricing strategies, promotions, volume based incentives, and value, feature, or benefit selling) to optimize profit. 
   
• Positioning For Target Segments - Aggregates appropriate inputs (e.g. customer perceptions, competitor positioning, alternative product capabilities) and determining where we need or want to compete for business within the target market segment. 
   
• Product Life Cycle Management - Identifies and executes changes to the product portfolio in response to evolving market dynamics and customer needs 
   
• Translating Relevant Market Data - Collects and categorizes customer voices and market information by leveraging appropriate research tools and techniques; analyzes research findings to identify opportunities to deliver customer solutions. 
   
• Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization. 
  
   

Education, Licenses, Certifications: 

• College, university, or equivalent degree in Marketing, Sales, technical or related subject required. 
   
• This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations. 
  
   

Experience: 

• Intermediate level of relevant work experience required.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize the integration backlog
  Define, refine, and prioritize Stories, and Enablers related to system integrations, APIs, and data flows to maximize business value and align with ART and PI objectives.
• Translate business needs into integration-ready requirements
  Collaborate with product management, architecture, and partner teams to convert business and operational needs into clear, testable stories with well-defined acceptance criteria and integration contracts.
• Coordinate cross-system, cross-team dependencies and API change communication
  Actively manage dependencies, sequencing, and handshakes across internal platforms, external systems, and partner teams, and proactively communicate API changes, breaking changes, deprecations, and rollout timelines to impacted consumers.
• Ensure quality, reliability, and non-functional compliance
  Account for non-functional requirements (performance, security, scalability, compliance, error handling) and ensure integration testing, monitoring, and validation are built into delivery.
• Participate in SAFe ceremonies and inspect-and-adapt activities
  Represent the integration product in PI Planning, Iteration Planning, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt, providing clarity on priorities, integration readiness, and delivery risks.
• Hands-on experience with Agile methodologies, SAFe practices, and backlog management/prioritization tools 
• Proven experience as a Product Owner for integration, API‑enabled products, or platform services (without requiring hands-on development) 
• Functional understanding of APIs and integrations, including how APIs are consumed, impacts of changes, documentation, versioning concepts, and dependency management 
• Ability to translate business needs and complex integration scenarios into clear, structured, and testable requirements without deep technical design ownership 
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including coordinating API change communication and aligning expectations across consuming and provider teams
• Ability to understand and manage end-to-end workflows across multiple systems, including identifying failure points and data dependencies

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Agile methodologies, SAFe practices, and backlog management/prioritization tools 
• Proven experience as a Product Owner for integration, API‑enabled products, or platform services (without requiring hands-on development) 
• Functional understanding of APIs and integrations, including how APIs are consumed, impacts of changes, documentation, versioning concepts, and dependency management 
• Ability to translate business needs and complex integration scenarios into clear, structured, and testable requirements without deep technical design ownership 
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, including coordinating API change communication and aligning expectations across consuming and provider teams
• Ability to understand and manage end-to-end workflows across multiple systems, including identifying failure points and data dependencies