Product Owner

Your Job

Flint Hills Resources (FHR) is seeking a talented Product Owner to lead a team dedicated to delivering custom, data-intensive products that transform our work processes. By driving innovative data management strategies and leveraging data to automate decision-making, this role plays a critical part in creating a competitive advantage for FHR and shaping how we work. The successful candidate will possess a strong understanding of modern data platforms and cloud technologies, enabling them to drive the design, development, and release of innovative solutions. This is a hybrid role based at our Wichita, KS headquarters.

Our Team

Flint Hills Resources IT product teams create value by maximizing returns on technology investments. By crafting targeted solutions, we aim to optimize workflows, enhance decision-making, and ensure a competitive advantage. As part of our team, you will work with cutting-edge technologies, including Neo4j and AWS services, in an environment built for collaboration and innovation.

This role is not eligible for VISA sponsorship What You Will Do

- Develop and maintain a comprehensive product roadmap, aligned with the organization’s data strategies and business goals.

- Define key performance indicators (KPIs) to evaluate the success of the product, track its performance, and identify opportunities for improvement.

- Advocate for end-users by maintaining a deep understanding of their needs and pain points. Continuously gathering and evaluating user feedback to inform product planning, improvement efforts, and lifecycle decisions.

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineers, architects, product analysts, and business stakeholders, to ensure alignment and successful product delivery.

- Conduct hands-on work gathering requirements, creating feature and data files, and overseeing development, testing, and production releases.

- Build a deep understanding of data flows and their significance within our business processes.

- Act as a bridge between technical and non-technical teams, ensuring clear communication and alignment across stakeholders.

- Effectively lead a cross-functional team, ensuring efficient workflow and high-quality outcomes.

- Mentor and support product analysts to deliver competitive results.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

- Demonstrated ability to acquire domain knowledge, collaborate with subject matter experts, and translate complex challenges into actionable strategies and solutions.

- Proven experience working on custom-developed products, particularly those with a strong focus on data-intensive solutions.

- Proven ability to lead and manage cross-functional teams in an Agile environment to achieve high-quality product outcomes.

- Proven ability to create tailored solutions that achieve desired outcomes while addressing customer needs.

- Strong interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to build trust, foster alignment, and collaborate with peers and stakeholders.

What Will Put You Ahead

- Experience with Neo4j Graph Data Platform and familiarity with querying languages such as Cypher and SQL.

- Knowledge of AWS services, including Lambda, Step Functions, S3, and serverless frameworks.

- Understanding of mark-to-market accounting concepts or experience supporting accounting teams.

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. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).