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Rexel USA

Distributes electrical supplies to US customers

Product Owner - APIs and Data Microservices

Technical Product ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeÎle-de-France, FranceNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A higher-education background in computer science, information systems, engineering, data, product management, or an equivalent field.
  • At least 5 years of experience as a Product Owner specializing in APIs and microservices data.
  • Advanced written and spoken English is required.
  • Experience designing or evolving APIs, digital services, or integration platforms.
  • Experience working in environments involving multiple systems, teams, or products.
  • Experience in data management, repositories, data quality, or test data.
  • Experience in an Agile or product environment.
  • A good understanding of data models and data feeds.
  • Knowledge of data governance, access management, and data lifecycle.
  • Ability to analyze gaps between source data and proxy data.
  • Mastery of backlog management and prioritization.
  • Ability to write precise user stories and acceptance criteria.
  • Experience with Agile methods, Scrum, Kanban, or Lean.
  • Ability to formalize a vision and build a roadmap.
  • Mastery of workshop facilitation techniques.
  • Ability to understand technical concepts and work with teams using varied environments.
  • Ability to synthesize and simplify complex topics, focus on outcomes and delivered value, document and track decisions rigorously, arbitrate and manage priorities, and communicate effectively in writing and speech.

Responsibilities

  • Define the vision and roadmap for APIs and data services required by digital products.
  • Understand business objectives, user journeys, and the functional needs of different products.
  • Identify opportunities to pool and reuse APIs, and maintain a coherent view of existing and planned capabilities.
  • Prioritize changes based on business value, user impact, risks, complexity, and technical dependencies.
  • Formalize API design and microservices data-management principles, and contribute to the broader architecture, integration, and data-valorization strategy.
  • Gather needs from product, business, technical, and partner teams; translate them into features, use cases, and service contracts.
  • Define API characteristics with architecture and development teams, including exposed resources and objects, methods and operations, exchange formats, validation rules, error management, pagination, filtering and sorting, versioning, authentication and authorization, performance and availability requirements, traceability, and monitoring.
  • Ensure APIs follow consistent, reusable standards; balance product-specific needs against platform and reuse requirements; organize deprecation and removal of obsolete APIs; ensure clear, current, usable API documentation; and manage API publication in a catalog or developer portal.
  • For proxy data, define use cases and expected service levels; identify data needed by each digital product; clarify data origin, nature, update frequency, and usage rules; ensure consistency with reference data where needed; define transformation, enrichment, anonymization, and aggregation rules; ensure data is representative for design, testing, and operation; and prevent unintended or noncompliant use.
  • Build, structure, and prioritize the API and data backlog; write epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria; maintain backlog quality and clarity for development teams; and organize refinement, design, and prioritization workshops.
  • Prepare decisions with stakeholders; track feature delivery and remove blockers; accept or reject deliverables against defined criteria; organize demonstrations and gather user and API-consumer feedback; and provide regular visibility into progress, risks, dependencies, and decisions.
  • Help product teams identify available APIs and data, encourage adoption of existing services before commissioning new development, and produce or commission usage guides, examples, datasets, and test journeys.
  • Organize presentations or training for internal teams and partners; gather API-consumer pain points; promote reuse, quality, and data responsibility; and communicate the roadmap, changes, version updates, and deprecations.

Desired Qualifications

  • A Product Owner, Agile, API Management, Data Management, or equivalent certification.
  • Experience in a B2B, e-commerce, distribution, industrial, or services environment.
  • Knowledge of SQL and ability to read data models.

About the Company

Rexel USA

Distributes electrical supplies to US customers

Rexel USA distributes electrical and related energy and communication products to millions of US customers, backed by the Rexel Group’s global footprint. It combines product sourcing with services like electrical design input, lighting upgrades, alternative energy solutions, and supply-chain optimization to help customers complete projects efficiently. The company differentiates itself by leveraging scale, a broad brand portfolio, and hands-on programs that pair products with practical, customer-focused solutions. Its goal is to help customers thrive by expanding brands and services while delivering value to shareholders.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Dallas, TX
Founded
2006

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