Product Owner – Traceability

Role Summary

This role leads the strategy, design, and delivery of enterprise traceability solutions underpinning DigiProdPass’s Digital Product Passport platform and supply chain visibility offering.

The Product Owner – Traceability owns the traceability capability, delivering robust, scalable, and standards-compliant traceability data that feeds the DPP product layer. The role works in partnership with the Product Owner – DPP: traceability capability ownership sits here; DPP product ownership sits with the DPP PO. The ideal candidate brings hands-on knowledge of supply chain traceability, serialisation, event capture, and interoperability standards (GS1, EPCIS, Digital Link), and familiarity with where AI and automation apply to traceability platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Ownership

• Own and execute the product roadmap for the traceability capability, aligned with DigiProdPass platform strategy.
• Define the vision for end-to-end supply chain transparency and product lifecycle data capture.
• Prioritise the backlog by business value, customer need, and regulatory requirements.
• Translate traceability requirements into product features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead sprint planning, backlog refinement, and release planning.
• Present roadmap updates and product demonstrations to stakeholders and leadership.

Traceability Solution Management

• Design end-to-end traceability models across suppliers, manufacturers, logistics providers, distributors, retailers, and recyclers.
• Define product identity, serialisation, batch tracking, lot genealogy, and event capture mechanisms.
• Ensure complete traceability from raw material sourcing through production, distribution, usage, and end-of-life.
• Enable real-time supply chain visibility and provenance verification for enterprise customers.
• Model product recall readiness, audit defence, and Scope 3 emissions tracking as first-class traceability use cases.
• Build scalable traceability frameworks that support multiple industries and regulatory contexts.

Cross-PO Collaboration & Platform Integration

• Partner with the Product Owner – DPP to align traceability data structures and event models with DPP output requirements.
• Maintain a shared data model and API contract between the two capabilities, reviewed each sprint.
• Run joint backlog refinement sessions to surface cross-capability dependencies and sequence delivery.
• Escalate roadmap conflicts or integration risks to the Head of Product; operate with a platform-first mindset.
• Co-own integration documentation, data lineage definitions, and traceability-to-DPP mapping specifications.

Compliance & Regulatory Support

• Ensure traceability event data, serialisation records, and supply chain documentation meet audit and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Work with the DPP PO and legal/compliance teams to translate evolving regulatory obligations into traceability data requirements.
• Maintain audit readiness with complete, versioned digital traceability records.
• Track EU ESPR, Battery Regulation, and circular economy directives for their traceability data implications.

Data Governance & Interoperability

• Define traceability data requirements and contribute to the shared governance model alongside the DPP PO and engineering.
• Maintain interoperability between traceability systems and ERP, MES, PLM, IoT platforms, and external partners.
• Drive adoption of GS1 identifiers, EPCIS 2.0, Digital Link, JSON-LD, and API-first architecture.
• Define data quality, lineage, ownership, retention, and access control requirements for traceability records.
• Support secure data exchange within federated and partner ecosystems. Customer Discovery & Validation
• Lead customer discovery through structured interviews with manufacturers, suppliers, and logistics operators to surface traceability pain points.
• Apply jobs-to-be-done methodology and evidence-based prioritisation, grounding the roadmap in validated customer need.
• Validate requirements with customer stakeholders and technical teams before committing to delivery. Partner & Ecosystem Integration
• Define integration requirements and API contracts for enterprise ERP (SAP, Oracle), MES, IoT, and logistics platforms.
• Work with customers and integration partners to co-develop and validate integration approaches.
• Manage requirements for third-party data-sharing agreements and partner onboarding.
• Support pre-sales and RFQ responses with capability definitions, integration scope, and technical constraints.

Documentation & Product Governance

Prepare and maintain:

• PRDs, BRDs, and Functional Specifications
• Traceability Data Models and API Specifications
• Process Flow and BPMN Swimlane Diagrams
• User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, and Release Notes
• Traceability-to-DPP Integration Mapping Documents
• Keep requirements, features, tasks, test cases, and delivered functionality linked end-to-end. All documentation must be version-controlled and accessible.

Cross-functional Leadership

• Serve as the primary liaison between business, engineering, compliance, and external ecosystem partners for the traceability capability.
• Work with architects on scalable, standards-compliant traceability solutions.
• Participate in joint planning and review ceremonies with the DPP PO workstream.