Qualifications
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Creating long- and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines
- Builds and maintains relationships with Business Owners, Product Managers and Subject Matter Experts, business and technical, to define, analyze, prioritize and refine business requirements into an implementable backlog
- Represents the legal and contracts teams, as their stakeholders, prioritizing the backlog with their input, to realize their requirements
- Works with stakeholders to ensure goals, outcomes, requirements, and measures of success are documented in sufficient detail to support the development teams’ delivery
- Liaises with Product Management and other Product Owners to agree the scope, their contribution to and dependencies for every iteration and approach to delivery
- Communicates the product vision and backlog to all stakeholders to show the prioritization of key development initiatives
- Ensures timely delivery of feature/functionality changes and additions needed for legal and contractual compliance, including the creation and update of documentation evidencing compliance
- Delegating tasks on the project to employees best positioned to complete them
- Making effective decisions when presented with multiple options for how to progress with the project
- Serving as a point of contact for teams when multiple units are assigned to the same project to ensure team actions remain in synergy
- Adjusting schedules and targets on the project as needed to address changes such as requirements, staffing, or funding
- Communicating with executives or the board to keep the project aligned with their goals
- Performing quality control on the project throughout development to maintain the standards expected
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
- B.S. in Computer Science or related area
- At least 3 years of relevant experience leading technical initiatives, preference of experience supporting legal subject matter areas
- Familiar with Agile development methodology
- Leadership skills
- Interpersonal, negotiation skills
- Decisiveness
- Problem-solving skills
- The ability to delegate effectively
- Time management skills
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Additional Information
Employees from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds encouraged to apply.
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