JOB SUMMARY:

Under general supervision, this position acts as the representative of stakeholders to manage product backlogs and review iteration outcomes to ensure the business success of software development projects. Owns the most complex products and provides support to the Client, verifying the business value delivered by the Product and how it aligns with the Client's strategy. They actively support the Client from the business point of view and provides guidance in assessing Product opportunities and risks. They take advantage of the Product KPIs (and other business metrics) to optimize the Product.

Key Responsibilities:

• Works closely with the Client, defining the next iterations of the Product and plan their releases; presents the Team’s perspective and point of view to the Client, and build trust between the two sides

• Contributes to the design of UX workflows for the product

• Trains other junior staff and ensuring appropriate agile processes are being followed to facilitate product success

• Provides inputs for applications technical designs and data models to deliver user-friendly product solutions

• Uses dedicated techniques for road mapping (e.g. MOSCOW, Kano, or Pareto) and selected tools to describe the Product vision (e.g. business model canvas, lean canvas, or vision box)

• Provides strategic focus for the development team, to ensure the right things to be focused on and completed during the development process; organizes workshops with the Product’s users (based on the Discover/Define approach) to discover and validate hypotheses, as well as work with architecture the best solutions for the Product

• Evaluates the KPI metrics and suggests new solutions to increase the Product’s business value.Verifies the business value delivered by the Product and how it aligns with the Client’s strategy

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION:

• Bachelors degree in Business, Computer and Information Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or foreign equivalent, or suitable combination of education, experience and training; plus 5 or more years of experience acting as a Product Owner and/or certification in Agile fundamentals.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATION:

• Knowledge of Agile process and principles

• Knows and embodies Scrum values

• Understands Product Owner involvement in Scrum events

• Experience drafting and elaborating backlog items.

BENEFITS:

• In addition to medical, dental, vision, and other standard benefits like life insurance and matched 401(k), we provide specialized benefits like adoption assistance, pet insurance, mental health resources, and gym discounts. We proudly offer five employee resource groups to help connect and further the cause of African Americans, Latinos, veterans, women, and LGBTQIA+ employees, as well as weaving inclusion into the fabric of our work lives through mentoring and training.

COMPENSATION:

• $84,718-$105,894 Pay Range

EDUCATION:

• Bachelors: Business Administration/Management (Required), Bachelors: Computer and Information Science (Required), Bachelors: Computer Engineering (Required)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Product Management, Software Development

CERTIFICATIONS:

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification - Scrum Alliance

JOB OPENING ID:

• 00460225 Product Owner III (Open)

“This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.”

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