Job Description

Professional Search Group is currently working with a LARGE MEDIA COMPANY who's seeking a CONTRACT TO HIRE, REMOTE PRODUCT OWNER.

**CANDIDATES MUST BE US CITIZENS OR GREEN CARD HOLDERS.

The Product Owner will be part of an Agile team that will include a Program Manager, Product Manager, and Scrum Master. This person will need to work closely with the delivery team as well as engineers and analysts to deliver projects using Scaled Agile (SAFe) and will be responsible for prioritizing work using Weighted Scoring (WSJF) This position will support deployment of our Consumer Data Platform (CDP) and new Data Science initiatives. RESPONSIBILITIES:

• • Work with developers and analysts to understand and organize the work into Epics and User Stories
    • Break larger User Stories down into appropriately sized pieces that are ready for grooming
    • Ensure User Stories have a clearly documented Acceptance Criteria and Definition of Done
    • Build and regularly prioritize the backlog
    • Understand the Product Manager’s roadmap and vision and document / prioritize accordingly
    • Understand and document dependencies
    • Responsible for accepting or rejecting work at the end of the sprint
    • Works with the Project Manager to break work into iterative releases
    • Responsible for conducting Sprint and System Demos, focusing on business value

QUALIFICATIONS:

• • Certified Product Owner
    • Excellent verbal and written communication
    • Ability to learn and process new / abstract concepts
    • Experience of Agile Development
    • Understanding of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFE)
    • Expert working with Jira and Confluence
    • Experience working in any of the following web development and / or mobile development
    • Understanding of Digital Advertising
    • Ability to understand Data Science Principles

NICE TO HAVE:

• • Hands on experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFE)
    • Hands on coding or SQL experience
    • Advanced understanding of database models & queries
    • Thorough understanding of Data Science Principles
    • Experience with Marketing Technology (Email, Data Management Platforms, Customer Data Platforms)

BIG PLUS:

• • Experience deploying Lytics Customer Data Platform
    • Experience with Google Cloud Platform including Big Query, and Ads Data Hub