Agile Product Owner

Job Details:

Responsibility to focus on product success to build a product that works best for users and customers, and to create a product that meets business requirements. Ensure high product adoption, growth, and customer satisfaction, and provide visibility to align values across the organization. Use expert knowledge to direct the development team on what to build, success criteria and manage the product backlog in collaboration with internal and external stakeholder requests. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Write vertically sliced User stories (or best approximation given the company structure) with defined acceptance criteria and identified business value.
• Collaborate with the scrum teams at all scrum events with knowledge of agile best practices.
• Deliver product increments from end to end.
• Facilitate trade-off decisions in the product backlog with the product manager based on priority and value.
• Be familiar with modern cloud-based solutions and technology platforms (Snowflake, Azure, Git)
• Convert high-level business requirements into technical requirements in the form of product epics and stories.
• Collaborate with the Data Management team implementing the data management practice in the cloud solution.
• Design minimum viable products that gain customer beta adoption by converting Features to epics and stories.
• Team up with a UX specialist to define the UX on prototypes through production versions of an analytics product.
• Demo the product to internal stakeholders and customers as needed to gain feedback and approve new product features.
• Collaborate with the product team to define source system data requirements and timeline to create the data needed to achieve the business value associated with the product epics and user stories.
• Manage and prioritize enhancement and defect requests, and ongoing investments to maintain high levels of customer satisfaction.
• Other duties as assigned.

 KNOWLEDGE SKILLS & ABILITIES

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Minimum Education/Experience: Bachelor’s degree (BA or BS) from an accredited college or university plus a minimum of four (2) years of experience. Or High School Diploma or equivalent plus a minimum of eight (6) years of experience in the field.

Company / Industry Knowledge: Prior experience in a technology field is a must. Prior experience in banking, credit union or financial services industries is strongly preferred. Experience with data warehouse solutions is also preferred.

Other Experience:

·        3 years + of Analytics/Business Intelligence experience in a product owner or other related role.

·        Advanced level experience in scrum/agile and lean product management methodology

·        Scrum Master certification CSPO is preferred or willing to attain within 90 days.

·        Experience identifying and discussing requirements/product features with internal teams and with customers

·        Ability to prioritize EPICs and user stories by collaborating with the development team to understand the level of difficulty and cost/time involved.

·        UI/UX design experience creating dashboards and analytical reporting.

·        Demonstration and presentation skills that include addressing ad hoc questions during customer meetings

·        Development of lightweight mock-ups to initiate the product UX concepts will be an advantage.

·        Development of source data transformation specifications for technical teams.

·        Planning and budgeting skills will be an advantage

·        Creating effective agile user stories with clear acceptance criteria for development teams

·        Prior experience developing high-level testing approaches and business user acceptance test criteria.

·        Experience with the Agile software development methodology and related IT supporting tools (i.e. Jira or similar)

·        Experience using Microsoft Office products and other Cloud/BI tools.

SKILLS/ABILITIES:

Other Skills: Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and analytical skills. Willingness to be an assertive voice of the customer. Strong business acumen. Strong project management skills. Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills – a team player who can effectively partner with all levels of the company. Detail-oriented and organized. Ability to quickly sift through concepts and drill down into actionable step. Ability to handle numerous assignments simultaneously. Ability to work independently and as part of a team. Ability to adjust quickly to changing situations and the ability to drive results through ambiguous environments or unexpected obstacles.

Language Ability: Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to facilitate meetings and effectively present information to top management and other key personnel. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, or members of the business community.

Math Ability: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Computer Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office products, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, and a contact database product.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, and hear. The employee is frequently required to use hands and fingers in the course of daily job duties. The vision requirements include close vision. Significant mental stress may be incurred due to time deadlines, pressures, and demands from both internal and external sources.