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Role Description The Product Owner leads the feature/ product scope, ensuring that product requirements/ customer needs are met. Responsible for defining, prioritizing and maintaining the backlog based on business value, and leads the ongoing work with product owners/ development/scrum teams/etc. throughout the entire product/project lifecycle. Key responsibilities 1. Backlog grooming and planning Gathers and understands business requirements, translates business requirements or product roadmap into manageable backlog, documents the epics/features/stories; Builds the backlog (creation, prioritization and breakdown), details features and changes in scope requirements; Responsible for all functional and non-functional aspects, including defining clear ‘acceptance’ criteria; Consults with customer/ product manager and multiple stakeholders across all working streams; Participates in estimations, definition and/or refinement for projects, features, epics and stories. 2. Release/PI Planning – Takes an active part in the PI/ Release planning, conveys the vision and goals at the beginning of every Release/PI and Sprint/ Iteration; Prioritizes backlog and supports the Release/PI planning and Sprint/Iteration planning. 3. Execution and Support – Supports the development/scrum teams and provides ongoing early feedback, business clarifications, adjustments for risk, reprioritizations, changes in scope and approves 'done' stories; Reviews and approves all design gaps and/or enhancement suggestions driven by relevant stakeholders (external and/or internal); Takes an active part in all planning and retrospective activities. 4. Leads the scope items under her/his domain throughout the project/ product lifecycle; Represents the customer/product manager, aligns and connects all stakeholders, creates business value and ensures the team is building the right solution and delivering the expected items; Provides ongoing feedback to Product management and other stakeholders to ensure requirements are met. Leads and facilitates internal/external sessions, challenges business requirements and obtains stakeholder approval of the proposed product/solution; Works entails a high degree of ambiguity, complexity and enterprise reach. 5. Owns and/or supports product/solution implementation readiness activities such as training, documentation, and so on. Critical Experiences 1. At least 6 years’ experience in design, development or delivery of a product/solution 2. Business oriented view 3. Experience in end-to-end functionality/specs definition, including design, scope changes and prioritization 4. Experience in agile methodologies 5. Experience working under pressure, in decision making, and leading cross domain/application tasks 6. Experience in the management of multiple stakeholders and negotiations Credentials 1. Bachelor's degree, preferably in Engineering 2. MBA (optional) Role & responsibilities:
