Product Owner - Platform Common Services

Job Description

We are looking for a Product Owner for our Platform Common Services including our API gateway, SMS messaging service, and other common platform services who can fully understand and analyze both internal and external customer needs and then articulate those needs to the development team via user stories. As a member of the Product Management team, you ll work closely with an agile team of Software and Quality Engineers as well as product managers, serving as the interface to the development team throughout the planning and software development process. The ideal candidate should be highly collaborative with the ability to lead cross-functionally and inspire our teams while remaining focused on results and value creation. You must possess a unique blend of business and technical savvy, a big-picture vision, and the drive to make that vision a reality. This role provides a great opportunity to partner with our technical teams to define, build, and deliver our software solutions to a diverse group of customers. What will you do Integrate in the agile development team to drive successful product delivery and serve as the voice of the customer Collaborate with Product Managers to formulate our product vision, strategy, and roadmap Work closely with Product Managers creating, reviewing, refining epics, features, stories and acceptance criteria to create and maintain a product backlog of maximum value that is aligned with product strategy Organize and refine feature requests, prioritize enhancements with Product Managers, and assist in managing the product roadmap. Engage in technical design discussions with software engineers Own the product backlog, balancing conflicting priorities to determine prioritization Own the release planning and sprint planning processes, including setting release and sprint goals, and successfully delivering on those goals Provide an active role in mitigating risks and issues impacting successful team completion of release and sprint goals Ensure acceptance criteria are met with current release and conduct sprint reviews from a business/customer perspective. Produce documentation with Product Managers and Marketing to support development, launch, support, services, and sales and marketing initiatives Perform detailed product demonstrations for external and internal audiences to communicate the benefits of the solution Serve as a subject matter expert to assist with sales and support as needed Are you a fit? Minimum qualifications: Bachelor s degree in a relevant field OR equivalent professional experience Two or more (2+) years of experience in product ownership, product ma