Product Owner - POD Team

7+ Years

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

-Lead scrum teams in an agile work environment -Partners with business leaders on formulation and execution of strategy, vision and product roadmap -Execute against the roadmap to deliver industry-leading D&IS experiences -Drive rapid iteration, testing and change to deliver on business goals and KPIs -Assessing the competitive landscape and emerging industry trends; research the market, users and roadmap for the product -Define and evolve the methodology and tools for team; provide vision and direction to development team and stakeholders throughout the project, and creat requirements -Resource project with matrix reporting digital talent often including selecting and managing vendors -Create and manage product budgets and expected results Getting Into the Team & Work -Gather and synthesize user needs and product requirements from a variety of sources e.g. analytical analysis, voice of customer, internal business needs and workshop outputs (journey maps, touchpoint analysis, stakeholder maps, sketching, etc.) -Writes user stories aligned with product vision to right-sized product backlog items, creating clear goals for the product team -Coordinates product feedback from internal and external stakeholders to drive product release schedule -Actively participates in iteration planning and cross product team planning sessions, leads Sprint Reviews, and participates in retrospectives when requested by the team -Contributes to prioritization, maintains the sprint backlog and performs just-in-time story elaboration with the implementation team -Manages stakeholder expectations while maintaining an up-to-date roadmap to be shared with all stakeholders -Leads and understands the backlog, backlog grooming and daily maintenance of the backlog as a primary function of this role -Responsible for monitoring product status and feedback in the marketplace -Leads and works closely with Scrum team to guide, direct, and ensure acceptance criteria is met, while maintaining focus on quality

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

-Bachelor s degree in business, Marketing, Engineering, Computer Science or related field required -7+ years of progressive experience working within Technology and/or Digital Business Strategy -3+ years of Digital Product Management experience, partnering with Senior Level Business Stakeholders -Proven track record demonstrating a deep understanding of product life cycle management to take a product idea from conception to release, including new feature and function releases, upgrades, enhancements, etc. -Strong leadership and analytical skills with outstanding written and oral communication skills -Ability to lead, collaborate, influence, and coordinate activities in a cross functional, team-oriented environment to deliver technology applications or technical products -Technical aptitude to evaluate requirements and coordinate with business analysts and developers -Demonstrated results establishing a product vision and road maps that led to successful business value -Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss digital concepts, manage trade-offs and evaluate opportunistic new ideas with internal and external partners -Experience with scaling scrum (ex. Scrum Scale or LeSS) a plus.

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ICP-ACC, ACSM/ PSM-II/ SAFe SM