Technical Project Owner

Responsibilities

• Lead standard agile development ceremonies and backlog management
• Manage cross-team (dev, design, product, etc.) initiatives
• Translate high level product requirements into detailed requirements and practical work guidelines for engineering teams to follow
• Help scope projects and come up with high-level estimations
• Serve as the single point of contact for project information status
• Proactively uncover and address issues and open items
• Create and maintain master project schedule in partnership with engineering
• Ensure all project tasks have clear owners (dev and non-dev) and that timelines from inception to rollout are understood and have clear drivers
• Adjust project schedules with Eng leads and communicate impact as plans change
• Run meetings effectively, set agenda, send detailed follow up, and drive to decisions
• Define engineering tactics:
• Work breakdown
• Teams involved
• Reprioritize maintenance backlog
• Define achievable benchmarks
• Complete Transfer of Information (TOI) sessions

Experience, Skills Education

• 3+ years of experience in project management
• 2+ years of experience as a Product Owner in B2B/SaaS organization
• 2+ years of experience in Agile Scrum processes
• Innovative thinking and problem-solving skills
• Solid knowledge of and practical experience with project management, agile software development, software engineering, designing and developing reliable and scalable web-based, high-volume data applications
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience working with multiple geographies using collaboration tools
• Bachelors degree in computer science, engineering or a related technical field
• Experience with business applications and software development management applications such as Jira, Word, Excel and/or Project
• Experience managing people will be a plus!