Agile Product Owner

Corewell Health • Grand Rapids, MI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Under minimal supervision, an effective Product Owner (PO) has a significant role in maximizing the value produced by the agile team and ensuring stories meet the user's needs and comply with the Definition of Done. The product owner is responsible for Program Increment planning, Iteration execution, program execution, participation in inspect and adapt event as well as content authority for the teams backlog. This role has significant relationships and responsibilities outside the agile team, including working with Product Management, Customers, Business Owners, and other stakeholders.

Requirements

• Associates Degree or equivalent
• 2 years of relevant experience years of experience typically gained through; Product management or multi-team product ownership experience.
• Using lean and/or agile approaches to develop solutions.
• Leading strategy.
• Building relationships with diverse stakeholders both inside and outside of the company.
• Working with IT team(s) to deliver large, cross domain technology solutions.
• Identifying and tracking key performance indicators (KPI’s) for large projects.
• Working with software development ticketing software like JIRA, Rally, Pivotal Tracker, etc...

Nice To Haves

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent
• 5 years of relevant experience Product Ownership
• 5 years of experience Experienced using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• 5 years of relevant experience Formal or informal Leadership
• 5 years of relevant experience Experience in a Large organization in similar size and complexity to Spectrum Health.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with their agile team(s) to create objectives for each 10 week program increment and be responsible for meeting those objectives with the team.
• Convey the vision and goals to their team for each new feature prioritized.
• Attend all regularly scheduled ceremonies as part of the teams Agile ceremonies, including but not limited to Iteration planning, Iteration demos, system demos, retrospectives, and program increment planning events.
• Write detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, diagrams, and other documentation to facilitate technical development.
• Responsible for the end-state product/property experiences.
• Rally cross-functional teams around business objectives and goals.
• Grooming the team backlog and prioritizing work efforts.
• Communicate status and progress externally to business and operation leadership
• Regularly provides guidance and training to less experienced Product Owners.
• Actively participates in safety initiatives and risk mitigating measures where appropriate and completes all position and unit safety related competencies and requirements on a timely basis.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and work/life balance goals.
• On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv
• Discounts directory with deals on the things that matter to you, like restaurants, phone plans, spas, and more!
• Optional identity theft protection, home and auto insurance
• Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree