Agile Sr. Product Owner
About The Position
The Agile Sr. Product Owner is a member of the Agile leadership team and serves as the functional and/or client or business representative for one or more projects within a market focus. The role ensures stakeholder satisfaction and delivery of business value. Acting as the customer and Product Management proxy, the Product Owner connects business stakeholders with Scrum Teams and represents stakeholder needs and decisions throughout the project lifecycle. The Product Owner translates product features and backlog items into complex user stories and acceptance criteria, manages and prioritizes the backlog, and communicates stakeholder needs so that team delivery meets contractual requirements, quality and performance expectations, and service-level and process-compliance commitments. The role collaborates with teams and the business to identify solutions to market problems, shape solution concepts and product direction, and plan releases that deliver value to end users, sales, and marketing. The role also participates in sprint activities, clarifies and accepts user stories during a sprint, reviews and accepts or rejects results during the sprint and sprint review, and presents backlog work during sprint planning for team consideration and goal-setting. The position is hybrid and requires associates to work in the office 1–2 days per week. Candidates must be within reasonable commuting distance of a posting location unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree and at least 5 years of experience writing business or functional requirements and implementing Agile methodologies, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Nice To Haves
- Leading SAFe (SA) certification is strongly preferred.
- Pragmatic certification is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the customer proxy and liaison between the business and Scrum Teams.
- Translate features into complex user stories and maintain, rank, and prioritize the team backlog according to stakeholder requirements and priorities.
- Perform final testing and acceptance of user stories supporting product features.
- Communicate stakeholder needs so team delivery meets contractual requirements, acceptance criteria, quality and performance expectations, service-level commitments, and process-compliance guidelines.
- Collaborate with teams to discover and deliver solutions to market problems presented by the Product Manager.
- Work with the business to coordinate, rank, and prioritize business needs and plan solutions that provide value to end users, sales, and marketing with each release.
- Manage solution concept development so the product team understands direction and vision.
- Create and maintain the project backlog throughout the project lifecycle.
- Write user stories and acceptance criteria and translate the product backlog into user stories.
- Represent stakeholders as the Product Management business proxy and decision point.
- Review and accept or reject results during a sprint and in the sprint review.
- Attend sprint meetings and remain available to clarify and accept user stories during the sprint.
- Create or contribute to the project release plan.
- Present work from the Team Backlog during Sprint Planning for team acceptance, sprint negotiation, and sprint goal-setting.
Benefits
- Merit increases
- Paid holidays
- Paid Time Off
- Incentive bonus programs, unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Short- and long-term disability benefits
- 401(k) with company match
- Stock purchase plan
- Life insurance
- Wellness programs
- Financial education resources
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
