Junior Product Owner

MTech Systems•Atlanta, GA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a driven and detail-oriented Junior Product Owner to join our dynamic product team. This role is an excellent opportunity for an entry-level professional with some experience in product management or related fields to grow their skills and contribute to delivering impactful solutions. As a Junior Product Owner, you will work closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and cross-functional teams to ensure the successful delivery of high-value features that align business goals and customer needs.

Responsibilities

Backlog Management: Assist in maintaining and prioritizing the product backlog, ensuring clarity and alignment with the product roadmap.
Scrum Master: Facilitate Agile Scrum ceremonies. Sprint Planning, Retrospectives, Stand-Ups. Create comprehensive iteration reporting including velocity/burn downs.
Customer Research: Interview customers on system functionality to solve user problems and inform design decisions.
Requirement Gathering: Collaborate with stakeholders, including customers, to define and document user stories, acceptance criteria, and business requirements.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with developers, designers, and QA teams during sprints to answer questions, clarify requirements, and ensure delivery aligns with expectations.
Customer-Centric Approach: Participate in customer interviews, research sessions, and feedback analysis to understand user needs and improve product functionality.
Agile Practices: Support sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives, ensuring Agile principles are upheld.
Data Analysis: Review product performance metrics, identify trends, and make recommendations for iterative improvements.
Communication: Effectively communicate progress, risks, and opportunities to product owners and stakeholders.
Ensure that all questions posed in bugs/user stories/Feature Requests are addressed either by Junior Product owner or Product Owner within 24 hours
Be able to answer ticket details such as expected delivery time (with developer support), release versioning, database versioning.
Move user stories/bugs/features assigned incorrectly to your sprint teams to the correct teams.
Coordinate translation of release notes and knowledge base to Spanish and Portuguese
Moving all unclosed tickets from one iteration to the next.
Write assigned SOPs
Write assigned knowledge base documents. Review drafts with product owner.
Create a new user story when it is determined by development team/product owner that a reported bug should be a user story.
Scope tier 1 user stories as assigned by the product owner.
Review all scoped items with product owner.
Know the priority order as determined and expressed by the director of product.
Contribute active comments and feedback on team calls.