Product Owner, Exp Senior Associate, BDOADVANTAGE

BDO USA • United States,

4d • $101,000 - $135,000

About The Position

BDO USA is seeking energetic self-starters who can devise creative and imaginative solutions for the challenges and opportunities facing an Assurance practice built for the 21st century. The focus is exclusively on the design and delivery of tools that enhance collaboration with colleagues and clients, direct attention to critical matters, and integrate with automated workflows. The innovation portfolio is designed to be people-first, supporting professionals in performing effective, efficient, and technology-enabled work that is evaluative, insightful, and impactful. The Assurance Experienced Senior Associate will concentrate on strategic, impactful platforms used across the Assurance practice. The BDO Advantage initiative aims to standardize processes driving expansive automation, digital relationship enablers, and emerging technologies for the future of assurance services at BDO. This role is key to developing and enhancing advanced digital solutions and requires ongoing dedication to creating best-in-class products. The individual will collaborate closely with the Lead Product Owner on product strategy and direction, roadmap planning, requirement gathering, and product deployments within an agile environment. They will act as the team's customer voice, translating visions and ideas into features with detailed requirements, and will work closely with the development team, including software engineers, designers, and quality assurance professionals.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Accounting, Business Administration, or Finance, required.
• Four (4) or more years of experience in product management and/or development, required.
• Proficiency in managing user stories and backlog in Azure DevOps or similar products, required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft suite of products, required.
• Ability to interview and influence senior stakeholders to document business requirements and clearly articulate priorities and decisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate with onshore and off-shore resources.
• Ability to work closely with business analysts, developers, and testers.
• Able to manage complex problems and bring them to resolution.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data and metrics to justify requirements, features, and drive management of product.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with development of custom web applications and digital transformation in assurance or compliance industries, preferred.
• Certified Scrum Product Owner or Professional Scrum Product Owner, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates the assessment of business demands and translates them into strategic product roadmaps for multiple or complex assurance technology platforms.
• Effectively prioritizes and manages the scope of each product launch to deliver key capabilities using agile methodologies.
• Facilitates the prioritization and management of product backlogs, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and maximizing value delivery.
• Defines and documents advanced feature requirements and user stories, including specified acceptance criteria.
• Facilitates collaboration with global stakeholders and cross-functional teams to drive consensus and manage dependencies across multiple projects.
• Plans the sprints with the development and testing team, and provides prioritization for each iteration, including coordination of dependencies with other product owners.
• Prepares and participates in release and sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and other agile events as needed.
• Drives adoptions and ensures processes for users are easy and intuitive.
• Prepares and provides updates to stakeholders and product management throughout the lifecycle of the products.
• Coordinates with key stakeholders to ensure products are in compliance with regulatory and firm-wide policies and requirements.
• Analyzes and monitors key performance metrics to ensure product performance and identify optimization opportunities.
• Other duties as required.

Benefits

• ESOP company, offering participants a stake in the firm’s success through beneficial ownership and a unique opportunity to enhance their financial well-being.
• Comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits offerings.
• BDO Total Rewards encompass more than traditional benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior