Product Owner III

United Wholesale Mortgage • Pontiac, MI

294d

About The Position

As a Product Owner at UWM, you will be working with our IT Teams, UWM leadership, and end users to maximize the value our products deliver for our internal and external clients.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years experience in Information Technology, or as a Product Owner or Business Specialist
• Familiarity with agile development methodologies
• Must have strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Must be able to effectively communicate both written and verbally

Responsibilities

• Provides direction to team based on vision
• Collaborates with Product Manager or Business stakeholder(s) if there is not a PM to define the epic backlog
• Submits Uzone App Dev Project Requests and provides updates around the work as it progresses and when it will deploy for greater awareness
• Writes the epic to ensure it provides clear and incremental business value
• Owns priority of story backlog
• Breaks down the epic into shell stories (title, description) and collaborates with the BA as the BA is better defining the story including AC, additional requirements, etc.
• Provides PO Approval for stories to be ready for development work to start
• Completes User Acceptance Testing and approves the story to be ready for deployment
• Communicates progress to stakeholders during development cycle
• Creates and maintains the current and future business process and user workflow
• Key translator between business and technology
• Owns and facilitates the demo including scheduling, getting stakeholders involved, ensuring feedback is captured and kick off the meeting

Benefits

• Paid Time Off (PTO) after just 30 days
• Additional parental and maternity leave benefits after 12 months
• Adoption reimbursement program
• Paid volunteer hours
• Paid training and career development
• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• 401k with employer match
• Mortgage discount and area business discounts
• Free membership to our large, state-of-the-art fitness center, including exercise classes such as yoga and Zumba, various sports leagues and a full-size basketball court
• Wellness area, including an in-house primary-care physician's office, full-time massage therapist and hair salon
• Gourmet cafeteria featuring homemade breakfast and lunch
• Convenience store featuring healthy grab-and-go snacks
• In-house Starbucks and Dunkin
• Indoor/outdoor café with Wi-Fi

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Credit Intermediation and Related Activities