Product Owner

Genesis10 • Pennington, NJ

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Genesis10 is seeking a Product Owner for a contract position with a Global Financial Institution in Pennington, NJ. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity. The Product Owner will be accountable for defining and prioritizing the team backlog to streamline the execution of program priorities. They will collaborate closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog aligned with business priorities, lead release planning, and ensure adherence to enterprise standards for documentation in software delivery tools like Jira and Confluence.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner in the security or banking domain.
• Strong understanding of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), with SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) certification strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability in writing user stories and managing backlogs.
• Ability to communicate with both business and technology partners effectively.
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to think outside the box.
• Experience with agile methodologies, particularly Scrum.
• Technical proficiency in using JIRA or other agile project management tools.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a SAFe Agile environment.
• Knowledge of regulatory standards affecting the banking or security sectors, such as GDPR, MRA.
• Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) environments.
• Experience Jira-Atlassian software delivery web application.
• Understanding of financial services or security systems.
• MS365 and SharePoint Migration experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and prioritize the team backlog to streamline the execution of program priorities, maintaining conceptual and technical integrity of the features or components for the team.
• Work closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business priorities.
• Lead the planning of product release plans/PI planning, Sprint Planning and set the expectation for delivery of new functionalities.
• Provide an active role in mitigating dependencies of team which help successful completion of Release/Sprint goals.
• Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends.
• Be accountable for adhering to enterprise standards for documentation in our software delivery tools (Jira, Confluence, etc.).

Benefits

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average.).
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

What This Job Offers

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