Product Owner

TEKsystems • New York, NY

1d • $55 - $60 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Product Owner is primarily focused on managing the product feature intake of one or more highly complex digital experience products, ensuring product initiatives are translated into technical requirements for delivery team(s). Working closely with a Product Manager, the Product Owner helps define, communicate and align the product vision and goals with the delivery team to ensure work is properly prioritized and completed.

Requirements

• Expert in Jira
• Ecommerce experience
• Website experience
• Telco industry experience (highly beneficial due to complexity)
• 5+ years in Product Ownership
• Familiar with working in a fast paced digital marketing environment
• General understanding of digital testing processes (building out testing plans and quickly applying)
• Experience with Cross-functional team collaboration (Marketing, Dev, Design, etc.)
• ECOMMERCE experience
• Communication, relationship-building, expectation management
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum (sprints, backlog prioritization)
• Experience handling high volume digital updates & complex site redesigns
• Ability to manage a full-site refresh while also handling rapid daily request
• Cross-Team Integration: PO work closely with Marketing, Development, Design, and QA.
• Prioritization: Ability to juggle rapid requests while leading multi-month strategic roadmap efforts.
• Soft Skills: Relationship building, negotiation, communication, and collaboration are critical.

Responsibilities

• Defines, refines and prioritizes the delivery team backlog
• Creates consumable user stories for the delivery team to action upon
• Communicates team bandwidth and capacity with stakeholders
• Supports Product Manager with developing and planning the product strategy
• Owns features and stories from initiation to acceptance
• Ensures work is properly defined through continuous refinement of product backlog
• Identifies and communicates risks and dependencies to ensure tasks stay on plan
• Prepares and participates in product planning ceremonies including DSU, Refinement, Sprint Planning and Quarterly planning
• Produces release communications and demos
• Provides vision and direction to the delivery team
• Communicates status updates to stakeholders
• Identifies opportunities for product improvements and team efficiencies

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed