Senior Product Owner - Governance Technology Enablement (GTE)

The TJX Companies, Inc.•Marlborough, MA

11d•$94,000 - $122,200•Remote

About The Position

The Governance Technology and Enablement (GTE) team supports the IT Risk and Compliance (IT RC) organization with their technology and automation requirements, focused on ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management. GTE has an implementation focus; the product backlog focuses on implementing and configuring the ServiceNow IRM module to meet business needs of TJX while connecting data integrations and extending reporting capabilities.

Requirements

5-8+ years of experience as Product Owner
Bachelor’s degree or similar work experience
Demonstrated knowledge and application of Agile principles and frameworks, Scrum or Kanban teams
Working knowledge of the technical environment of ServiceNow Integrated Risk Management
Communication and interpersonal skills; both verbal and written
Demonstrated stakeholder management skills
Ability to support collaborative environment with scrum team and wide stakeholder group
Critical thinking skills like analytical, problem solving, and open-minded curiosity
Experience with product backlog management tools; Jira Cloud preferred
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Demonstrate a growth mindset with a focus on stakeholder management and Product knowledge to help the team become more effective at delivering high value features.
Strong sense of ownership to proactively identify opportunities for improvement and take initiative to act on them.

Nice To Haves

ServiceNow platform and Integrated Risk Management (IRM) knowledge

Responsibilities

Maintaining the product backlog, guiding, informing, and providing insight on product enhancements, maintenance, and efficiencies needed.
Partnering with the Product Manager to understand priorities and features, ensuring the team’s backlog aligns to the roadmap.
Ensuring that user stories are clear and concise with well-defined acceptance criteria.
Collaborating with stakeholders and scrum team to ensure stories are in a ready state.
Owning the backlog of user stories including user story creation, refinement, and prioritization.
Attending and actively participating in all team Agile ceremonies.
Accountable for scope trade-offs and timeline impacts.
Interacting with 8-10 stakeholders with varied levels of technical knowledge.
Accepting User Stories as meeting acceptance criteria during every sprint.
Performing acceptance testing at story level and feature level.
Writing UAT test scripts.
Assisting in release planning and supporting processes.
Embracing Agile principles and applying a Lean Agile mindset.
Ensuring team risks and dependencies are identified and managed.
Following team process and leveraging tools such as Jira, ServiceNow, and Confluence.