Sr. Software Product Owner

EBSCO Industries Inc • Hoover, AL

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About The Position

As a Software Product Owner, you will work with an agile software team to build and deliver features and enhancements to the Moultrie App. As a connection point between Product Management & Software Engineering, you will utilize a unique blend of business and technical savvy to make the company vision a reality. The Product Owner is accountable for understanding and translating the long-term product and platform plans into actionable work items for the software team. As a “high confidence, low ego” team player, the Product Owner will work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering (mobile, web, and IOT hardware), Customer Success, Marketing, Operations, and Sales Teams to ensure the completion of visions and timelines set by the business. You will aggressively grow the business by thoroughly understanding the marketplace and competition, by developing products that address consumer needs, and staying abreast of the latest software trends.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Business administration or related field (in lieu of degree we will consider candidates with equitable years of professional work experience)
• A minimum of three (3) year’s total related experience with a preference towards 2+ years in product management (preferably as a product owner) or working as a business analyst
• 2+ years of experience working within an agile-lean software product development method, such as Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe
• 2+ years of defining and documenting product requirements into small, well-articulated, and valuable deliverables

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Azure Dev Ops and Figma
• Experience with Internet of Things development
• Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework and/or Agile Release Trains
• Experience with cross-platform mobile app development
• A background in, and product knowledge of the hunting, fishing, or outdoor sporting goods market

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROI
• Assist Product Managers with the definition of product features and functionality
• Partner with User Experience to iterate on designs and learn from users through interviews and surveys
• Provide vision and direction to the agile development team and stakeholders throughout the project
• Collaborate with product management and software team to analyze and break down complex features into simple, well-written stories with acceptance criteria for development
• Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy
• Provide backlog management, sprint planning, and user acceptance testing
• Lead release planning and set expectations for delivery of new features
• Manage feedback from alpha and beta test groups
• Play an active role in mitigating risks and impediments to the sprint and the release phase
• Measure adoption and success metrics after releases and prioritize future improvements to improve metrics
• Ensure high quality and user-friendly software releases to our customers
• Proactively communicate progress, decisions, impediments, and risks to management and stakeholders
• Effectively manage expectations related to estimates and delivery timeframes
• Be the technical leader for features and defects, responsible for ensuring that development activities are coordinated throughout the development cycle
• Drive value and continuously improve the quality of the team’s deliverables
• Nurture ideas and solutions to existing customer problems
• Know your product and contribute a genuine passion and enthusiasm for the product and mission
• Represent the 'Voice of the Customer' in meetings; advocate on behalf of the end user.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees