Product Owner Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a similar field.
• At least 5 years of experience overseeing product roadmap strategy and definition, feature delivery, and trade-offs.
• At least 5 years of experience contributing to engineering discussions about technology decisions and product strategy.
• At least 5 years of experience in product or program management, product marketing, business development, or technology.
• Proven experience working in an Agile/Scrum and Lean environment in a Product Owner role.
• Excellent competency in product or project management tools.
• Ability to synthesize user feedback and data to make data-driven decisions.
• Ability to prioritize competing priorities and manage several workstreams with multiple stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Understanding of key information technology solutions and practices.
• Strong business acumen and ability to translate new technology into business value.
• Ability to create a result-oriented Management Operating System.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver in complex situations or solve complex problems.
• Creative and collaborative problem-solving capability.
• Ability to convey specific, observable, and measurable expectations for assignments.
• Ability to drive “fast and right” results in a matrixed environment.
• Consistently makes timely decisions in the face of complexity.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product Managers to develop product strategy and advance HBT strategic digital goals.
• Conduct product planning, design, and release quality activities for the Digital Valuestream.
• Plan, groom, and prioritize the product backlog and user stories to maximize value and prepare for sprints and releases.
• Act as the voice of the business and customer, represent stakeholder needs, and define use cases and user stories.
• Resolve or escalate team impediments and find innovative solutions through procurement or development.
• Ensure backlog items meet the definition of ready before entering a sprint and the definition of done before inclusion in a sprint demo.
• Present and demonstrate features and functionality to leaders and large organizations.
• Identify opportunities to improve agile processes and product-team effectiveness; advocate for the team and promote its activities and successes.
• Work with leadership and cross-functional teams to develop and deliver consumer software and services.
• Collect customer and product requirements from the field and document them.
• Define user stories with appropriate detail and acceptance criteria.
• Articulate requirements, prioritize the backlog, and guide development so stakeholders work together to deliver the right solution.
• Analyze customer feedback and usage metrics to identify pain points.
• Deliver long-term, large-scale solutions requiring vision, creativity, innovation, and analytical thinking.
• Drive requirement definition, customer experience design, roadmap development, and prioritization.
• Partner with HBT teams to understand customer needs and influence adoption of new services.
• Manage bottlenecks and escalations, anticipate trade-offs, balance business needs against technical constraints, and maximize business benefit and customer experience.

Benefits

• Employer-subsidized medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• 401(k) match.
• Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Educational Assistance.
• Parental Leave.
• Paid Time Off for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave.
• 12 paid holidays.
• Competitive salary.