Title: Product Owner
Duration: 6-12 Months Contract
Employment : W2 only, No C2C
Responsibilities:
- Supports business strategy by forming a backlog of features and user stories for use by the delivery team.
- Delivers and communicates service-related requirements to delivery team(s).
- Delivers agreed upon services in line with roadmap through effective management of delivery teams, testing, documentation etc.
- Articulates requirements for each user story with detailed acceptance criteria.
- Uses data and insights from multiple sources that benefits the business and our members.
- Pursues incremental delivery by looking for ways to meet business goals and learn from members and end users through frequent, measurable enhancements.
- Works collaboratively and uses best practices with the delivery team to support backlog refinement, sprint planning, and long-term release planning.
- Monitors and improves product health.
- Ensures completed stories meet acceptance criteria by reviewing test plans, the output of automated testing or, where necessary, contributing to manual testing efforts.
- Prioritizes and resolves issues and defects through collaboration within the delivery team and across the organization.
- Seeks to improve processes across the entire product team.
- Seeks to improve processes across the delivery team by using retrospectives to inspect and adapt.
- Communicates effectively with team members, stakeholders and levels of management.
- Provides direction, mentorship, and coaching to junior Product Owners.
- Stays current on Product Ownership and apply product development and agile delivery practices.
- Regular and reliable workplace attendance at your assigned location.
Experience, Skills, Education & Licenses/Certifications
- 3+ years' current experience working within a complex software development environment.
- 3+ years' current experience working on a Scrum and/or Agile team.
- 3+ years' experience with creating documentation for communication with varied audiences.
- 2+ years' experience working on complex development projects.
- Deep understanding of business requirements elicitation pursuant to specific programs/projects involved.
- Proficient in requirements gathering, business modeling, project scoping, and use case creation.
- Expertise in utilizing standard documentation tools/utilities.
- Deadline oriented and capable of self-management.
- Strong work ethic demonstrated attention to detail, excellent time management and organizational skills.
- Ability to work both independently and within a close team environment.
- Ability to listen to and understand business needs.