Job Description

Product Owner

Our client has an immediate job opportunity for a Scrum Product Owner. The selected Scrum Product Owner will be working with the scrum team, scrum master, external and internal project stakeholders, and management team on their digital product development effort. The selected candidate will drive value to the business by building, managing, and maintaining a Product Backlog in collaboration with IT teams. Represents the business to the team, and defines business purpose and value for them. Defines the details of what is to be done and the overall scope of the project for the product offering. Ensures that acceptance criteria are well-defined. Plays a key role in shaping the product direction, creating the feature(s), writing user stories, and innovating collaboratively through Joint Application Development (JAD) and other brainstorming sessions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
-- 25% Develops and aligns the Product Roadmap to strategic goals by working with customers, both internal and external, as well as Stakeholders to analyze and document both business and technology needs.
-- 25% Engages with the Agile development team in defining and maintaining Product Backlog epics and breaking them into features, user stories and acceptance criteria.
-- 10% Informs business decisions by drafting key objectives and results, strategies, and ensures appropriate levels of data is optimized by and through the product.
-- 10% Partners with product management and senior management to create, implement, and adjust the product to fit the company portfolio; represents the team while managing business with clients, users, and stakeholders.
-- 10% Communicates the business' product needs to technologists, internal and external business partners, and is held accountable for the functionality and the adoption of the created product.
-- 10% Articulates the value proposition to clients, internal and external business partners, and key stakeholders.
-- 5% Researches and analyzes product roadmap, market, and users.
-- 5% Helps advocate for and broaden team understanding of Agile methods, knowledge of new technologies and trends.

Required Skills

- Education Level: Bachelor's Degree - In lieu of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.
- Experience: 8 years total experience, with the last 6 years previous years as a Product Owner with an in-depth knowledge of agile process and principles.

Must have's:
(1) Product vs Strategy and execution expertise
(2) Google Analytics expertise
(3) Aha tool experience
(4) Healthcare (Payor side) experience
(5) Digital tools and backend technology expertise
(6) Agile certification

-Must be able to effectively work in a fast-paced environment with frequently changing priorities, deadlines, and workloads that can be variable for long periods of time.
-Must be able to meet established deadlines and handle multiple customer service demands from internal and external customers, within set expectations for service excellence.
-Must be able to effectively communicate and provide positive customer service to every internal and external customer, including customers who may be demanding or otherwise challenging.

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Job Tags

Contract work, Work experience placement, Immediate start,

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