Product Owner

Job Description

Job Description

Product Owner

This position is ON-SITE - NO REMOTE in Huntsville, AL.

Description

The product owner role is a leader responsible for maximizing the value of the products created by a scrum development team. The product owner serves as the customer proxy responsible for working with the Customer and other stakeholders—including other POs—to define and prioritize stories in the team backlog. This role holds the vision of what product or service needs to be developed and conveys that vision to the scrum team.

Duties include but are not limited to :

• Defining and Communicating the vision : Serve as the point person on a product development team, using high-level perspective to define goals and create a vision for development projects. Communicate with stakeholders across the board, including customers, business area POCs, and the development team to make sure the goals are clear, and the vision is aligned with business objectives.
• Managing the product backlog : Responsible for managing the product backlog—the development team’s project to-do list. This includes : creating the list of backlog items and prioritize them on the overall strategy and business objectives; mapping out project dependencies to inform the necessary sequence of development.
• Prioritizing needs : Responsible for prioritizing needs base on scope, time, and objectives of stakeholders.
• Overseeing development stages : Responsible for overseeing the actual development of the product, playing a key role throughout each event, including planning, refinement, review, and sprint.
• Acting as primary liaison : This role will serve as the primary communicator and link between stakeholders and teams.
• Evaluating product progress at each iteration : Accountable for each stage of the development process and the final product. Play a primary role in inspecting and evaluating product progress through each iteration.

Basic Qualifications

Desired Skills