Sr Product Owner

GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY¿Please put candidates location/intent on resume.Approved Locations-Plano, TXAtlanta, GAGlider- YES- ID or Product owner related.Position Summary-Onsite-Regular hours.This role is responsible for maximizing the value for a product. Key responsibilities include defining the vision and roadmap for the product, defining and prioritizing storiesin the product backlog, and articulating this to both stakeholders and the development team. This role works closely with stakeholders to understand their needs, and withthe Product Manager in a scaled Agile model, to ensure there is alignment. They are experienced in the role of a Product Owner, expert of the product, and have a deepunderstanding of the business or technology domain

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with both technology/development and business partners – ability to translate between these two constituencies
• Ability to create EPICs, user stories, wireframes, mockups, and basic diagrams to convey ideas
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications.
• Collaborate with other development teams to manage interdependency, set up test cases, debug and maintain data quality.
• Ensure software stability via documentation, code reviews, regression, unit and user acceptance testing.- Support cost/benefit analysis to align tech solutions with business strategy.- Ability to create user journeys, user stories, wireframes, mockups, & basic diagrams to convey ideasUnderstanding of business process redesign concepts and process improvement techniquesUnderstanding and experience with technical solutions and components (APIs, Middleware, Services, SQL)Participate and guide team in estimating work necessary to realize a story/requirement through the delivery lifecycle.Perform spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas.Code solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements.Utilize multiple architectural components (across data, application, business) in design and development of client requirements.Assist team with resolving technical complexities involved in realizing story work.Contribute to existing test suites, analyze test reports, identify any test issues/errors, and triage the underlying cause.Document and communicate required information for deployment, maintenance, support, and business functionality.Qualifications/Skills:
• An individual with a demonstrated ability to get things done and make things happen; a person who is resourceful, seizes opportunities and is an innovator
• Developing an understanding of stakeholder needs to help create a solution, envisions the solution to solve a problem (manual or through software)
• Analyzes the stakeholder process to build efficiencies and also analyzes the software to improve or implement that process
• Gathers and catalogs functional, non-functional, and technical requirements for stakeholder requests.
• Analyzes functional and data requirements. Answers the questions: What does the software do and how does it store information?
• Assists users and development team with application testing and troubleshooting
• Identifies, documents and troubleshoots application related problems
• Documents process, procedures and workflows associated with applications
• Creates and maintains training materials for end-users
• Demonstrate exceptional analytical skills and problem solving skills; excellent organizational, communication skillsRequired (hard) skills/experience
• Agile tools (Jira)- Rally and JIRA for Agile project
• Domain Experts3. 10
  
  

years’ experience in Agile methodology and a deep understanding of various phases of the Software Development Life Cycle; preferably in Business Analyst / Product Owner rolePreferred skills/experience

• Certification in Agile Scrum; specifically Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) and/or Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and/or Certified Product Owner
• Experience with large data sets using big data solutions such as Hadoop, Spark etc. is a plus
• Experience working in Agile methodology and a deep understanding of various phases of the Software Development Life Cycle; preferably in Business Analyst / Product Owner roleCharacteristics of the top performer-Communicate clearly & effectively with technology/development and business partners – ability to translate between these 2 constituencies-Excellent written communication skills and excellent communication skills and client presence-A good team-player who seeks input and involves others in his/her communications; a person who values and cultivates relationships.Qualification AssessmentMust HaveTechnicalAgile tools (Jira)and 0 yearsHadoopand 0 yearsService Management Life Cycleand 0 years