Product Owner

At-a-Glance:
Are you ready to build your career by joining a global financial company? If so, our client is hiring a Product Owner.

Position Type:

• Contract to Hire
• Hybrid

Required:

• 5 years of experience with business information systems experience (e.g., technology product ownership, business analysis, product management, quality assurance, user acceptance testing, etc.)

Technical & Analytical Skills:

• Experience in user requirements gathering including business process mapping.
• In-depth knowledge of agile frameworks and methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.).
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, design tools (such as Figma or Adobe XD), and project management tools (such as Jira or Confluence).
• Experience managing detailed user stories and technical details for engineering.

Leadership Skills:

• Experience facilitating meetings and presentations with stakeholders across various levels and business groups.
• Problem-solving mindset with attention to detail, delivering high-quality solutions and designs.
• Adaptability and resilience to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with evolving project requirements.
• Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills, with effective team building and conflict resolution practices.

Preferred:

• Experience in the Commercial Real Estate or Financial Industry.
• Prior software development experience is a plus.

Responsibilities:
Discovery / Design:

• Drive the user needs/recommendations/requirements discovery-design process following the team's Design playbook.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders/SMEs, including development teams, business analysts, and end -users, to evaluate, define and prioritize business requirements.
• Provide direction, review, and feedback to the UI/UX design team on mockups and wireframes. In certain scenarios create required UI/UX artifacts.
• Obtain the necessary approval(s) to proceed with requirements and development.
• Maintain a product mindset that prioritizes the customer and focuses on delivering value through the Omnia product.

Technical:

• Perform business and system analysis and utilize system designs to create detailed programming specifications or to resolve issues in an Agile environment.
• Work with engineering/developer teams during the development cycle to provide overview of business requirements, answer questions and make engineering process as efficient as possible.
• Understand tools and databases to perform detailed analysis and to ensure business designs not only meet business requirements but fit within technology standards.

Backlog Refinement & Sprint Execution:

• Create user stories and create user stories that meet "Definition of Ready .
  • Lead design reviews, refinement and estimation meetings needed to meet "Definition of Ready .
• Protect the product (and dev sprints) against scope creep (e.g., enhancements, improvements).
• Participate in required Scrum-Agile ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, daily standup, demo).
• Act as the voice of the customer, ensuring that user needs are understood and reflected in the product backlog.

Agile: Ways of Working

• Utilize agile methodologies in the development process, from sprint planning to daily stand-ups, contributing to a culture of continuous improvement.
• Identify opportunities and recommendations for continuous improvements and work with program leaders to implement.

Delivery and Communication

• Prioritizing features based on business needs and requirements.
• Provide updates on status, timelines, and problems; reviewing final outcomes with the client and obtaining their sign off that work is in accordance with client requirements.
• Apply negotiation skills (trade-off analysis, psychology, etc.) in "selling the business on iterative development and minimum viable product concepts; not giving into requests for "gold-plating or "over-engineering .

Testing and Change Management Leadership

• Lead and support the Integration and UAT testing cycles and events.
  • Bring business process knowledge to bear in creation of a detailed test plan.
  • Support the business in completing UAT prep (e.g., test scenarios) and execution.
  • Support SME testers during UAT, answering questions and providing testing guidance.
  • Manage UAT feedback including logging defects and high priority enhancements.
• Work with business to bring features "live . Support training efforts and user questions.
• Document, test, implement, and provide on-going support for the software applications.

Get in Touch:
If you think you'd be a good match, submit your resume and reach out to Prakash at to learn more.

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