Product Owner

Date Posted: 02/27/2025

Hiring Organization: Rose International

Position Number: 478880

Job Title: Product Owner

Job Location: Memphis, TN, USA, 38105

Work Model: Onsite

Shift: Monday- Friday 9-5 pm

Employment Type: Temporary

Estimated Duration (In months): 7

Min Hourly Rate($): 60.00

Max Hourly Rate($): 68.00

Must Have Skills/Attributes: JIRA, SaaS, Scrum Master, SDLC, Tableau

Job Description

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Required Skills:

• Jira – Backlog management, sprint tracking, reporting, Required

• Confluence – Documentation and knowledge sharing, Required

• Tableau – Data visualization and reporting.

• Science Logic – High-level understanding, but not critical

• Control-M – High-level understanding, but not critical

Required Experience:

• 3 -5 years’ experience overall

Top Skills Requested:

• Effective Communication: The ability to clearly convey information and ideas to stakeholders and the development team is crucial. This includes both verbal and written communication skills.

• Need to ability to understand and be able to read the room.

• Requirement Management: The skill to gather, analyze, and manage requirements from stakeholders. This involves understanding their needs and translating them into actionable tasks for the Rely team. Some interpretation is needed on style and approach.

• Prioritization: The capability to prioritize requirements and tasks to ensure that the development efforts are aligned with stakeholder needs and project goals. This involves decision-making and strategic thinking.

The Product Owner (PO) plays a crucial role in driving the vision, strategy, and execution of the team’s products and services. The PO serves as the bridge between business stakeholders, development teams, and end users, ensuring that solutions are aligned with business goals and deliver value. The ideal candidate must possess a blend of technical acumen, business analysis skills, and Agile expertise to effectively manage product development cycles.

Key Responsibilities & Daily Duties:

1. Backlog Management & Prioritization

• Own and manage the product backlog, ensuring it is well-defined, organized, and continuously refined.

• Prioritize backlog items based on business impact, user needs, technical feasibility, and dependencies.

• Ensure all backlog items align with the Rely team’s goals and overall product strategy.

• Work closely with stakeholders to gather feedback and adjust backlog priorities accordingly.

2. Planning & Execution

• Partner with the Scrum Master and development team to plan sprint goals, objectives, and scope.

• Ensure backlog items are properly groomed before sprint planning sessions.

• Actively participate in daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to remove roadblocks and provide clarity.

• Validate completed work against acceptance criteria and provide feedback to the development team.

3. Stakeholder Collaboration & Communication

• Act as the primary liaison between business units, customers, and technical teams.

• Gather and translate business needs into actionable development tasks.

• Conduct regular product demonstrations and sprint reviews to showcase progress and gather feedback.

• Ensure transparency in product decisions and communicate changes effectively to all stakeholders.

4. Technical Documentation & Case Development

• Develop business cases for new product features or enhancements, including cost-benefit analysis.

• Maintain and update technical documentation, including product roadmaps, process flows, and feature specifications.

• Work closely with engineering teams to document system behaviors, API interactions, and integration points.

• Ensure all documentation is accessible and up-to-date in Confluence, Jira, or other relevant tools.

5. Product Release & Deployment Planning

• Experience managing end-to-end product release cycles, including UAT, deployment, and post-release monitoring.

• Ability to work closely with QA teams to ensure feature releases meet performance and security requirements.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and Agile DevOps processes is a plus.

• Strong experience translating technical concepts into business-friendly language and vice versa.

• Ability to work with executives, developers, UX designers, and end users to ensure alignment.

• Experience leading cross-functional team discussions and executive-level presentations.

6. Technical Understanding

• Basic knowledge of APIs, databases, and cloud technologies to facilitate conversations with development teams.

• Familiarity with software development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies and enterprise system integrations.

• Experience working in a SaaS, cloud-based, or enterprise application environment is a plus.

• **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**

• **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**

Benefits:

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California Pay Equity:

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Rose International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender (expression or identity), national origin, arrest and conviction records, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Positions located in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California will be administered in accordance with their respective Fair Chance Ordinances.

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Rose International has an official agreement (ID #132522), effective June 30, 2008, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Employment Verification Program (E-Verify). (Posting required by OCGA 13/10-91.).