What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Owner position at Tal-Ex?
About Facet
Facet is disrupting the wealth management industry. Our innovative technology and unique advisor model allow us to deliver high quality financial services previously available only to the very wealthy, to the 33 million mass affluent in the US. As a company, our goals are to:
- Help millions of Americans achieve their financial goals through high quality financial advice previously not available.
- Build the next generation of financial planning and financial life management tools that redefine how wealth management is delivered.
- Create a company culture that is as fun as it is stimulating.
Our Promise to You
- A-players: Life is too short to work with people who aren’t rockstars.
- Data Wins: We are objective to a fault.
- Integrity: Helping people with their money requires incredible trust. We do not take this lightly.
- Everyone Has a Voice: Great ideas can come from anywhere. We will always listen.
- Continuous Improvement: we commit to always asking how we can be better, in everything that we do - including the hiring process!
The Job
We are looking for a hungry person ready to take their product development career to the next level. We have put together a team of leading industry experts and stellar software developers who are working to build proprietary technology that enables financial advisors to deliver high quality, low cost advice to the mass affluent. Facet’s Product team sits at the unique intersection of Facet’s tech-enabled service offering: strategic planning and tactical execution. You will work directly with stakeholders from across the organization to define business priorities, process and product improvements to deliver on those priorities, and transition to work with our Engineering team to ensure the products we release to our platform are high-quality and intuitive.
Given the nascency of the Product team, we are looking for someone to help mature our Agile processes, all while continuing to execute as an owner of one of the pillars of our platform.
Your responsibilities
- You get in the weeds of product development: you're not afraid of owning problems, identifying process and technology improvements, and ensuring timely, high-quality delivery of solutions.
- Own and manage the product roadmap for one pillar of the Facet product - which pillar? We can decide on that together.
- Always have an eye out for process optimization - bring your awesome ideas to the table.
- Look out for market trends and get feedback from critical stakeholders and customers.
- Help navigate the organization through the Scrum development process: story creation, acceptance criteria definition, backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint demos, and retrospective meetings – essentially the Scrum cookbook.
- Report on status of tasks, backlog tracking, burndown metrics, engineering velocity, user stories.
- Ensure timely and high-quality delivery of new features from the engineering team, including ensuring acceptance criteria is met via QA testing.
- Work closely with the Head of Product and the engineering team to refine Facet's Scrum and Agile processes.
About You
- Minimum experience 5 years in product development (preferred 7 )
- Bachelor’s degree
- Able to think strategically but execute tactically – looking for a bias towards action
- Capable of prioritizing and executing multiple tasks and projects in a dynamic, deadline-oriented environment
- Has a tool kit of prototyping techniques, industry know-how
- You have a proven record of translating business requirements to technical requirements and vice versa. You can speak the business and technical languages effectively
- Experience running Scrum/Agile projects; preference for Certified ScrumMaster® or Product Owner®
- Knowledge of Agile techniques: User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Automated Testing
- Familiarity with traditional project management techniques, including Product Roadmap definition, Waterfall (not that we use such horrible techniques), etc.
- Must be able to work both independently and as part of a team
- Self-motivated w/ excellent communication skills
- Exceptional attention to detail, good interpersonal skills, and an orientation towards the achievement of team goals
- Outstanding skills in organization, time management, multi-tasking, prioritization, problem solving, and self-motivation
- Essentially – you are a Process & Product Ninja
Perks
- Competitive salary and significant equity: we pay up for the best talent
- Unlimited vacation: we trust you
- All the benefits: health insurance, 401(k), etc (oh, and a dedicated financial planner)
- Fast-Paced Office Culture: We're building a company together, so the office is lively and you will learn a lot
- Enjoy the flexibility of working remotely a few days each week: our founders are big fans of remote work
- Work with the best: see our A-player credo above
- Take a shot at helping millions of people live better financial lives
