Product Owner - Data Analytics and Reporting

Position Overview

We recognize that constant evolution is the new standard for success. To remain leaders and effective advocates for our songwriters, we are executing a focused, multi-year program to fundamentally reshape our core technology and business processes. As a Product Owner in our Transformation Office, you will be the voice of the business and the customer directly to the engineering team.

What You'll Do

• Own and Manage the Team Backlog: Act as the sole owner of the team's backlog, ensuring it is visible, transparent, and clearly communicated to all.
• Lead Collaborative Story Definition: Lead the translation of roadmap features into well-defined user stories by facilitating a collaborative authoring process with Business Analysts, testers, and the development team.
• Prioritize for Value: Continuously prioritize the backlog based on business value, user needs, and strategic direction provided by the Product Manager.
• Maintain Backlog Health: Lead backlog grooming sessions to ensure stories are "ready" for development, keeping a healthy buffer of work prepared for upcoming sprints.
• Act as the Dedicated Point-of-Contact: Serve as the primary liaison for the development team, answering questions and providing clarification on requirements throughout the sprint.
• Drive Sprint Ceremonies: Actively participate in and often lead key Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and sprint reviews.
• Collaborate on Requirements: Work closely with the Product Manager, business stakeholders, and end-users to gather requirements and ensure a deep understanding of the "why" behind each story.
• Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT): Plan and lead UAT sessions with business users to validate that completed features meet their needs and deliver the intended value.
• Accept Completed Work: Be accountable for accepting completed user stories, verifying that they meet the acceptance criteria and deliver the intended business value.
• Support Business Readiness: Partner with the Change Management and Training teams by providing subject matter expertise on new features to support the creation of effective training materials.

Who You Are & What You'll Bring

• An Experienced Product Owner: You have 2-4+ years of experience in a Product Owner role within an Agile/Scrum environment.
• An Expert in Execution: You have deep expertise in writing clear user stories, defining acceptance criteria, and managing a product backlog.
• A Master Communicator: You are an exceptional communicator who can articulate complex requirements to a technical team and demonstrate delivered value to business stakeholders.
• A Detail-Oriented and Organized: You have a keen eye for detail and are passionate about keeping things organized, from the backlog to requirement documents.
• A True Team Player: You thrive in a collaborative environment and are skilled at building strong relationships with developers, designers, and your Product Manager.
• Technically Conversant: You are comfortable discussing technical concepts with engineers and can help translate business needs into technical realities.
• Certified (Preferred): A Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or similar Agile certification is a strong plus.
• SQL or Finance systems experience: one of these needs 1 year of SQL experience while the other needs 1 year of Financial systems experience.

How Success Will Be Measured

• Backlog Health & Readiness: Your team backlog is consistently well-groomed, prioritized, and contains a ready supply of high-quality user stories for the development team.
• Team Velocity & Predictability: Your clarity and preparation contribute to a healthy and predictable team velocity, enabling reliable forecasting.
• Quality of Delivery: The features delivered by your team consistently meet the defined acceptance criteria and the underlying business intent.
• Team & Stakeholder Feedback: Your development team feels they have the clarity and support they need to succeed, and your Product Manager has high confidence in your ability to execute their vision.