Product Owner III - Servicing
United Wholesale Mortgage · Pontiac, MI · 2 wk ago
Customer ServiceFull-time
What You Will Be Doing
- Provides direction to the team and stakeholders based on product vision and strategic goals
- Integrates diverse perspectives into the product development process
- Collaborates and negotiates trade-offs and priorities with Product Manager and stakeholders to create and manage the Epic backlog and ensure alignment with business objectives
- Keeps teams informed on progress, deployment timelines, and updates
- Writes epics that articulate clear, incremental business value
- Owes prioritization of the story backlog
- Approves stories and acceptance criteria based on requirements for development readiness
- Completes User Acceptance Testing to progress stories in the deployment process
- Communicates comprehensive progress to stakeholders throughout the development cycle
- Serves as key translator and advocate between business and technology teams
- Leads stakeholder demos, including capturing feedback and facilitating discussion
- Analyzes team interactions to identify barriers to collaboration and promotes solutions that enhance communication, efficiency, project outcomes, and team dynamics
- Integrates user research and market analysis into the product development lifecycle
Must Have
- 6+ years of experience in IT as Product Owner or Business Analyst
- Experience working within Servicing
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Proficient in Agile methodologies for all roles
- Advanced listening and facilitation abilities
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience using Jira or similar work tracking platform
- Ability to work 100% on-site in Pontiac, Michigan
Nice To Have
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Business, or related field
- Advanced Agile certification and/or scaling certification
- Experience working with MSP