Senior Product Owner

Responsibilities

• Owns people management responsibilities for 2–6 business analysts
• Owns the development and delivery of one or multiple high complexity software product(s) in line with business needs
• Owns and drives key business relationships for the product(s)
• Researches and analyzes industry trends and benchmarking information as they apply to product(s)
• Creates & maintains an executable backlog of product requirements
• Defines and communicates prioritization of product requirements with a mind toward business value and tradeoffs
• Participates actively in daily stand-ups, sprint planning meetings, sprint reviews and retrospectives to drive team alignment on product vision and value delivery
• Weighs business risks, issues, and impediments being experienced by the product team and actively assists with issue resolution
• Maintains an analytical perspective during a crisis and supports crisis resolution
• Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results
• Takes ownership of and is accountable for one or more complex products, features, components, or solutions and associated performance metrics
• Ensures team level decisions align with priorities and strategic agenda for project/product
• Leverages budget and other financial information to support staffing and business planning efforts
• Identifies risks and their potential outcomes and proposes possible solutions to meet business objectives
• Fosters an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued
• Participate in process analysis to determine areas of improvement using Lean and Agile methodologies
• Presents results and/or demos with appropriate complexity for different audiences

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher
• 8+ years' experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager or Business Analyst with a minimum of 5 years of experience in an agile environment
• Strong understanding of Scrum, Lean, XP, Kanban and other agile development frameworks
• Proven experience managing design and delivery of highly technical and complex large-scale products
• Sound knowledge of emerging technologies focusing on cloud products, SaaS platforms, or Enterprise Applications