Agile Product Owner
Oro Valley, AZ, US • Posted 9 hours ago • Updated 4 hours ago
Advanced Software Talent
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Skills
- 5 to 10 years experience in a software development environment
- Product Owner experience (5 years plus)
- Strong Agile
- Experience creating and successfully managing a backlog
- Direct experience working as Product Owner in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
- Project management experience desired
Summary
Only local candidates! 5 days a week onsite. Start date 02/16/2026
Direct W2 contractors only! No 3rd party agencies!
Join our team as a SAFe Agile Product Owner and take a central role in shaping the software that powers state-of-the-art medical instruments used in pathology labs. In this position, you will be the voice of customer for a dedicated software development team. You will guide the delivery of customer-centric features, translating complex user workflows and design principles into tangible solutions. This is a unique opportunity to apply your leadership and technical acumen to drive innovation and directly influence products that have a meaningful impact on patient care.
What You'll Do
- Guide Project Execution: Serve as the key liaison between stakeholders and the development team, coordinating technical solutions and ensuring the team s work aligns with strategic priorities.
- Define and Accept Deliverables: Own the team backlog, from creating design concepts and user stories to formally accepting the team s deliverables based on performance against design specifications and acceptance criteria.
- Champion Customer-Centricity: Leverage your deep knowledge of design principles and user needs to ensure the team is building the right solution to solve the right problems.
- Foster a Collaborative Culture: Provide servant leadership and guidance to a self-organizing technical team, participating in design reviews and fostering an environment of continuous improvement and innovation.
Skills required:
- You bring 5 10 years of experience in a software development environment, with a proven ability to guide technical teams and projects.
- You possess strong problem-solving skills and can navigate the complexities of large-scale system design and implementation.
- An excellent communicator, you excel at building alignment and translating needs between technical teams and business stakeholders.
- You have a working knowledge of Agile principles and industry best practices for software delivery.
Desired skills:
- Software delivery experience - Experience and confidence to work with the team to make sure the customer gets what they want
- Strong communication and coaching skills - The ideal candidate is able to easily work cross-functionally; is able to tailor his/her approach based on the audience (e.g., business stakeholders vs technical stakeholders); can have the tough conversations needed to push the project forward and gain alignment; has a can do, proactive approach and can get things done
- Experience creating and successfully managing a backlog
- Direct experience working as a Product Owner in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is highly preferred.
- A background in software architecture or technical design would be a significant asset in this role.
- Project management experience, especially in a software delivery role, is a plus
- Dice Id: atstaff
- Position Id: APO1
- Posted 9 hours ago
Company Info
Since 1979, Advanced Software Talent has developed programs that are specifically designed to find and deliver world-class talent to technology-driven companies. With three decades of trendsetting work in our back pocket, we have earned a reputation for honesty, quality, and integrity.
Advanced focuses on one thing: delivering senior level advanced skill Information Technology and Engineering competencies to the business and hi-tech community with a focus on providing the right talent for each and every project.
Advanced specializes in supplying Project Management, Business Analyst, Business Intelligence, Application Architecture, Enterprise Application, Software Engineer, Product Development and Database Management consultants.
Partnerships:
Advanced is a founding member of Techserve.
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