Product Owner

Role: Product Owner
Location: Alpharetta (GA) (Fully Onsite)
Full-time / W2 - with Infinite Computer Solutions
Experience in Banking or a Fintech background is mandatory

As a Product Owner, you will act as Product Management s primary liaison into our Agile SCRUM-based software development lifecycle. You will be responsible for guiding the work of one or more development teams to successfully deliver new capabilities to market, achieving release goals and maximizing delivered business value.

Job Responsibilities:

As the Product Management representative responsible for turning the product roadmap into reality, you will need to:

1. Translate quarterly roadmap vision into an execution plan
2. Work closely with the market-facing Product Manager to gain a strong understanding of the product vision, business goals and client and end user needs and how these will be met through delivery of the product roadmap
3. Bring team members and stakeholders together to translate high level product concepts and business requirements into software product backlogs that you own, prioritize and manage to best achieve release goals

1. Support delivery of the product roadmap

1. Work with supporting team members to maintain at least three sprints of approved product backlog items
2. Participate in development team grooming and planning ceremonies and provide support throughout each sprint as needed
3. Review and approve all completed stories during sprint showcases for each team involved with the backlog you manage
4. Collaborate and coordinate with intra- and inter-Division teams to identify dependencies and resolve blocking issues
5. Collaborate regularly with program and development teams to ensure a shared understanding of product backlog priorities and overall backlog progress
6. Communicate with stakeholders throughout the product cycle on the overall progress of items within your focus that are planned for the given release
7. Acting as a product information SME, support internal teams including sales, implementation, training, and customer support teams through activities such as product knowledge transfer sessions, participating in product demonstrations, and responding to information requests
8. Collaborating with internal team members, support completion of release readiness activities for each project including implementation, training, and customer support readiness, marketing activities, technical documentation, reporting, and client communications

Required Qualifications:

1. Education: 4-year college degree in relevant discipline.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Agile SCRUM Training, related certifications, and prior experience in a Product Owner role.
2. Experience effectively working with geographically distributed teams preferred.
3. Experience in Financial Management industries a plus.