Product Owner – Hybrid position
Location: Charlotte, NC (3 Days Onsite)
Duration:12+ Months
Rate: DOE
Agile Product Owner Certification required.
· Serves as the liaison between the business units, technology teams and support teams.
· Drive product enhancements that increase customer value, create efficiencies, and grow revenue
· Work with product managers, customers, & stakeholders to define, develop, and refine requirements of complex software products and transparently manage them in the product Vision, Roadmap, and Backlog
· Define, clarify, and prioritize user stories; work with product manager and development teams to understand use cases, features, business and technical domain rules and product goals
· Ensure the product backlog is visible, transparent, prioritized, understood by everyone, and shows what the Development Team will work on next
· Gather customer requirements and advise on product features and strategic direction
· Present and demonstrate the solution to external groups and customers as necessary
Skills
· Strong understanding of the clients’ (internal and external) needs and issues and applies knowledge to support critical systems and projects.
· 8+ years of Product Owner experience
· Strong Agile and SAFe experience
· Preferred from Finance Domain (trading),
· Thorough understanding of iterative software development to help teams implement the most optimal approach suited to the teams’ needs
· Complete understanding of agile processes such as Scrum and Kanban to mentor and guide teams
· Excellent communicator; able to gain the respect of the team, external stakeholders, and management
· Mentors team members on Agile/Scrum best practices
· Must have experience with one of these agile tools: JIRA or VersionOne