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Sr Product Owner

Pennington, New Jersey

Job Description:

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Job Description:

Responsible for maximizing the value for a product. Defines the vision and roadmap for the product, defining and prioritizing stories in the product backlog, and articulating this to both stakeholders and the development team. Works closely with stakeholders to understand their needs, and with the Product Manager in a scaled Agile model to ensure there is alignment. Is experienced in the role of a Product Owner, expert of the product, and has a deep understanding of the business or technology domain. Creates the vision and roadmap for the product to align with strategic direction for the business or technology domain. Communicates the product vision and roadmap to stakeholders and the team, and drives user adoption. Collaborates with stakeholders to understand their needs, problems, and aligns them on priorities. Creates and prioritizes work for 1-2 teams. Experienced with cross-functional teams. Creates and prioritizes stories in the product backlog. Refines stories with the team to ensure there are enough ready stories to load the next 1-2 sprints. Reviews and accepts stories and is empowered to make on-the-spot decisions on scope and requirements. Works in partnership with the team to ensure that optimum value is obtained through technology and through an advanced understanding of the business. Mentors less experienced Product Owners. Individual contributor.

Position Summary

+ Experience working in Agile methodology and a deep understanding of various phases of the Software Development Life Cycle; preferably in Business Analyst / Product Owner role

+ Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with both technology/development and business partners – ability to translate between these two constituencies

+ Ability to create EPICs, user stories, wireframes, mockups, and basic diagrams to convey ideas

+ Translate business requirements into technical specifications.

+ Collaborate with other development teams to manage interdependency, set up test cases, debug and maintain data quality.

+ Ensure software stability via documentation, code reviews, regression, unit and user acceptance testing.Experience working in Agile methodology and a deep understanding of various phases of the Software Development Life Cycle; preferably in Business Analyst / Product Owner role

+ Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with both technology/development and business partners – ability to translate between these two constituencies

+ Ability to create EPICs, user stories, wireframes, mockups, and basic diagrams to convey ideas

+ Translate business requirements into technical specifications.

+ Collaborate with other development teams to manage interdependency, set up test cases, debug and maintain data quality.

+ Ensure software stability via documentation, code reviews, regression, unit and user acceptance testing.

Required Qualifications

+ 10+ years’ experience in Agile methodology and a deep understanding of various phases of the Software Development Life Cycle; preferably in Business Analyst / Product Owner role

+ Communicate clearly & effectively with technology/development and business partners – ability to translate between these 2 constituencies

+ Excellent written communication skills and excellent communication skills and client presence

+ Support cost/benefit analysis to align tech solutions with business strategy.

+ Ability to create user journeys, user stories, wireframes, mockups, & basic diagrams to convey ideas

+ Experience using tools like Rally and JIRA for Agile projects

+ Certification in Agile Scrum; specifically Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) and/or Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and/or Certified Product Owner

+ Understanding of business process redesign concepts and process improvement techniques

+ Understanding and experience with technical solutions and components (APIs, Middleware, Services, SQL)

+ Participate and guide team in estimating work necessary to realize a story/requirement through the delivery lifecycle.

+ Perform spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas.

+ Code solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements.

+ Utilize multiple architectural components (across data, application, business) in design and development of client requirements.

+ Assist team with resolving technical complexities involved in realizing story work.

+ Contribute to existing test suites, analyze test reports, identify any test issues/errors, and triage the underlying cause.

+ Document and communicate required information for deployment, maintenance, support, and business functionality.

+ Experience with large data sets using big data solutions such as Hadoop, Spark etc. is a plus

Desired Qualifications

+ An individual with a demonstrated ability to get things done and make things happen; a person who is resourceful, seizes opportunities and is an innovator

+ Developing an understanding of stakeholder needs to help create a solution, envisions the solution to solve a problem (manual or through software)

+ Analyzes the stakeholder process to build efficiencies and also analyzes the software to improve or implement that process

+ Gathers and catalogs functional, non-functional, and technical requirements for stakeholder requests.

+ Analyzes functional and data requirements. Answers the questions: What does the software do and how does it store information?

+ Assists users and development team with application testing and troubleshooting

+ Identifies, documents and troubleshoots application related problems

+ Documents process, procedures and workflows associated with applications

+ Creates and maintains training materials for end-users

+ Demonstrate exceptional analytical skills and problem solving skills; excellent organizational, communication skills

+ A good team-player who seeks input and involves others in his/her communications; a person who values and cultivates relationships.

+ Experience with JIRA tool and infrastructure

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40

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