SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager

SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager



Job Summary
The Project Manager (SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager) is responsible for overseeing projects from initiation through delivery, ensuring that the projects are completed on time, within scope, and within budget. As a SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager, the individual will be responsible for managing and prioritizing the product backlog, representing the customer, and working closely with the development team to ensure successful product delivery.



Desired Skills: Jira/ Rally/ Figma

Location: San Antonio, Texas

Buy Rate: $ 52 / Hour

Certifications: Agile Product Manager Certification, Agile Methodology / Agile Product Owner Certification, Agile Methodology



Key Responsibilities

• Works with different technologies (infrastructure, mobile, MSR-facing), and/or with vendor partnerships or software.
• Serves as a subject matter resource in a particular business or system domain, as necessary.
• Identifies, engages and influences business stakeholders and Subject Matter Experts.
• Works with business and Enterprise stakeholders to understand and validate business strategy and vision, and customer needs.
• Partners with sponsors, stakeholders, and IT to facilitate, define and document relevant business processes, gaining a proficient understanding of the needs, measures, and risks & controls for the improvement area.
• Serves as direct representative of the business with delivery teams, representing/reinforcing the customers' perspective throughout the product realization cycle.
• Works with the business process owners to develop metrics to manage and track benefits, adoption and risks to operations.
  Assists with project level plans related to schedule, scope and resources.
• Leads, collaborates with, and motivates a cross-functional team of user experience partners, designers, business analysts, developers, testers and others to develop, execute and release in alignment with program and/or product roadmaps.
• Manages, prioritizes, and assesses the impact of all work items, such as new features, defects, etc., including providing the decision to create, fix or defer at the project level.
• Reviews, and when appropriate, accepts and prioritizes feedback and new requirements from stakeholders.
• Reviews and accepts or declines output of development to ensure specified acceptance criteria have been completed.
• Prepares the business for the change and arms them with tactics and metrics for benefits, adoption, and risk.
• Assists with coaching with less experienced DPOs and team members

Certifications: SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) certification is preferred.