Product Owner

Product Owner Austin, TX/Remote 12+ months Contract We are looking for a Product Owner who has experience in gaming software development or game UI/UX. Deliverables All output must align with product’s strategic vision and Product Manager’s strategic direction All product “issues” to be documented in JIRA Upon new product’s ideate entry, begin to identify, define and write epic, asks & user stories for MVP and 1:N features MVP will require at least 2,500 user story points PO to enter epics, asks and user stories in JIRA Upon alignment with product marketing, PO to prioritize via backlog Create dashboards and metric trackers in JIRA/Confluence Maintain team pages as confirmed in Confluence Upon entering concept phase, maintain two sprint worth of user story backlogs (created, refined, in queue) Each sprint requires min. of 150 user story points Documentation required 48 hrs. prior to sprint planning meeting PO to enter acceptance criteria and align with product manager on criteria prior to upcoming sprint Work with other software teams to define/develop shared functionalities for this new product Attend/Facilitate Meetings Facilitate bi-weekly look ahead meetings with development teams for sprint planning Host retrospective sprint session and capture challenges Attend weekly core team meetings Weekly meeting to review deliverables with product manager/product management team Deliverable Timelines PO to address/enter any action items within 48 hours of the assignment Provide notes within 24 hours of any PO facilitated meetings & document notes in Confluence Expertise needed Product owner experience in gaming software development or game UI/UX Desired expertise in console or gaming handheld UI/UX development, Software Platform Integration or Game Engine Development Job Description Understands customer use of product & customer’s journeys Ensures communication of customer problems/gaps to stakeholders Works across all functional areas, gathering inputs, updating product plans and roadmaps and communicating the impact of product/solution decisions to all stakeholders Attends system demos Reviews/accepts authored features Responsible for leading and lagging metric capture and reporting Works with engineering, enablement team, support and other product and program managers Has a solid technical understanding of the product/program and underlying technologies Builds a lean UX canvas to explain the product and asks in a much easier way to the entire team Drives agile maturity for assigned teams and shares scrum responsibility Shares the risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies with stakeholders Consults with Product Manager to interpret strategy, milestones and goals Prioritizes the epics of the application with Product Manager into releases that provide value Defines the stories and specifies the acceptance criteria without imposing implementation choices Adjusts the stories and prioritizes as per needs after every sprint Keeps stakeholders well informed of upcoming status as well as get their feedback Ensure that the product backlog is clear, transparent and visible Evaluate solution progress, based on value provided at each iteration Work with scrum master to establish sprint, meeting and demo cadence Participate in daily standups, retrospectives and demos Drive backlog grooming and sprint planning Remove blockers for team, reach out to other teams in order to coordinate deliverables and research unknowns with team as needed My3Tech Inc