Product Owner

Product Owner

The Product Owner is a key member of the solution delivery team, working closely with the Product Manager and business stakeholders to understand business objectives and ensure solutions have strategic alignment and business value. They are responsible for guiding the agile team throughout the development process by defining goals, maintaining the backlog and delivering solutions that fulfill business needs.

What You'll Be Doing

• Act as subject matter expert for your product and extract business value
• Proactively obtain feedback to ensure end user value is being delivered
• Define overall product vision, strategy and validation criteria
• Collaborate with the Product Manager and provide input into the roadmap
• Engage with stakeholders, business partners and your agile team in scope definition, dependency creation, and requirements refinement
• Define project goals, sprint/iteration objectives and user acceptance tests
• Manage and prioritize the agile team's backlog and acceptance criteria
• Active role in mitigating impediments
• Coordinate with teams to plan and execute product releases
• Assess risks and benefits of product enhancements and gain alignment with stakeholders, business partners, and product managers

What We're Looking For

A successful candidate will be self-motivated with the proven ability to think analytically and problem solve. Commitment to working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment are critical to our results oriented philosophy. Strong initiative and the desire for continuous improvement.

• 3+ years of experience as a Product Owner
• Certified Product Owner (PMPO preferred)
• Knowledge of agile methodologies (SAFe preferred)
• 2 to 5 years of supervisory experience
• Solid understanding of the insurance industry is a plus
• Ability to build strong relationships with business partners and cross-functional teams
• Experience in agile and scrum development organization, writing Epics, Features and User Stories and defining process flows
• Proven ability in translating business needs into product specifications and understanding business applications from a functional and technical perspective
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional agile teams to develop, execute and release in alignment with business priorities
• Strong communication skills conveying difficult concepts and negotiating with others to adopt a different point of view
• Ability to prioritize and make business value driven decisions
• Familiarity with the Atlassian product suite (JIRA, Confluence)

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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