Product Owner

Job Title : Product Owner
Position Type Contract
Location FRAMINGHAM, MA / Remote

Branch
Primary Skills
Continuous Improvement,Scrum Master
Notes
Required Skills
Job Description

• 5-10 years' experience as a Product Owner
• Seeking a PO with true PO experience in Agile methodology and can partner with scrum masters and engineers (priority)
• Concept of understanding capacity and identifying and escalating risk when needed
• No specific software knowledge is required
• Workforce management experience is a plus; not required

Description:

Responsible for defining Team Product Backlog of User Stories including backlog prioritization, refinement and creation of acceptance criteria along with agreed upon definition of done. Has autonomy to make decisions around the team backlog.
• Partner with the Product Manager to understand priorities and PI features and supports driving the Product Increment (PI) objective at the Team Level
• Drives Iteration Goals and content via prioritized user stories
• Product/Domain knowledge that guides, advises and provides insight on what product enhancements, maintenance and efficiencies/remediation are needed
• Ensures the technical integrity of the solution
• Product decision maker including Functional and NFRs; accepts User Stories and Iteration Increments
• Conducts impact analysis for optimal product delivery, industry trends etc.
• Contributor to the Vision, Roadmap and ROI ; ensures the team's backlog aligns to the Roadmap
• Acts as the Customer for Teams including being the liaison between the business and team
• Ensures team risks and dependencies are identified and handled
• Collaborates with the System Architect to prioritize Enablers
• Stakeholder management; Accountable for identifying and handle risks, scope trade-offs, and timeline impacts
• Collaborator of dependencies with the team, Product Mgr and other teams for optimal delivery outcomes
• Skilled in SAFe principles, Kanban and Scrum framework including embracing of agile principles and a lea
• Fully understands Roles & Responsibilities of the team, stakeholders, other teams
• Use of metrics to assess team progress and areas for improvement
• Leverage various Agile processes such as Story and Value Stream Mapping and Estimating using Fibonacci scale
• Leverage Agile planning tools
• Supports DevOps and Security best practices
• Instrumental role in the preparation of the system demo as well as producing the system demo
• Attends and actively participates in Release Train Ceremonies: PI Planning, System Demo, ART Sync, and Inspect & Adapt when part of an ART.
• Attends and actively participates in Team Agile Ceremonies
• Ensures feedback from System Demos Retrospectives and I&A workshops are taken back to teams for possible inclusion in future continuous improvement activities.
• Understand Rolling Wave plans and impact to budget
• Enable the team to be empowered and self regulated