SAFe Product Owner

SAFe Product Owner
Washington, D.C (Onsite)
Industry-Automotive, manufacturing, aerospace & defense

Job Description
Looking for a SAFe Product Owner to join our client's team in Washington, D.C., and help deliver automation and innovation to a crucial transportation sector. In this role, you'll be the voice of the customer, working within a cross-functional team to develop and refine digital tools that empower frontline employees and enhance the customer experience. You'll work closely with stakeholders across Product Management, Architecture, and UX Design to define, prioritize, and validate solutions. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in data, logistics, or operations, and a proven ability to prioritize features and user stories to ensure the team consistently delivers high-value solutions that align with business goals.


Responsibilities

• Product Ownership : Serve as the primary point of contact for the product, managing the product backlog to ensure it aligns with business priorities and delivers maximum value.
• Vision & Strategy : Develop and articulate a clear product vision and strategy that is aligned with business objectives and customer needs.
• Prioritization : Prioritize features and user stories based on business value, customer feedback, and technical feasibility to ensure the team focuses on the highest-impact work.
• Requirements & Development : Collaborate with product management to translate business needs into well-defined features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Stakeholder Engagement : Work closely with business leaders, customers, and development teams to ensure a shared understanding of the product vision and roadmap.
• Cross-Team Collaboration : Coordinate with other Product Owners to ensure cohesive features and a unified, value-driven experience for customers and employees.
• Agile Framework : Champion and implement the principles of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), ensuring agile methodologies are effectively followed.
• Metrics & Analysis : Define, track, and analyze key success metrics to measure value and identify areas for improvement or strategic pivots.

Qualifications

• Experience : A minimum of five years of experience as an agile product owner, with at least three years in a Scaled Agile environment within a large organization. Experience with data, logistics, or operations is highly preferred.
• Certifications : Required SAFe 6.0 Product Owner/Product Manager Certification .
• Education : Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of related work experience.
• Technical Skills : Proficiency with tools like Jira Software, Confluence, Jira Align, and other similar platforms.
• Core Competencies :
• Strong leadership, communication, and facilitation skills.
• Demonstrated understanding of agile methodologies and the SAFe framework.
• Ability to make data-driven decisions and prioritize effectively.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

Job Responsibilities

• Product Ownership : Serve as the primary point of contact for the product, managing the product backlog to ensure it aligns with business priorities and delivers maximum value.
• Vision & Strategy : Develop and articulate a clear product vision and strategy that is aligned with business objectives and customer needs.
• Prioritization : Prioritize features and user stories based on business value, customer feedback, and technical feasibility to ensure the team focuses on the highest-impact work.
• Requirements & Development : Collaborate with product management to translate business needs into well-defined features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Stakeholder Engagement : Work closely with business leaders, customers, and development teams to ensure a shared understanding of the product vision and roadmap.
• Cross-Team Collaboration : Coordinate with other Product Owners to ensure cohesive features and a unified, value-driven experience for customers and employees.
• Agile Framework : Champion and implement the principles of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), ensuring agile methodologies are effectively followed.
• Metrics & Analysis : Define, track, and analyze key success metrics to measure value and identify areas for improvement or strategic pivots.

About Us:
InterSources Inc , a Certified Diverse Supplier, was founded in 2007 and offers innovative solutions to help clients with Digital Transformations across various domains and industries. Our history spans over 16 years and today we are an Award-Winning Global Software Consultancy solving complex problems with technology. We recognize that our employees and our clients are our strengths as the diverse talents and opportunities they bring to the table enable us to grow as a global platform and they are causally linked with our success. We provide strategic and technical advice, and we have expertise in areas covering Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Migration, Custom Software Development, Data Analytics Infrastructure & Cloud Solutions, Cyber Security Services, etc. We make reasonable accommodations for clients and employees and we do not discriminate based on any protected attribute including race, religion, color, national origin, gender sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or marital status. We also are a Google Cloud partner company. We align strategy with execution and provide secure service solutions by developing and using the latest technologies that thrive our resources to deliver industry-leading capabilities to our clients and customers, making it convenient for our clients to do business with InterSources Inc. Our teams also drive growth by refining technology-driven client experiences that put the users first, providing an unparalleled experience. This results in strengthening the core technologies of clients, enabling them to scale with flexibility, create seamless digital experiences and build lifelong relationships.