Product Owner

Job Description:
The client is adding a Product Owner (individual contributor role) to lead specific modules within a transformational program. A subject matter expert with a focus on policy and strategy implementation and control and/or achievement of operational/tactical goals. Acts as a knowledge resource for a variety of internal customers.


Roles & Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with prospective users and clients to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into product requirements
• Define the vision for the team's product
• Create a product roadmap based on this vision
• Manage the product backlog and prioritizing them based on changing requirements
• Oversee all stages of product creation including design and development
• Develop user stories
• Monitor and evaluate product progress at each stage of the process
• Liaise with the product team and end-users to deliver updates
• Participate in Scrum meetings and product sprints
• Perform data analysis and create source-to-target mapping documents
• Lead functional testing efforts and coordinate/support User Testing for project release
• Drive user training, release communications and product rollout efforts in collaboration with business and technology teams
• Work with the program manager to create project health status updates


Qualifications:
• 10-12 years of product management experience
• 5- 6 years of forward mortgage originations industry experience in Business Analyst and/or Product Owner roles
• Hands-on experience in POS, LOS, AUS and other key mortgage integrations is preferred
• Experience working in an Agile environment and lean methodology
• Experience in data mapping and vendor integrations is preferred