Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with stakeholders across various departments to gather and prioritize business requirements. Conduct regular meetings, workshops, and presentations to ensure alignment between business goals and software development efforts.
Requirement Prioritization: Prioritize User Stories, Bugs and enhancements, with Application Owner, based on business value, technical feasibility, and strategic objectives. In collaboration with the Application Owner, create and maintain a product backlog, ensuring that it accurately reflects the most current business priorities.
Product Development: As a Subject Matter Expert, Works closely with development teams, providing clear and concise user stories, acceptance criteria, and guidance throughout the development lifecycle. Provides insights and directions to ensure that the final product meets stakeholder expectations.
Release Planning and Coordination: Collaborate with project managers, developers, and QA teams to plan and coordinate product releases. Communicate release schedules, updates, and potential impacts to stakeholders in a timely manner.
Continuous Improvement: Monitor product performance and gather feedback from stakeholders to identify areas for improvement.
Travel: Occasional travel either nationally or internationally as required
Safety: Participate fully in policies and procedures Follow all lawful employer safety and health rules. Wear and / or use Personal Protective Equipment, when and how instructed. Report hazardous conditions to management. education:
What Were Looking For
Bachelor s degree in business administration, information systems, related field, or equivalent experience.
Key Competencies
Knowledge/Skills:
Proven experience (2 years) as a Product Owner or similar role, preferably in the software development or IT industry.
Understanding of Agile methodologies.
Has a strong understanding of Lean Six Sigma, Process and Change Management principles to reengineer processes, reduce redundancy and increase efficiency
Excellent verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage with peer stakeholders in the organization.
Must possess knowledge of office automation tools such as MS Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel.
Knowledge of business information systems, databases, and data analytics tools is a plus.
Analytical mindset, with the ability to prioritize competing demands and make data-driven decisions.
Must be a creative, forward and positive thinker.
Must be able to maintain confidentiality of information regarding the company, products and employee information.
Must be self-motivated and able to handle more than one function at a time by having excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills. Collaborate with the Application Owner to meet changing demands in order to adapt with frequently changing priorities.
Ability to identify problems, determine root causes, suggest containments and countermeasures in collaboration with the business and Application Owner Required to work a flexible schedule when the workload warrants