Job Summary:
Responsible for maximizing the value of the product and work of the Development team. Accountable for managing the Product Backlog, including adding/removing/grooming items and defining their priorities. Communicates vision of the Product and roadmap to their stakeholders, including their scrum team(s) and is responsible for prioritizing the product backlog to accomplish that vision.
Participates in all Agile activities including backlog grooming, sprint planning and sprint review.
Work with the team to groom backlog items: define acceptance criteria, help the team split and estimate stories. Chooses the right balance between feature development and technical (NFR) work to keep the product competitive. Available as needed to assist the scrum team with product questions and is given authority to make decisions about product features.
Job Responsibilities:
Communicating the product roadmap and vision and sharing product expertise with the agile team/s
Setting priorities effectively, i.e. prioritizing the backlog, and ensuring that the team understands why the stories are in a specific order to maximize the team's output
Elaborating/publishing user story requirements in a timely fashion
Clarifying user story requirements/answering team questions quickly and concisely
Creating clear, testable acceptance criteria for stories
Participating in scrum team meetings (grooming, planning, review, etc.)
Drive the agile team/s to break stories down into smaller stories that comfortably fit in a sprint and have business value
Actively work with agile team/s to identify ways to increase velocity
Engaging internal stakeholders and external contacts as needed to provide direction to the team.
Drives maximizing the business value and quality output of the agile teams
Provides guidance to other Product Owners while providing training/ acting as a mentor to junior Product Owners
Takes on some product management activities as needed
Perform other duties as assigned.
Understand and adhere to all corporate policies to include but not limited to the ACI Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience required for the job:
Bachelor's degree in in related field or equivalent experience in software development tasks.
8 plus years of related work experience.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience needed for the job:
Excellent leadership and organizational skills
Strong ability to understand technical issues at a high level
Demonstrates strong accountability
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to operate as a change agent, influencing and driving action organizationally
Work Environment:
Standard work environment
Majority of time spent on PC (Phys. Req.)
Travel required, may be domestic or international