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Job Location drjobs

Kansas City, MO - USA

Monthly Salary drjobs

Not Disclosed

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Salary Not Disclosed

Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

OVERVIEW

The Product Owner plays a critical role in driving execution and delivery for product teams. They work to refine product priorities into detailed user stories maintain the product backlog and facilitate Agile ceremonies. They serve as the product teams primary contact perform user acceptance testing (UAT) coordinate crossteam dependencies collect user feedback and track team performance metrics. The Product Owner serves as the crucial bridge between strategic product vision and tactical implementation.

 

REPORTS TO

The Product Owner reports to the Manager Product Owners in the Product Delivery department. 

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

The essential duties for this role include but are not limited to: 

  • Partners with the product team to understand product priorities and refine them into detailed user stories with clear acceptance criteria

  • Maintains and refines the team backlog to ensure product teams always have clear ready items to work on

  • Facilitates the Agile process and ceremonies (standup refinement backlog grooming sprint planning retrospectives) for one or more product teams

  • Serves as the primary daytoday contact for the product team to answer questions and remove blockers

  • Performs UAT on completed work to ensure it meets defined acceptance criteria before release

  • Coordinates across product teams to manage risks and dependencies on priorities that span multiple teams

  • Coordinates with stakeholders on releases including preparing documentation schedules and beta/early adopter previews

  • Triages incoming issues and requests from users/stakeholders and collects ongoing product feedback

  • Tracks and analyzes sprint performance metrics to identify process improvements and team velocity trends

  • Creates monthly reporting outlining product team metrics and outcomes

ROLE COMPETENCIES

The competencies for this role include but are not limited to: 

 

  • Emotional Intelligence

  • Drive for Results

  • Continuous Improvement

  • Communication


Qualifications :

  • Bachelors Degree or some relevant work experience preferred.
  • Intermediate understanding of a variety of agile methodologies (i.e. Scrum Kanban and Scrumban).

  • Intermediate knowledge of SDLC

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills

  • Strong collaboration skills

  • Proficient in Jira or other software tools.

  • Proficient in writing user stories with acceptance criteria test cases requirements and other artifacts

  • Intermediate experience with database queries or willingness and ability to learn


Additional Information :

Benefits:

The Company offers the following benefits for this position subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

  • Competitive Compensation
  • Medical Dental and vision benefits after a short waiting period
  • 401(k) matching program
  • Life Insurance and Shortterm and Longterm Disability Insurance
  • Optional enrollment includes HSA/FSA AD&D Spousal/Dependent Life Insurance Travel Assist and Legal Plan
  • Generous paid time off (PTO) program starting off at 15 days your first year
  • 15 paid Holidays (includes holiday break between Christmas and New Years)
  • 10 days of Paid Parental Leave and 5 days of Paid Birth Recovery Leave
  • Annual Volunteer Time Off (VTO) and a donation matching program
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) health and wellbeing on and off the job
  • Rewards and Recognition
  • Diverse inclusive and welcoming culture
  • Training program and ongoing support throughout your Venture Spring Venture Group career  

Security Responsibilities:

  • Operating in alignment with policies and standards
  • Reporting Security Incidents Completing assigned training
  • Protecting assigned organizational assets

Spring Venture Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer


Remote Work :

No


Employment Type :

Fulltime

Employment Type

Full-time

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