Product Owner - QPTM (Hybrid Work Schedule)

Product Owner - QPTM

Location: Houston TX or Dallas TX

Model of Work: Hybrid

Are you excited by challenges Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced dynamic environment Then now is the time to join Quorum Software a rapidly growing company and industry leader in oil & gas transformation.

Quorum Software is the worlds largest provider of digital technology focused solely on business workflows that empower the next evolution of energy. From emerging companies to supermajors throughout every region of the globe customers rely on Quorums proven innovation and unmatched global expertise to streamline business operations and make data-driven decisions that optimize profitability and growth. Our industry-leading solutions are transforming energy companies across the entire value chain helping visionary leaders evolve their organizations into modern energy companies.

Overview

At Quorum Software our Product Owners lead the charge in innovating and executing new products and features. We are looking for leaders who can dive into an industry understand the value of the product or new features communicate the vision to product teams and guide them towards the completion of projects.

Our Product Owners work closely with our product development teams Product Managers and other stakeholders to drive vision and strategy and deliver products that meet our user and business objectives.

If you have a track record of advocating for customers being passionate about building products and successfully guiding new product ideas from concept to launch we welcome you to apply!!

Responsibilities

• Work directly with product management engineering team(s) and other stakeholders to ensure the solution meets the product vision and business objectives
• Communicate the overall product vision to team(s)
• Translate business needs and set priorities from product Release Plan to guide the work of the team(s)
• Communicate ongoing risks scope trade-offs and timeline impacts to stakeholders to ensure alignment
• Manage dependencies in and across sprints and releases
• Review test plans prepared by QA group; identify testing risks and contribute to the overall management of project and risk plans
• Coordinate issues tracking and resolution on high level complex release plans including major feature enhancements
• Map product backlog items (user stories) to agile iterations (sprints); coordinates dependencies with other Product Owners
• Work as a member of the team(s) to facilitate the sizing (grooming) of team backlog items; reviews and approves team backlog items; and ensures consistent team flow
• Participates in the development of story acceptance criteria; validates that story meets acceptance criteria with appropriate acceptance testing completed; only member of the team empowered to accept user stories as done
• Participates in the iteration retrospective to determine areas of improvement for future iterations
• Performs system demosreviews to gain feedback from stakeholders

• Provide suggestions based on current and emerging methodologies or tools to improve quality delivery and reduce costs
• Provide guidance and mentorship to new Product Owners
• And other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree
• At least five years of experience working in a cross-functional product development environment
• Demonstrated success leading cross functional teams
• Experience in interpreting and defining product requirements
• Must demonstrate superior communication/interpersonal skills and outstanding organizational skills
• Understanding of various software applications and/or methodologies (Agile and Scrum)
• Must be highly organized methodical and detail oriented; relentless follow up and results oriented
• Comfortable driving teams and management decisions; willing to push-back for information and answers
• Casual office environment
• Workload occasionally requires evening and/or weekend work
• Business travel outside of office not expected to exceed 10%

Preferred Skills

• Experience using Azure DevOps (preferred but not required)
• Exposure and/or education of pipeline transaction management in the oil & gas industry (preferred but not required)

Additional Details

• Background Check: The successful candidate will need to successfully complete the following clearances: Criminal History Check Education Verification Employment Verification Drivers License Verification and passport/ID validation.
• Visa Sponsorship: Employment eligibility to work with Quorum Software in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for this position. The successful candidate will be required to ensure they maintain and renew any visas or permits that grant employment eligibility where applicable.

About Quorum Software
Quorum Software connects people and information across the energy value chain. Twenty years ago we built the first software for gas plant accountants. Pipeline operators came next followed by land administrators pumpers and planners. Since 1998 Quorum has helped thousands of energy workers with business workflows that optimize profitability and growth. Our vision for the future connects the global energy ecosystem through cloud-first software data standards and integration. The trusted source of decision-ready data for 1800 companies Quorum Software makes the essential connections that let us work better together in the connected energy workplace. For more information visit.

Quorum Diversity Statement:At Quorum we are committed to fostering cultivating and preserving a culture of belonging. We want to be the place where a diverse pool of talented people join us stay with us and do their best work. With a diverse team of employees we grow and learn better together. The collective sum of the individual differences life experiences knowledge innovation self-expression and talent that our employees invest in their work represents not only part of our culture but our reputation and our achievements. We are fully focused on equity and equality and believe deeply in diversity of race gender sexual orientation age religion ethnicity national origin ability neurodiversity and all the other characteristics that make us unique.

Quorum Business Solutions and Quorum Software are Equal Opportunity Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin protected veteran status disability or any other basis protected by federal state or local law.

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