Product Owner

• 510 years experience as a Product Owner
• Seeking a PO with true PO experience in Agile methodology and can partner with scrum masters and engineers (priority)
• Concept of understanding capacity and identifying and escalating risk when needed
• No specific software knowledge is required
• Workforce management experience is a plus; not required

Description:

Responsible for defining Team Product Backlog of User Stories including backlog prioritization refinement and creation of acceptance criteria along with agreed upon definition of done. Has autonomy to make decisions around the team backlog.

Partner with the Product Manager to understand priorities and PI features and supports driving the Product Increment (PI) objective at the Team Level
Drives Iteration Goals and content via prioritized user stories
Product/Domain knowledge that guides advises and provides insight on what product enhancements maintenance and efficiencies/remediation are needed
Ensures the technical integrity of the solution
Product decision maker including Functional and NFRs; accepts User Stories and Iteration Increments
Conducts impact analysis for optimal product delivery industry trends etc.
Contributor to the Vision Roadmap and ROI ; ensures the teams backlog aligns to the Roadmap
Acts as the Customer for Teams including being the liaison between the business and team
Ensures team risks and dependencies are identified and handled
Collaborates with the System Architect to prioritize Enablers
Stakeholder management; Accountable for identifying and handle risks scope tradeoffs and timeline impacts
Collaborator of dependencies with the team Product Mgr and other teams for optimal delivery outcomes
Skilled in SAFe principles Kanban and Scrum framework including embracing of agile principles and a lea
Fully understands Roles & Responsibilities of the team stakeholders other teams
Use of metrics to assess team progress and areas for improvement
Leverage various Agile processes such as Story and Value Stream Mapping and Estimating using Fibonacci scale
Leverage Agile planning tools
Supports DevOps and Security best practices
Instrumental role in the preparation of the system demo as well as producing the system demo
Attends and actively participates in Release Train Ceremonies: PI Planning System Demo ART Sync and Inspect & Adapt when part of an ART.
Attends and actively participates in Team Agile Ceremonies
Ensures feedback from System Demos Retrospectives and I&A workshops are taken back to teams for possible inclusion in future continuous improvement activities.
Understand Rolling Wave plans and impact to budget
Enable the team to be empowered and self regulated