Job Description:
Product Manager/Product Owner
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Evaluating business processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing and implementing solutions.
- Breaking down Epics and Features into User Stories and reviewing results with product managers.
- Leading grooming & estimation sessions with the product development team.
- Managing backlog prioritization to deliver features based upon business need & weighted shortest job first analysis.
- Contributing to Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective ceremonies.
- Leading ongoing reviews of business processes and developing optimization strategies.
- Staying up-to-date on the latest process and software development advancements to automate and modernize systems.
- Conducting meetings and presentations to share ideas and findings.
- Performing requirements analysis.
- Documenting and communicating the results of your efforts.
- Effectively communicating your insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management.
- Gathering critical information from meetings with various stakeholders and producing useful reports.
- Working closely with clients, internal stakeholders, engineers, support agents, and operational & managerial staff.
- Providing leadership, training, coaching, and guidance to junior staff.
- Ensuring solutions meet business needs, operational needs, and requirements.
- Performing user acceptance testing.
- Managing projects, developing project plans, and monitoring performance.
- Updating and maintaining procedures, product & technical specifications, customer facing API documentation, and release notes.
- Training resources on new software features and functionalities being released to customers.
- Serving as a liaison between internal and external stakeholders and users.
- Managing competing resources and priorities.
- Monitoring deliverables and ensuring timely completion of projects.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES
- A bachelor's degree in business or information systems or equivalent experience.
- A minimum of 3 years of experience in business analysis or a related field.
- Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
- Experience with SAFe Agile and Scrum is preferred.
- Experience in financial services is preferred.
- The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions.
PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES
- Advanced technical skills.
- Excellent documentation skills.
- Fundamental analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
- Experience creating detailed reports and giving presentations.
- Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- A track record of following through on commitments.
- Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills.
- Experience leading and developing top performing teams.
- A history of leading and supporting successful projects.