Technology Product Owner

JOB SUMMARY

The Technology Product Owner works with the development team, the end users, as well as product management to ensure the technical team is building a viable effective and value driven product. You will be responsible for managing the vision and execution of product development through the development lifecycle and beyond. 

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the product vision and roadmap and define growth opportunities. Convey the value of new and emerging products, technologies or applications to senior management across a diverse product team.
• Define the product backlog and create actionable user stories for the development teams. 
• Accept the completed user stories to make sure the work fulfills the criteria
• Consult with users across the company to gather requirements and solicit user feedback; translate required features into stories based on usable solution design.
• Monitor and evaluate product progress at each stage of the process, collaborating with project stakeholders (internal and external) and IT throughout development.
• Partner with engineering and project management resources to accurately scope work and coordinate necessary resources. 
• Lead design for a standalone user interface (UI) in collaboration with project stakeholders. 
• Ensure compliance with project and coding standards and processes.
• Play an active role in removing any barriers impacting successful team completion of product development. 
• Help the business stakeholders define and orchestrate user acceptance testing (UAT) plans and ensure stories and enablers meet acceptance criteria.
• Perform or oversee QA testing and facilitate UAT prior to delivery. 
• Leverage post-implementation feedback to inform product priorities for subsequent phases of development.
• Provide input to training and communications based on functionality and design as required; conduct training as needed. 
• Support users across the organization answering questions, making recommendations and providing a transparent view of priorities and progress. 
• Perform other related duties as assigned by management. 
• Adhere to established policies and procedures.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Work well in a team environment to manage project workload and to facilitate the delivery of projects 
• Expertise with Scrum Agile, in deliverable management, and in prioritization of team assignment
• Expertise in cloud-based methodologies and practices 
• Knowledge of database structure and best practices 
• Project management/issue tracking software exposure 
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills; with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy. 
• Ability to operate in fast-paced environment and manage multiple assignments simultaneously
• Ability to work with employees throughout the company to quickly understand scope requirements and proposed architecture and solutions. 
• Ability to effectively define, estimate, and execute technical projects. 
• Innate curiosity and desire to learn and explore new emerging technologies.
• Ability to formulate T-SQL Queries in Microsoft SQL or MySQL preferred.
• Knowledge of Qlik or similar Data Visualization tool (i.e., Tableau, Microsoft Power BI, etc.) preferred.
• Familiarity with statistics and complex data models for leveraging meaningful insights preferred.
• Ability to work with novice users to design, implement, and maintain BI reports / dashboards preferred.

WORK EXPERIENCE – MINIMUM REQUIRED

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