Hiring - Technical Product Owner - Minneapolis, MN

Job Description 

Job Position: Technical Product Owner

Job Type: W2 Contract

Location: Minneapolis, MN

Duration: Long term contract 

Qualifications:

·       Minimum 8+ years of experience as Technical Product Engineer responsible for co-development Product vision/roadmap, translating them to Epics, feature and stories and delivering value incrementally in every sprint.

·       Minimum 8+ years of experience in running Agile/SCRUM ceremonial, effectively hosting, and executing annual and quarterly planning activities with IT, POs and significant stakeholders.

·       Minimum 5+ years of experience in Enterprise Software Development, RDMS, SQL, PL/SQL, etc

·       Responsible for conducting sophisticated and detailed research of existing processes, systems, and desired objectives to meet the goals/intent of the assigned products.

·       Work with Product Manager, and SMEs to prioritize feature development, based on the business value.

·       Manage stake holder expectations and ensure software development process lifecycle is being followed as per Delta standards.

·       Acquainted with working with software engineers to create and manage relevant entities of agile development process.

·       Elicit and create initial epics/features and elaborating into user scenarios that clearly describe the functional and non-functional requirements.

·       Deliver business requirements via artifacts such as epics, features, scenarios, acceptance criteria, process flows, wireframe diagrams, interaction diagrams, mockups/demos, etc.

·       Collaborate with a multi-functional team inside a Scrum framework.

·       Conduct work sessions and document new features, requirements, and strategies.

·       Perform testing, track bugs, enhancements and ensure issues are resolved before promoting to production environments.

·       Able to work on multiple initiatives and balance constantly evolving priorities.

·       Use data and analysis to convey solution impact and to support process driven solutions.

·       Develop business logic and critical metrics for incorporation into decision support models and tools.

·       Construct problem statement including problem description and improvement measures.

·       Drill down beyond the problem surface to understand root cause.

·       Logically structure recommendations and supporting data to formulate a solid, logical, and understandable business reason.

·       Supply guidance to project planning and effort estimation within scope.

·       Support the identification of risks and mitigation approaches.

·       Collaborate with business unit leaders to develop and maintain internal customer relationships.

·       Has at least one work experience in a product company or a product startup (preferred).

·       Acquainted with any Data Analytics tools like PowerBI, Tableau, etc

·       Hands-on working experience with SQL queries usage in relational databases 

Responsibilities:

• Manage each project’s scope and timeline

• Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings, and daily stand-ups

• Coach team members in Agile frameworks

• Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration

• Be the point of contact for external communications (e.g. from customers or stakeholders)

• Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests

• Resolve conflicts and remove obstacles that occur

• Help teams implement changes effectively

• Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint

• Guide development teams to higher scrum maturity

• Help build a productive environment where team members ‘own’ the product and enjoy working on it

• Responsible for innovation and end-to-end launch of products

• Collaborate with Digital Business partners and Vendors to co-develop a roadmap and drive products and features from concept to launch in a fast-paced environment

• Work with cross-functional teams and various stakeholders, including analytics, design/user experience, engineering, and user enablement

• Turn data insights into products with actionable outcomes to the ultimate customer

• Work in an Agile environment and continuously reviews the business needs, refines priorities, outlines milestones and deliverables, and identifies opportunities and risks

• Partner with stakeholders and customers across the organization to inform the product vision, strategy, features, and prioritization

• Partner with Business to develop, own, and execute product roadmap.

• Translate product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteria

• Prioritize and maintain the sprint backlog for assigned products, balancing the requirements of stakeholders

• Lead the product functional design process based on an intimate knowledge of the users and technology

• Define and execute go-to-market plan, working to ensure that product management, marketing, and sales have what they need to be successful

• Develop and maintain appropriate tracking and reporting of product performance post-launch to evaluate future investment.