Key skills
JiraAgileScrumLeadershipStrategic PlanningChange ManagementCommunicationDecision MakingCritical ThinkingCollaboration
About this role
Role Overview
- Takes a fully independent lead in several areas of product development by following the principles of Agile to manage the team backlog
- Anticipate and prioritize needs, oversee development stages
- Act as a primary liaison and evaluate product progress
- Serves as the customer proxy; works collaboratively with business owners and other stakeholders
- Utilizes strong understanding of the business vision to regularly contribute and manage execution
- Heavily influences the business owner's requirements
- Provides overall leadership to Product Owner team through mentorship and guidance
- Applies basic scientific practice within iterations in order to routinely plan, do, check and adjust
- Manages team backlog items and prioritizes based on business value
- Outlines dependencies and informs stakeholders the necessary sequence of development to ensure optimized performance and outcomes
- Holds a significant role in quality control and is the primary team member empowered to accept stories as done
- Works cross functionally in a self-organizing manner to accomplish tasks and effectively manage the backlog
- Leads processes and procedure changes identified by teams by working with external business partners
- Effectively applies critical thinking to identify flexibility in determining how and when each iteration and product element will be developed
- Acts as primary communicator and connection between stakeholders, end users and teams determining if each story meets their shared expectations
- Takes ownership for each stage of the process and final product to ensure the goal and vision are correctly aligned with the work items on the backlog
- Contributes strategic input into the prioritization of the program backlog
- Drives the mitigation of program risks
- Leads PO and/or ART sync meetings in addition to the system demo to show critical aspects of the solution
- Assists team with story estimates and sequencing
- Oversees the development of the product to include planning, refinement, review, and execution
- Partners with stakeholders to identify and organize steps required for next iteration
- Works to gain clarity on queries and participate in the demo of committed items
- Enjoys participating in ceremonies within the team to coordinate efforts with team to refine the process, identify areas for improvement and support the execution of tasks
- Independently represents business owners' interest and prioritize user stories based on business value while maximizing agile team's capacity
- Provides mentorship and guidance to PO I and II
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree preferred
- 4+ years of experience in a similar role
- Fluent English
- Product Owner, Scrum Master, or Product Manager Certified
- Experience in an Agile environment
- Insurance experience highly preferable
- 1-3 years leadership experience (influencing and guiding, not necessarily a people manager)
- Office Suite
- Intermediate (1-3 years)
- Rally (or equivalent such as Jira)
- Intermediate (1-3 years)
- Strategic Planning
- Stakeholder Analysis & Alignment
- Prioritization
- Change Management
- Communication
- Leadership
- Critical Thinking/Decision Making
- Collaboration
- Prioritization of Work
Benefits
- Competitive salary and performance-based bonus
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Career development and training opportunities
- Dynamic and inclusive work culture within a globally renowned group
- Private Health Insurance