Product Owner / Business Analyst

Crowe is one of the largest public accounting, consulting and technology firms in the United States, and they are seeking a Senior Associate Product Owner. The role involves managing product backlogs, collaborating with development teams, and ensuring that stakeholder needs are met through effective communication and prioritization of features.

Responsibilities:

• Working with stakeholders to identify features and/or enhancements that would add value to your product
• Managing the product backlog, ensuring items are relevant, prioritized, and ordered
• Ensuring your team’s backlog health meets the standards the team has agreed upon
• Collaborating with your development team by articulating the business’s wants and needs, so that they, in turn, can create well thought out backlog items
• Proactively communicating changes, tradeoffs, and updates to the roadmap with stakeholders
• Conducting yourself in a professional manner, being an advocate for the development team, and protecting their time
• Cultivating an inclusive work environment, allowing everyone to freely contribute to solutions and collaborate on the work to be done
• Gathering feedback on completed work items and using that feedback to update and maintain the product backlog and negotiate when items are ready to be released

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, MIS, Information Systems or engineering fields, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of relevant experience working as a Business Analyst, Scrum Team Member, or other IT related role
• In-depth understanding of Product Development and Software Development Life Cycles
• Understanding how to translate business wants and needs into technical specifications (i.e. User Stories, Features, Acceptance Criteria, Etc.)
• Comfort level working with backlog management, collaboration, and visualization tools
• Experience working on a project with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities or initiatives
• Excellent organizational skills with a self-starter mentality and resourcefulness in solving problems to ensure teams have what they need to deliver
• Product Owner certification or willingness to acquire one within first year (i.e. CSPO, PSPO)
• Familiarity with UX/UI best practices and experience incorporating user experience considerations into product backlog items, acceptance criteria, and feature prioritization
• We appreciate talent from all over the United States and are willing to consider candidates who may not be located near a Crowe office location for this role/opening