Product Owner

Posted Aug 7

Company Description

We are a technology consulting firm that specializes in cloud native and enterprise DevSecOps transformations. We are passionate about technology and building value for our clients through amazing technical solutions using cloud native, containers and extreme automation based DevSecOps practices. We believe in pushing the envelope and setting the bar high. That's one of the main reasons our customers love working with us. There are many factors that go into building and delivering superior technical solutions, but the most important factor is having top notch people. If you love building cloud native systems, applications and automation solutions in the cloud and you are looking to join a company that is an Enterprise DevSecOps and Cloud Native powerhouse, then keep reading.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

  • Work with the Product Manager/BU Lead and other key stakeholders to understand the Bank’s customer experience vision and create, manage, and prioritize an actionable Product backlog including a set of epics, features, and user stories so that it is reflective of the vision.
  • Serve as the liaison between business user stakeholders and the development team to ensure the solution meets the business needs to maximize delivery of business value and priority.
  • Ensure business requirements are effectively translated into technical terms and convey technical challenges and complexities into terms the Business can understand
  • Participate in all Scrum ceremonies and lead the sprint review.
  • Creates and manages scrum-board to document detailed stories with acceptance criteria and manage these stories through development in an agile process.
  • Assist the Product Manager and Designer(s) with the acceptance testing strategy and criteria development.
  • Collaborates with the business to create, facilitate and execute user acceptance test plans and test cases.
  • Act as a business analyst in unknown areas that may require additional investigation and develop process flow where necessary.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner in an Agile project structure and Scrum framework is a must.
  • Experience with digital customer transformation.
  • Extensive experience with the software development lifecycle and working closely with software engineering teams.
  • Able to drive prioritization and planning with product teams to deliver value to the Product Manager; establishes roadmap and re-evaluates scope changes accordingly
  • Experience with AZDO is preferred.
  • Product Owner certification is preferred.
  • Outstanding interpersonal skills to interact effectively with internal and external stakeholders to provide or exchange information and identify and resolve complex issues.  
  • Ability to effectively debate for or against project changes and influence/ negotiate effectively at all levels.
  • Excellent written, presentation, and verbal communication skills, including demonstrated experience presenting project recommendations from a business perspective.
  • Credibly communicates complex topics to stakeholders. Anticipates customer or project.

Additional Information

We Value:

  • Drive: Passion and energy to implement quality technical solutions. Self-motivation and intellectual curiosity
  • Commitment to Quality: Passion to conceive and produce world-class solutions that drive real-world value for the customer
  • Customer Focus: Consultative approach to solving problems for customers. Expectations management.
  • Communication: Superior communication skills. Ability to clearly articulate problems, solutions, risks, rewards etc. (written and verbal)
  • Technical Skills: Love for technology. You have to be inherently passionate about technology.
  • Business Acumen: Technology ultimately is used to enable the business. We look for people who understand how the businesses can be enabled through their technical solutions

What we offer:

  • Ability to make a noticeable difference for the organization and our customers
  • Tremendous growth opportunity by becoming part of a rapidly growing organization. It’s not your tenure but what you can bring to the table that defines how your career will be shaped. You control your growth.
  • Complex but interesting challenges to improve the depth and breadth of your technical and business skills. Our consultants are business technologists and understand how technology drives business. 
  • Competitive pay and benefits

Work authorization requirement: US Citizen.

Oteemo is an equal employment and affirmative action employer. We evaluate qualified applicants on merit and business needs and not on race, color, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other factor protected by law. Oteemo complies with the law regarding reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled employees.