Product - Strategic Product Owner

Role Overview

Strategic Product Owner partnering with Product Management, stakeholders, a ScrumMaster, and an Agile team to translate features into smaller, incremental work items and deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Management and stakeholders to understand features and develop incremental user stories and iteration/program deliverables.
• Define and prioritize work with other Product Owners and stakeholders, including dependency identification.
• Own the team backlog:
  • Define stories
  • Establish story acceptance criteria
  • Lead story refinement to prepare for iteration planning and Program Increment (PI) planning
• Support requirement and prioritization within the Product Backlog using:
  • Business value / ROI
  • Alignment with product strategy
  • Resource capacity
• Build relationships with business and product stakeholders and ensure clear, effective communication of essential requirements.
• Assist with integration of programs across channels with internal partners and monitor program effectiveness against target metrics.
• Under general supervision, define and articulate requirements (User Stories) and acceptance criteria (Use Cases).

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (related experience may offset).
• Experience: 2+ years in industry/supporting business or technologies, including Project Management and/or SAFe Product Manager/Owner experience.

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong analytical, technical, and communication skills.
• Working knowledge of Agile and Lean values/concepts and experience with SAFe.
• Ability to break complex ideas into smaller sequential plans while understanding interdependencies.
• Solutions-based problem solving and probing question skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and web-based applications.

Preferred / Additional

• Some travel may be required.
• Preferred domicile: Memphis, TN or Pittsburgh, PA; remote locations may be considered.