OpenArc - Empowering Your Career. As a leading IT staffing firm, we are dedicated to connecting talented professionals with your ideal opportunities. We are currently seeking a qualified Product Owner to join our client’s organization and contribute to their ongoing success.

Job summary

This Product Owner will be a pivotal figure in our agile scrum team, overseeing the product lifecycle from conception to delivery. Previous experience in software development will be highly regarded, aiding in translating business needs into functional requirements seamlessly.

Responsibilities:

• Product management of new products and features within Agile development teams without direct supervision
• Work with Scrum Master and technical leads to groom backlog and plan sprints
• Serve as product owner for one or more products and participate in scrum events
• Create manuals and product documentation
• Serve as primary interface between product managers and development teams
• Supports the development and implementation of the company-wide deployment and go-to-market plan, working with all departments to execute.
• Analyzes product management processes and makes recommendations for improved processes.
• Acts as facilitator and participates in quarterly and monthly strategic cross functional release planning sessions.
• Work closely with engineers, other Product Managers, Sales and Customer Success reps, QA analysts and other cross functional team members to design, build and deliver cutting edge software solutions that exceed customer expectations.
• Lead and oversee other product owners and associate product owners to verify and approve the work assigned to them is completed as expected.
• Participates and provide feedback, support, coaching, in sprint-and release plans
• Use performance analytics and user insights to develop and improve products and services
• Create customer persona criteria for beta and limited production release candidates
• Work with others on a day-to-day basis to help make decisions on what is in scope and provide input into functional decisions
• Owning, prioritizing and facilitating the refinement of your product backlog to ensure that the agile product teams are delivering the right enhancements to drive consumer and business value
• Playing a key part in continually improving the ways of working with the product team and wider team services team at an early stage in the team’s agile transformation

Requirements:

• IT Project Management experience
• Software development experience
• Experience in software product management with a demonstrated set of experiences along the product management continuum
• Experience with Agile-Scrum development methodologies and best practices
• Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to research, quickly understand and synthesize complex, often technical problems and then articulate them into simple and clearly understood requirements.
• Proven track record of building relationships and influencing important clients and internal stakeholders, setting, and managing expectations, and creating consensus across diverse groups. Your presentations are confident and polished, and you can deftly handle a group of people throwing tough questions at you
• Adept at engaging with high-level business problems and understanding the strategic market position of a new product enhancement, looking at competitors in the space, and applying knowledge of best practices and solutions from other industries.
• Product Owner Scrum Certification (Scrum.org or Scrum Inc.); Scrum Master Certification
• Excellent understanding of software design patterns and architecture paradigms
• Experience in managing/creating web and mobile app (Android and iOS) products.

At OpenArc, we prioritize your career success and strive to build exceptional technical teams for our clients. By understanding your experience and aspirations, we ensure to present you with rewarding and fulfilling opportunities.

As an employee of OpenArc and our clients, you will be eligible to participate in a comprehensive benefits package.

OpenArc is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.