As a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Product Owner, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the successful delivery of our products and services, following the values, principles, and success patterns. You will be a member of with a cross-functional team and work with Product Management, Architecture, and other stakeholders to help define, prioritize, and validate the solution under development.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE- Product Ownership: Act as the primary point of contact for the product, responsible for defining, prioritizing, and maintaining the product backlog.
- Vision and Strategy: Develop and communicate a clear product vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs.
- Prioritization: Prioritize features and user stories based on business value, customer feedback, and technical feasibility, ensuring the team works on high-priority items.
- Requirements Gathering: Elicit and document product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to provide a clear understanding for development teams.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with stakeholders, including business leaders, customers, and development teams, to ensure everyone is aligned with the product vision.
- Agile Framework: Implement and champion the principles of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), ensuring agile methodologies are followed.
- Roadmap Development: Contribute to a product roadmap that outlines the delivery schedule and milestones.
- Release Planning: Participate in release planning, including prioritization of features, sprint planning, and coordination of cross-team dependencies.
- Metrics and Analysis: Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of the product and identify areas for improvement.
- Product Delivery: Work closely with development teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality products on time.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS- Typically a minimum of 5+ years as an agile product owner and a Bachelors degree and equivalent combination of related work experience and schooling in lieu of degree; Advanced degree and 3+ years related work experience.
- Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role in an agile environment
- Demonstrated understanding of agile methodologies and the SAFe framework
- Ability to prioritize and make data-driven decisions
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Experience with Jira Software, Confluence, LucidCharts, Jira Align, AgilityHealth
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES- SAFe 6.0 Product Owner/Product Manager Certification
COMMUNICATIONS AND INTERPERONAL SKILLS- Must have excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.