Product Owner

The Product Owner is responsible for working with the Product Management team to formulate and understand product vision and strategy and translate that vision to stakeholders by creating, prioritizing, managing, and executing the product backlog. The Product Owner will collect, analyze, and maintain business and functional requirements for all development efforts, and create actionable user stories for the development team to execute. Other responsibilities: Decompose, refine, and document requirements using appropriate graphical and textual techniques, including use cases, user stories, diagrams, process models, and functional specifications.RESPONSIBILITIES:Act as Product Owner for a product or platform capabilityDrive product roadmap and manage product backlogLead requirement-gathering sessions to capture requirements and key decisions across varying levels of the organizationDefine clear product requirements and create actionable user stories for the development team to executeCollaborate with cross-functional teams on feature prioritization, design, and implementationSupport development teams in getting requirements clarification questions answered promptly to avoid delays in development timelinesDrive and participate in planning and design discussions and document the outcomes and decisions madeProvide support to Quality Assurance team members during solution testing and validationWork effectively within a team environment to implement projects promptlyREQUIRED SKILLS:Bachelors Degree in Marketing, Business, or related fieldFive years or more of experience working as a Product Owner or Business AnalystExperience building and managing product backlogExperience in soliciting and drafting product requirementsProficiency in requirements definition, solution design, and user experience disciplinesExperience with the SDLC methodologies, including Waterfall and AgileExcellent verbal and written communications skills to technical and non-technical audiences of various levels in the organization, e.g., executive, management, individual contributorsExcellent analytical, decision making, problem solving, team and time management skillsAbility to persuade and influence others on the best approach to takeDESIRED SKILLS:Experience with scalable, internet-facing, multi-tenant applicationsExperience with workflow based and/or event-driven platformsExperience with design and delivery of omni channel communicationsExperience with print production, operations and direct mail