LanceSoft
Technical product Owner
LanceSoft, New York, New York, us, 10261
DescriptionContract: 12+ MonthsHybrid 3 days onsite
Role description:We are looking for a technical product owner and business analyst for the Legacy Modernization Programs central teams (mainframe and distributed) which aim to provide central solutions to workstreams to accelerate platform renovation and decommission of mainframe applications by developing common solutions and helping system owners better understand their systems.
Primary Responsibilities:
The candidate should be able to:'Develop and maintain a product vision in alignment with program goals.Define and communicate the product roadmap to stakeholders and development teams.Create, maintain and prioritize the product backlog based on business goals and customer needsCollaborate across the organization to deliver high quality productsCoordinate across various IT and Operations groups spread across North America / EMEA / Asia to understand project progress / issues / risks, and remediate critical issues to the program.Understand and document dependencies and communicate timeline impactsAct as the liaison between technical teams and stakeholders to ensure alignmentUnderstand the technical architecture and ensure it aligns with product requirementsMake informed tradeoff decisions between technical constraints and product goalsLead the planning and execution of feature development including Sprint planningEnsure the delivery of products and features meets the timelines and quality expectationsCommunicate product progress release plans and challenges to stakeholdersCreate communication materials to deliver information to different levels of the organization from the technologists and business users to senior managersGather feedback from customers and stakeholders to refine product featuresTrack product performance through KPIs and user feedbackCollaborate with the customer team together user feedback and ensure the product is solving real problemsThe role requires the candidate to have an understanding of program and project management fundamentals, process analysis and design best practices, system architecture principles, and data management.The need to balance work on multiple projects will make this role complex, challenging and rewarding.Skills required
10+ years in product ownership, project/program management, and/or business analysisExperience working across multiple stakeholder groups to prioritize work and understand dependenciesExperience tracking and communicating program and project statusExcellent oral & written communication skills, people-interaction and stakeholder management skillsStrong Data Analysis capability.Ability to communicate complex analysis in a clear, precise and actionable mannerStrong analytical and problem solving skills, and comfortable working with a certain level of ambiguityAbility to multi-task with good organizational and time management capabilitiesExcellent in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)Strong sense of ownership and accountability for workExperience working in Agile and Waterfall projectsBachelors in Computer Science or a related field SkillsDesired
Financial Services experience is a significant plusPrior experience in modernization projectsPrior experience of working in global and remote teamsSharepoint skillsJIRA skills
Role description:We are looking for a technical product owner and business analyst for the Legacy Modernization Programs central teams (mainframe and distributed) which aim to provide central solutions to workstreams to accelerate platform renovation and decommission of mainframe applications by developing common solutions and helping system owners better understand their systems.
Primary Responsibilities:
The candidate should be able to:'Develop and maintain a product vision in alignment with program goals.Define and communicate the product roadmap to stakeholders and development teams.Create, maintain and prioritize the product backlog based on business goals and customer needsCollaborate across the organization to deliver high quality productsCoordinate across various IT and Operations groups spread across North America / EMEA / Asia to understand project progress / issues / risks, and remediate critical issues to the program.Understand and document dependencies and communicate timeline impactsAct as the liaison between technical teams and stakeholders to ensure alignmentUnderstand the technical architecture and ensure it aligns with product requirementsMake informed tradeoff decisions between technical constraints and product goalsLead the planning and execution of feature development including Sprint planningEnsure the delivery of products and features meets the timelines and quality expectationsCommunicate product progress release plans and challenges to stakeholdersCreate communication materials to deliver information to different levels of the organization from the technologists and business users to senior managersGather feedback from customers and stakeholders to refine product featuresTrack product performance through KPIs and user feedbackCollaborate with the customer team together user feedback and ensure the product is solving real problemsThe role requires the candidate to have an understanding of program and project management fundamentals, process analysis and design best practices, system architecture principles, and data management.The need to balance work on multiple projects will make this role complex, challenging and rewarding.Skills required
10+ years in product ownership, project/program management, and/or business analysisExperience working across multiple stakeholder groups to prioritize work and understand dependenciesExperience tracking and communicating program and project statusExcellent oral & written communication skills, people-interaction and stakeholder management skillsStrong Data Analysis capability.Ability to communicate complex analysis in a clear, precise and actionable mannerStrong analytical and problem solving skills, and comfortable working with a certain level of ambiguityAbility to multi-task with good organizational and time management capabilitiesExcellent in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)Strong sense of ownership and accountability for workExperience working in Agile and Waterfall projectsBachelors in Computer Science or a related field SkillsDesired
Financial Services experience is a significant plusPrior experience in modernization projectsPrior experience of working in global and remote teamsSharepoint skillsJIRA skills