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Motion Recruitment

Technical Product Owner

Motion Recruitment, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30383


Every year, nearly 200 million travelers trust our client to get them where theyre going. Take your career to new heights by working for this longstanding leader in air travel that services more worldwide destinations than any other airline.We are looking for a

Technical Product owner

to join the team for a 12-month contract, onsite in

Atlanta, GA (local candidates only).Contract: 12+ Months on W2, eligible for full benefits packageRequired Skills & ExperienceQualifications:Minimum 3 years of experience in a scrum master/TPO roleFamiliarity with software developmentExcellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement)Good knowledge of other Agile frameworksExcellent communication and servant leadership skillsProblem-solving and conflict-resolution abilityOutstanding organizational skillsDegree in Computer Science, Business or similar fieldScrum master certification is a plusExperience with Content Management SystemsAWS services knowledge like S3, Lambda, API Gateway and understanding of cloud operating modelRequired:Extensive experience working in scrum/kanban environmentExtensive experience defining agile requirements (Epics/stories), including functional and technical in a product/services organizationUnderstanding and usage of agile metrics (velocity, burn downs) and help the team be more productiveExperience with root cause analysis and digging into different sources of information (console errors, etc) to understand issue causes and identifying preventative steps and resolutions.In-depth knowledge of Agile process and principlesOutstanding communication, presentation and leadership skillsExcellent organizational and time management skillsSharp analytical and problem-solving skillsExcellent negotiation skills and ability to partner with business stakeholders to prioritize backlog as necessaryCreative thinker paired with great attention to detailsWhat You Will Be DoingPartner with Product Owner and ensure: Release and Sprint backlogs are always prioritized for the Scrum Team to deliver sprint to sprint.Ensure that the team always has an adequate amount of prior prepared stories to work onTranslate Product Owner / Product Manager visions into meaningful Epics and Stories so that the scrum team can incrementally deliver.Assist Product Owner with prioritizing stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategyAssist Product Owner with backlog management, iteration planning, and grooming of the user storiesWork closely with Product Owner and Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROIAbility to write necessary stories to deliver functionality, such as user interaction stories, or system integration stories or API level stories.Willingness and aptitude to identify technical requirements and translate to adequate technical stories (eg: API creation, integrations, code refactoring, etc).Lead story grooming sessions or requirements clarifications sessions.Partner with UX to ensure capturing UX requirements and needs into storiesLeading root cause analysis of production issues and identifying resolution and preventative steps.Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trendsHave worked on products running on AWS and familiarity with AWS services.