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Smart IT Frame LLC

Product Owner with telecom experience

Smart IT Frame LLC, Atlanta, GA, United States


Experience Level: 13+ years

Note: Only locals in GA (3 days in a week).

Domain: Telecom industry is must

  • Sr Product Owner (PO) is a member of the extended Product Management team and crucial member of the Agile Team
  • Owns the Team / Sprint backlog representing the single source of truth and is the single point of contact to the Dev team and Customer team for user story details.
  • Responsible for defining and refining user stories and
  • prioritizing the Agile Team backlog to streamline execution of product (program) priorities while maintaining conceptual and technical integrity of features for the team.
  • In this capacity the Sr PO remains highly available to the Dev teams
  • during each iteration (sprint) in order to answer real time questions and provide clarity to user stories.
  • The Sr PO also drives user story refinement activities ensuring Team backlog contains 2 iterations worth of 'ready' work for Dev team.
  • These two functions are critical to enabling Dev teams to improve and maintain high velocity / productivity in iteration (sprint) execution. For this reason, a Sr PO supports a single Agile (Scrum), but often supports multiple teams as part of complex initiatives.
  • The Sr PO also has a significant role in quality control and is the only team member empowered to accept stories as done, ensuring the acceptance criteria has been met.
  • This role has significant relationships and responsibilities outside their
  • specific Agile team, including working with Product Management, who is responsible for the Product (Program) Backlog,
  • to prepare for the Program Increment (PI) Planning meeting (Big Room Planning).
  • The Sr PO also coordinates with other POs to align backlogs to complete large, cross-functional initiatives.
  • In addition, the Sr PO mentors other Product Owners to ensure they are growing in their career and job acumen.