Technical Product Owner Job at Motion Recruitment in Atlanta

Every year, nearly 200 million travelers trust our client to get them where they're 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 package Required Skills & Experience Qualifications: Minimum 3 years of experience in a scrum master/TPO role Familiarity with software development Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (such as definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement) Good knowledge of other Agile frameworks Excellent communication and servant leadership skills Problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability Outstanding organizational skills Degree in Computer Science, Business or similar field Scrum master certification is a plus Experience with Content Management Systems AWS services knowledge like S3, Lambda, API Gateway and understanding of cloud operating model Required: Extensive experience working in scrum/kanban environment Extensive experience defining agile requirements (Epics/stories), including functional and technical in a product/services organization Understanding and usage of agile metrics (velocity, burn downs) and help the team be more productive Experience 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 principles Outstanding communication, presentation and leadership skills Excellent organizational and time management skills Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills Excellent negotiation skills and ability to partner with business stakeholders to prioritize backlog as necessary Creative thinker paired with great attention to details What You Will Be Doing Partner 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 on Translate 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 strategy Assist Product Owner with backlog management, iteration planning, and grooming of the user stories Work closely with Product Owner and Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROI Ability 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 stories Leading root cause analysis of production issues and identifying resolution and preventative steps. Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends Have worked on products running on AWS and familiarity with AWS services.