Springfield Devs
Sr. Product Owner
Springfield Devs, Springfield, Massachusetts, us, 01119
Job Description:WWT has opportunities for a
Product Owner
to assist with teams' and individuals' delivery of valuable software solutions. A
Product Owner
at WWT is responsible for ensuring that the product delivered meets the client's needs and business requirements. On a day-to-day basis, they will work for the benefit of the client and represent them for the team. As a
Product Owner , you will work closely with our client's business representatives and SMEs, as well as working with the development team daily.Primary Responsibilities:Be responsible for clearly understanding the client's vision for the product and assisting the client in defining that vision if it is not clear to ensure that the right product is built.Be responsible for making sure the product vision is clearly communicated to the delivery team and understood by the team.Be responsible for understanding the various users of the product, including other systems that may consume the product, to ensure that they are building a product that provides value to the users.Maintain the client's product roadmap, with upcoming short-term and long-term goals, and communicates the roadmap to the delivery team and stakeholders.Work with the Delivery Lead to set client expectations.Negotiate with the client representatives, stakeholders, and delivery team to prioritize work in the backlog and help maximize the value the team delivers.Work with the client to define what business value means to the client and uses this definition to assess each feature/story based on business value.Maintain a well-defined and prioritized backlog of sufficient length to support the team's velocity.Make sure that the team understands the context of the stories in the backlog and that the team has adequate information to deliver the stories.Conduct the necessary research and analysis to fully understand the client's needs and requirements.Work with the delivery team to write and refine user stories.Ensure the product is demoed to the client and stakeholders and confirm that the product being delivered meets the client's needs.Work with the delivery team daily to answer questions and review/approve stories being developed.Experience4+ years experience as a member of an Agile software development teams3+ years experience working as a Product Owner or Product Manager4+ years experience working directly with business stakeholdersProduct Owner SkillsPractical experience creating and communicating product visionsProven ability to translate a product vision into an actionCan demonstrate techniques for quickly and effectively understanding a client domain and productDemonstrated experience in helping stakeholders identify business value/objectives and using this to prioritize workDemonstrate ability to effectively negotiate between competing stakeholders to ensure highest value objectives are metDemonstrate an understanding of 'Personas' and how to identify users and create personas to represent themExperience creating and using delivery metrics, predictability, and forecasting; given appropriate data, can create (and draw conclusions from) a forecast and communicate that information to stakeholders with progress updates and metricsAgile Knowledge - has the ability to...Explain both agile and lean software development values and principlesDemonstrate how to conduct story mapping and user story writing sessions to create a product backlogexplain various ways to create user stories and document acceptance criteriaMeeting FacilitationHas effectively lead meetings of 20 or more peopleCan illustrate examples of how to prepare for and run effective meetingsDemonstrates skills facilitating remote meetings with participants across multiple locationsHas experience in healthy conflict resolution and finding the best solutions to address issues and work effectively through disagreementsDemonstrates excellent communication skills and has a customer-focused mindsetTravel: up to 25%
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Product Owner
to assist with teams' and individuals' delivery of valuable software solutions. A
Product Owner
at WWT is responsible for ensuring that the product delivered meets the client's needs and business requirements. On a day-to-day basis, they will work for the benefit of the client and represent them for the team. As a
Product Owner , you will work closely with our client's business representatives and SMEs, as well as working with the development team daily.Primary Responsibilities:Be responsible for clearly understanding the client's vision for the product and assisting the client in defining that vision if it is not clear to ensure that the right product is built.Be responsible for making sure the product vision is clearly communicated to the delivery team and understood by the team.Be responsible for understanding the various users of the product, including other systems that may consume the product, to ensure that they are building a product that provides value to the users.Maintain the client's product roadmap, with upcoming short-term and long-term goals, and communicates the roadmap to the delivery team and stakeholders.Work with the Delivery Lead to set client expectations.Negotiate with the client representatives, stakeholders, and delivery team to prioritize work in the backlog and help maximize the value the team delivers.Work with the client to define what business value means to the client and uses this definition to assess each feature/story based on business value.Maintain a well-defined and prioritized backlog of sufficient length to support the team's velocity.Make sure that the team understands the context of the stories in the backlog and that the team has adequate information to deliver the stories.Conduct the necessary research and analysis to fully understand the client's needs and requirements.Work with the delivery team to write and refine user stories.Ensure the product is demoed to the client and stakeholders and confirm that the product being delivered meets the client's needs.Work with the delivery team daily to answer questions and review/approve stories being developed.Experience4+ years experience as a member of an Agile software development teams3+ years experience working as a Product Owner or Product Manager4+ years experience working directly with business stakeholdersProduct Owner SkillsPractical experience creating and communicating product visionsProven ability to translate a product vision into an actionCan demonstrate techniques for quickly and effectively understanding a client domain and productDemonstrated experience in helping stakeholders identify business value/objectives and using this to prioritize workDemonstrate ability to effectively negotiate between competing stakeholders to ensure highest value objectives are metDemonstrate an understanding of 'Personas' and how to identify users and create personas to represent themExperience creating and using delivery metrics, predictability, and forecasting; given appropriate data, can create (and draw conclusions from) a forecast and communicate that information to stakeholders with progress updates and metricsAgile Knowledge - has the ability to...Explain both agile and lean software development values and principlesDemonstrate how to conduct story mapping and user story writing sessions to create a product backlogexplain various ways to create user stories and document acceptance criteriaMeeting FacilitationHas effectively lead meetings of 20 or more peopleCan illustrate examples of how to prepare for and run effective meetingsDemonstrates skills facilitating remote meetings with participants across multiple locationsHas experience in healthy conflict resolution and finding the best solutions to address issues and work effectively through disagreementsDemonstrates excellent communication skills and has a customer-focused mindsetTravel: up to 25%
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