Job Details
The Product Owner defines, delivers, and manages the lifecycle of products in a product portfolio. Leads a single product team developing a product as defined by the Product Complexity Model.
Responsibilities
- Defines and manages product roadmap
- Build, groom and prioritize the product backlog, continuously managing expectations with relevant stakeholders including the senior leadership team
- Manage the sprint planning process and participate in all relevant ceremonies (reviews of prior sprints, grooming, retrospectives, etc.)
- Develop a deep contextual understanding of our customer, worker and user needs
- Gather market feedback through user interactions, focus groups, and by performing industry research to support future development
- Write detailed functional specifications, user stories and product documentation
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams of developers, designers and analysts to implement and deliver new products and features
- Collaborate with the organization on vision, strategy, decisioning, tactical execution, and measurement systems
- Communicate roadmap stages and timelines internally with key stakeholders
Additional Preferred Qualifications
- Entrepreneurial with a strong inclination towards action.
- Preferred Product Owner Certification obtained within 6 months upon entry of role
- Ability to communicate complex and innovative concepts to a new product development team
- Clear passion for topics of technology products and an ability to identify possibilities to innovate
- Ability to be self-directed and to proactively anticipate problems and seek opportunities.
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to build relationships
- Understanding of the SDLC process and the ability to work in an agile environment with bi-weekly releases
- Experience operating in an environment driven by KPIs
- 5 or more years working in utility industry
- Experience as a Product Analyst
- Agile Product Owner certification
- "Black Belt" Six Sigma certification
- Experience with Jira
- Experience with relevant new product or technology development experience working in a fast-paced environment
- Experience with teams developing and shipping software
Working Conditions
- Office environment mostly, with some research, analysis or engagement conducted in plants or field
Education Requirement:
- Bachelor degree in engineering, computer science, marketing or related business discipline.
Logistics:
- 12-month contract with potential for extension/conversion
- Hybrid in Charlotte, NC
- W2 (US Citizen and Green Card Holders Only)
- Pay: $56/hr
Eight Eleven Group provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, citizenship, disability, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.