Product Owner

Product Owner
Location: Bellevue, WA

Client is seeking a Product Owner. The ideal candidate would have started in a technical role and transitioned into product. The Technical Product Owner will partner with internal/external stakeholders and Leadership to understand the business and technology landscape of the company and creatively define solutions in support of new product offerings, alleviating customer experience pain points and improving the architecture. The Technical Product Owner will own the product end-to-end, create and manage product vision, strategy and roadmap, and lead cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products. The Technical Product Owner will be adept at balancing technical knowledge and business acumen, possess great leadership, management, communication and people skills.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Own the product end to end as well as roadmap at the technology/functional level.
• Partner with business and internal/external stakeholders to understand current customer experiences, identify areas of opportunity, create and manage product vision and roadmap.
• Manage product backlog and priorities with our business and technology partners.
• Lead product backlog grooming sessions partnering with key resources.
• Understand the "big picture" of challenges impacting the customer experience, including the technical, functional, process, and policy considerations, and creatively define solutions to those challenges.
• Inform and evangelize a strong customer focus and customer experience that aligns decision making with IT investment choices and prioritization.
• Work with business to identify and articulate initiative scope, benefits and ROI.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to plan and manage product releases
• Effectively and efficiently communicate with technical and non-technical audiences and leadership

Required Experience, Skills and Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Product Owner experience in Web/Mobile app technology.
• 5 + years of experience in an agile software product development environment.
• Experience with Mobile app technology particularly Android and iOS or Web Apps.
• Experience working with Dev teams and managing them.
• Experience with Swagger docs, API Integration. Also, any hands-on experience with Front end, Middle and Backend technologies in the past.
• Proven success in delivering software with Agile Scrum methodologies.
• Strong requirements elicitation, and proven writing skills including the ability to write concisely and clearly for different audiences.
• Preferred: 3+ years of experience as a software developer, systems analyst, IT architect or equivalent technical role.
• Experience with Agile backlog/project management tools.
• Experience with successive elaboration and ability to develop Initiatives, Features and User Stories that the DevOps teams can ingest.
• Experience in delivering large and complex business/technology initiatives.
• Proven ability to effectively and efficiently communicate with Leadership, technical and non-technical audiences while employing a high degree of collaboration and influence.
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to identify/analyze/synthesize product use data and use the data to drive decisions.

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