Product Owner (Remote)

Job Summary:

The Product Owner is a key liaison between the market needs and business delivery of a solution. In this role the Product Owner will work with the product and engineering team to ensure the prioritized backlog is efficiently delivered through building a shared understanding with user experience and engineering, and motivating, managing and communicating across the business and within the team.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Independently manage and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring that the team always works on the most impactful projects
• Create detailed stories, clarify stories as necessary to support the development teams
• Lead the planning of product release plans and set expectations for delivery of new functionalities
• Confirm that executed stories comply with Avenu s Definition of Done
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including engineering, marketing, sales, and customer support, to ensure successful product releases
• Engage with customers and stakeholders to gather and validate requirements and feedback
• Work closely with senior leadership to inform product strategy and provide updates on product progress and milestones
• Analyze market trends and competitive landscape to inform product decisions and strategy
• Ensure product aligns with user needs, business goals, and technical capabilities
• Facilitate agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives
• Monitor and report on product performance, quality, and usage metrics
• Perform other duties as assigned

Education and Experience:

• 2+ years' experience working in Agile methodology and a deep understanding of various phases of the Software Development Life Cycle; preferably in Product Owner or Business Analyst role.
• Public sector or public sector software experience desired, tax administration, short term rental or revenue management solutions a plus.
• Experience using tools like JIRA, Azure DevOps, and Figma and utilization tools like Segment, Dovetail, and Amplitude.
• Understanding and experience with technical solutions and components (APIs, Middleware, Services, SQL

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with both technology/development and business partners ability to translate between these two constituencies
• Excellent written communication skills and have excellent communication skills and client presence
• Ability to create user journeys, user stories, wireframes, mockups, and basic diagrams to convey ideas
• Able to juggle multiple competing priorities
• Ability to persuade, encourage and motivate others to beat deadlines

Work Environment:

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate as the employee works in an office setting, at an individual work station, using telephone and computer

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position for most of the day
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a printer/copy machine
• This position needs to occasionally move about inside the office
• The person in this position frequently communicates via telephone

Avenu Summary:

With the backing of four decades of public sector expertise and corporate capability, Avenu has successfully supported government services. Avenu was honored and recognized for four (4) consecutive years as a GovTech 100 Company representing the top 100 companies focused on making a difference in and selling to state and local government agencies across the United States.

Avenu is committed to helping communities thrive and brings a wealth of experience combined with innovation. Today, Avenu offers more administrative and financial support to government officials than any other organization. And with a responsive, client-focused approach, we foster partnerships that give our customers the certainty they need to accomplish more.

Avenu offers a competitive benefits and compensation package and are looking for team members who will thrive in our dynamic environment.

Avenu is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Selection for a position will be made without regard to race, religion, national origin, sex, political affiliation, marital status, non-disqualifying physical handicap, and age.