Product Owner
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
Job DescriptionOur client, located in DC and partnered with Randstad, is seeking a seasoned Sr. Principal Product Owner to join their team. As a crucial player in our product delivery process, you will embody the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) principles, ensuring the successful delivery of our products and services. You'll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, Product Management, Architecture, and stakeholders to define, prioritize, and validate solutions under development.RESPONSIBILITIES:Product Ownership: Serve as the primary advocate for the customer, defining, prioritizing, and managing the product backlog.Vision and Strategy: Develop and communicate a compelling product vision and strategy that aligns with business objectives and customer needs.Prioritization: Use a data-driven approach to prioritize features and user stories, ensuring the team focuses on high-value items.Requirements Gathering: Elicit and document clear product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to guide development teams.Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with stakeholders at all levels to ensure alignment with the product vision and goals.Agile Framework: Drive adherence to SAFe principles and agile methodologies throughout the product development lifecycle.Roadmap Development: Contribute to the creation of a product roadmap, outlining delivery schedules and milestones.Release Planning: Participate in release planning activities, including feature prioritization and cross-team coordination.Metrics and Analysis: Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure product success and identify areas for improvement.Product Delivery: Work closely with development teams to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality products.QUALIFICATIONS:Experience: Minimum of 8+ years as an agile product owner, with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience. Advanced degree preferred, with 5+ years of related work experience.Agile Expertise: Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role in an agile environment, with a deep understanding of agile methodologies and the SAFe framework.Decision Making: Ability to prioritize effectively and make data-driven decisions.Problem Solving: Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.Tool Proficiency: Experience with Jira Software, Confluence, FigJam, Jira Align, and AgilityHealth.MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:Certification: SAFe 6.0 Product Owner/Product Manager Certification required.Preferred Experience: Experience with products or organizations supporting critical data and analytics, including enterprise data catalogs, data quality analytics, data governance, data management, and/or data literacy.
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