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Exciting work you will do:
Our client has an immediate need for a Product Owner to support a fast-moving, highly visible initiative. This contract engagement that will be on-site for the 6-month contract period. It is a possible Contract to Hire role.
- Serve as the conduit between user needs, technical capabilities, and engineering requirements, developing these into roadmaps and requirements for the Agile backlog of a development team
- Lead the backlog refinement of features and user stories and ensure delivery teams are prepared to meet sprint deadlines
- You will work with others on a day-to-day basis to help make decisions on what is in scope and provide input into functional decisions
- Interaction with the teams building the products
- Focus on product level impediments and process changes to enable faster and higher quality software
- Make tough decisions on trade-offs between features, quality and dates in order to provide the best solution for our clients
- You ensure Product leadership is aware of key issues and changes, and provide them with the right information and recommendations to resolve issues
- You work with Product Managers to ensure the features in a release represent what is needed and that return on investment is in line with their expectations
- You have in-depth knowledge of goals and desired objectives of the initiatives and features
- You will drive value as a function of cost, time, functionality and quality
- You will work with Architect(s) and Tech Lead(s) to identify non-functional requirements like infrastructure needs
- You will work with Quality Assurance team member(s) to identify test cases for automated testing
- You will coordinate with business customers to conduct product integration testing Key Responsibilities Preparation and Participation in PI Planning Program Backlog
What you will need:
- BS or MS degree in Computer Science or Business or equivalent job experience required
- 3+ years in experience managing product backlogs and requirements for Agile delivery teams in a Product Owner capacity
- Skilled at removing roadblocks
- Experience with Jira
- Experience delivering products using Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Possess a deep understanding of web service technologies, user interface/interaction, and knowledge of Systems Development and Project Management lifecycles
- Experience with Product & Technology Roadmap development through influence of key business and technology partners to identify business priorities
- Experience with Scrum, Kanban and GCP Cloud Technologies preferred
** Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship by North Highland. Work visa sponsorship will not be provided, now or in the future, for this position.
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