We have
a
position
for a
Product Owner II
with one of our clients in
Atlanta, GA
for an initial contract duration of
5 months.
No third party candidates considered for this position.
The Product Owner II will be responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive approach to deliver one or more products, capabilities, services, or enhancements in accordance with the product roadmap. Works with Product Managers, Business Leaders, and a cross-functional Scrum team to deliver the product to the Client. Manages the overall effort to deliver products, capabilities, services and enhancements using the strategic vision as well as established key performance indicators. Understands the functionality and determines the release sequence. Prioritizes and maintains the product backlog and performs just-in-time story elaboration with the development team.
Top 5 Must Haves:
- Backlog & PI Planning Expertise - Ability to manage product backlog, prioritize defects, and support PI planning to align with release train goals.
- Strong Partnership with Product Management - Collaborates to shape product strategy, roadmaps, and KPIs; aggregates ideas to enhance product performance.
- User Story & Acceptance Criteria Skills - Translates features into clear, actionable user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria.
- Foundational Behaviors - Acts with integrity, builds partnerships, drives innovation, focuses on execution, and strives for excellence.
- Communication and Influence - Strong writing and interpersonal skills to influence stakeholders, represent customer needs, and maintain effective dialogue.
Planning: Supports Release Train and scrum team(s) via Product Increment (PI) planning, defect prioritization, managing the product backlog and software development details. Partners with Product Managers to understand and influence product strategy and roadmaps and to aggregate and conceive ideas for enhancing product performance and achieving product success/KPIs. Helps ensure product execution meets strategy and requirements. Helps refine features into user stories and story acceptance criteria.
Development: Partners with one scrum team to build, enhance and manage one or more products, capabilities or services. Facilitates solution optioning with Engineering. Coordinates with other Agile Product Managers to deliver on a vision that crosses multiple delivery streams or release trains.
Sales and Client Engagement: Partners with sales, sales operations, client solutions, and client marketing teams to communicate product performance and value for in-market products.
Required Skills
product backlog, SAFe Agile Methodology, User Story, PI Planning, Product Management