Lead Product Owner

Lead Product Owner

*Must sit in Atlanta, GA*

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The Lead Product Owner is the Product Management leader on one or more scrum teams.

Their goal is to deliver innovative solutions based on their understanding of high-level business objectives.

The Lead Product Owner works with Product Leadership and Business Stakeholders to understand the product vision and then provides clarity for the scrum teams.
Lead Product Owners are responsible for leading scrum teams in the breakdown of features into user stories.

Our expectation is that all team members contribute to user stories, but the Lead Product Owner is key in ensuring team alignment and completeness to the vision.
Lead Product Owners work with other Product Managers and a cross-functional scrum team, to build, enhance and manage a set of products and platforms using Agile software methodologies.

They will own and groom the backlog for the scrum teams with high-level input from Product Leads for their Release Train.

Teams will consist of developers, analytics resources, technical leads, designers and scrum masters.
As products and solutions near launch they will support our Release Train core team, Product Readiness Team and associated Product Managers to develop go-to-market plans.

They may help in demos and support training material creation as a subject matter expert.
Lead Product Owners are expected to contribute back to the Release Train ideas and opportunities that become part of the product roadmap.

Understanding of financial processes and systems are essential to the role.
This role requires a high-level technical understanding of financial applications and excellent communication and collaboration skills.

The successful candidate must have a demonstrable track record of achieving success in a dynamic, fast-paced software development environment.

They must be able to adapt to rapidly changing priorities and make appropriate product decisions quickly.
Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

Partner with other Product Leads and Business Stakeholders to understand and influence product strategy while generating innovative ideas for achieving product success
Work with scrum teams to determine alternative development strategies, solutions, and release dates
Translate business requirements into features and user stories, collaborate with cross functional team to craft solutions/documentation and represent customer needs in product delivery
Monitor products and platforms to evaluate consumer and client satisfaction, return-on-investment (ROI), and satisfaction of original objectives
Partner with Product Managers and Business Stakeholders to create business roadmaps that increase delivered value and efficiency over time
Partners with Release Train Core Team to develop release plans that support go-to-market strategies
Communicate progress toward milestones as software is released
Develop and maintain subject matter expertise in application features, capabilities, and business rules
Make rapid tactical decisions where needed to maintain team momentum and focus on value delivery
Prioritize Scrum Team backlog with guidance from Product Leads and to ensure alignment with product strategy and roadmap
Work closely with the Scrum Master to optimize velocity for the team
Work with Scrum Master to prioritize and schedule production defects for resolution
Participate in the daily stand-ups, sprint planning meetings, retrospectives, and release train planning meetings
Qualifications:
Ability to understand and articulate various internal and external customer needs
Excellent communication skills & presentation skills; verbal and written with the ability to communicate across business and technology
Demonstrable experience in strategic planning with business partners
Solid experience working on user experience/customer experience projects
Experience leading scrum teams in Agile methodologies
5+ years product management experience
Demonstrated experience delivering software to market
Self-directed problem solver with a demonstrated ability to organize & prioritize
Excellent people and teamwork skills
Ability to work directly with customers to understand how they use the provided applications
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
Qualifications (Desired):

3+ years experience in Agile Product Development
Knowledge of financial billing system processes
Financial product set experience
Experience in Rally Software