Position Summary:
Bull City Talent Group's direct client has an immediate need for a Product Owner to join their Analytics Product Team and assist with an ongoing Analytics transformation journey. The ideal candidate will have 2+ years of Product Owner experience, 5+ years of business application experience in Data Analytics, and be a go-getter with excellent communication skills and a knack for interfacing directly with business stakeholders.
Job Duties & Responsibilities:
- Work in Agile environment to continuously review business needs, refine priorities, outline milestones and deliverables, and identify risks
- Work closely with business stakeholders to translate product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including creation of user stories with acceptance criteria
- Prioritize and maintain the backlog for the product while balancing the requirements of the business stakeholders
- Actively participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies for implementation of the work – such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Sprint Retros
- Create and maintain the product backlog (list of tasks and features)
- Prioritize features based on customer feedback and business value
- Translate the high-level vision set by the Data Analytics Manager into detailed requirements
- Prioritize user stories and features for each sprint
- Write user stories and acceptance criteria
- Collaborate closely with the development team during sprint planning, daily scrums, and sprint reviews
- Act as the primary point of contact for the development team to clarify requirements and provide feedback
- Ensure that the team delivers value to customers with each sprint
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the organization (marketing, sales, etc.) to ensure successful delivery
- Evaluate, recommend, and help implement improvements on digital strategy to maximize software investment and advance business value throughout the company
- Responsible for product area roadmap and to research/demonstrate how existing technology can be leveraged to the fullest to meet the needs of the business
- Partners with stakeholders and Data Analytics Manager, bridging the gap between stakeholder requests and the Corporate Analytics Strategy
- Focus on continuous learning of digital assets to stay current on optimizing business results
- Analyze and report on digital initiatives in partnership with business stakeholders
- Partner for product area Center of Excellence with appropriate business stakeholders on regular cadence
Required Skills & Experience:
- 2+ years of experience as an IT Product Owner in an Agile/Scrum environment
- 5+ years of proven business application related experience with Analytics applications (PowerBI, SAP Analytics Cloud, BI/BW, Tableau, etc.)
- Strong working knowledge of relevant business processes and software for products within Analytics product area
- Strong critical thinking capabilities related to research/strategy on software advancements
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities
- Highly motivated/self-starter to be driven to find gaps in processes and technology
- Ability to handle conflict resolution and facilitate change even when met with change resistance
- Highly organized with demonstrated history of effectively managing tasks for backlog prioritization and delivering solutions that exceed commitment to business stakeholders
- BS degree in IT related field
