Senior Product Owner

Senior Product Owner
Contract Duration 12+ months
Pay rate up to $62.04 - $69.34/hr

Major Duties & Responsibilities:
Senior Product Owner is responsible for defining Team Product Backlog of User Stories including backlog prioritization, refinement, and creation of acceptance criteria along with agreed upon definition of done.
Has the foundational knowledge of SAFe principles, Kanban, and Scrum including embracing agile principles and applying a lean agile approach.
The Senior Product Owner demonstrates knowledge of critical thinking skills like Analytical, Problem Solving, Open-minded, creativity, etc.
They have a Product/Domain knowledge that guides, informs, and provides insight on what product enhancements, maintenance, and efficiencies are needed.
Product Owners at this level can support the delivery of assigned Product Increment (PI) objectives. They can be assigned to a maximum of one agile team.

General Description:
Responsible for ensuring that user stories are clear and concise with well-defined acceptance criteria and is driven to get the story into a ready state.
Responsible for owning the backlog of user stories including prioritization, refinement, and creation of acceptance criteria along with agreed upon definition of done. Has autonomy to make decisions around the team backlog.
Ensures team risks and dependencies are identified and handled.
Partners with the Product Manager to understand priorities and features.
Contributor to the Vision, Roadmap, and ROI; ensures the team's backlog aligns with the roadmap.
Stakeholder management; accountable for identifying and managing risks, scope trade-offs, and timeline impacts.
Comfortable in a technical environment writing UAT Test scripts and performing acceptance testing.
Attends and actively participates in Release Train Ceremonies, and champions stories and tickets through the release train processes.
Attends and actively participates in Team Agile Ceremonies

Job Specifics:
Fully Remote, the team works primarily East Coast hours
Ideally contract-to-hire
Agile Maturity – The team is in the early stages of the agile journey, so we are looking for someone familiar with Scrum and SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) frameworks who can help mentor teammates.
Stakeholder Management – This role frequently interacts with 7-10 different stakeholders to feed the backlog. Understanding prioritization and how to flush out requirements from stakeholders with different technical abilities is important.
Implementation focus - We are not designing software, we are implementing and configuring the ServiceNow IMR and VR modules to work for the Client while connecting different data feeds and building out the reporting capabilities

Qualifications:
5-10 years of experience working as a Product Owner
Experience with Jira (plus), ServiceNow (plus), and other product tools
Agile experience (required)
SAFe experience (preferred)
GRC experience (preferred)

Benefits:
Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
401k Retirement Fund

About The Company
Our client is a Fortune 500 company and the leading off-price apparel and home fashion retailer in the U.S. and worldwide. At the end of 2020, the Company had more than 4,500 stores in nine countries, four e-commerce sites, and approximately 320,000 Associates. With offices, stores, and distribution centers around the world, there is a breadth of opportunities with this company.
The company strives for an inclusive workplace where they value their diversity of thought, background, and experience; and are engaged with the mission to provide value to our customers. They remain committed to acting as a responsible corporate citizen by investing in their employees and their communities, being mindful of their impact on the environment, and operating their businesses ethically.
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