Sr. Product Owner

Location: Plymouth, MN Description: Our client is currently seeking a Sr. Product Owner to work on a new Financial Reporting application. The ideal candidate is a Technical Product Owner who is accustomed to working on technical projects, optimally with Financial experience given the substance of the data/reports in the new tool. Strong IT background managing complex IT Project with very tight timelines. Strong experience with data management and data transformation.

• Promote and drive Agile development methodology throughout the team/s, providing direction and support to development and quality assurance teams
• Promote Agile product management processes, stays abreast of new emerging technology capabilities and leverages knowledge in contributing to product solutions ? Define, prioritize, and drive realization of specific product vision
• Accountable to represent business partners crossing functional areas to transform vision into requirements align and deliver objectives. Escalate blocking items to Stakeholders when applicable
• Accountable for aligning business teams thru development of communications, socialization, and education of objectives and detailed requirements guiding team members to accomplish objectives
• Serve as the 'voice of the customer' with delivery teams, representing/reinforcing the customer's perspective throughout the product realization cycle
• Manage developing requirements and prioritization of backlog, continuously and transparently communicate with internal stakeholders the prioritization of the Product Backlog and status
• Reviews, accepts, and prioritizes feedback and new requirements from project stakeholders
• Work with Scrum Masters to help direct, motivate, and guide the delivery teams
• Ensure that Scrum Team deliverables meet agreed-upon standards for quality and non-functional requirements, and that the products meet the stated business need
• Collaborate with a cross-functional team of designers, business analysts, developers, testers and others to develop and execute against Product Roadmaps and Release Plans
• Collaborates with Solution architect and Development leads to refine Product Backlog
• Own, prioritize, and maintain the Product Backlog, including definition of features, user stories, acceptance criteria
• Break down features into stories consumable and testable by a scrum team
• Collaborate with business partners in usability testing and the development of the user design
• Manage, prioritize, and assess the impact of defects, including providing key input on the decisions to fix or defer
• Review output of development to ensure specified acceptance criteria has been completed
• Defines and analyzes metrics that measure and benchmark product success
• Release Management Activities (Release planning, dry run, testing support, communication)
• Rally (Kanban board)
• Maintain Project Roadmap
• Provide Demos to leadership on progress
• Status reporting on progress of project (risk/remediation/actions)
• Other duties, as assigned

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years in Project Management (or related positions) in the Health Care Industry
• 5 + years of experience working with Agile development methodology
• 2+ years acting as a Product Owner for development teams: Writing user stories, and following the development process through user story acceptance
• 1+ years of Release Management
• Advanced level of proficiency with PC based software programs required (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

• Experience with RALLY
• Self-starter with the ability to appropriately assess the need for independent decision-making verses leadership escalation
• Ability to react to product adjustments and expectations promptly and efficiently
• Strong technical skills and ability to pick up new technologies quickly is beneficial
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
• Experience with Passion for customers and a demonstrated focus on customer experience
• Energy, motivation, and commitment to drive to results in a challenging, fast-paced environment
• Demonstrated ability to meet commitments, build consensus, negotiate resolutions and garner respect from other teams