Technical Product Owner

Role : Senior Product Owner Location : St. Louis, MO looking for Senior Product Owner with 8+ Years Experience; Technical Product Owner Description:

• looking for Senior Product Owner; PO will be the primary product specialist for the development team. You will team up with the Product Manager and business unit SMEs to elicit business requirements and translate into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• The Product Owner will work with the Product Architects to refine the Program Backlog to prepare for the PI (Program Increment) planning sessions. PO should be able to prepare in advance to update the team backlog to estimate features for the upcoming Program Increment.
• Activities will include leading the development team to size features and stories, and figure out what can be committed in the Program Increment based upon the team's established velocity. You will be involved with story definition, providing clarifications necessary to assist the team with their story estimates and story sequencing, and drafting the organizations specific objectives for the upcoming Program Increment (PI).
• A great technical development background and modern service level architecture awareness will help the PO in the highly technical customer environment.

• You will own and lead the team's backlog(s)
• You will participate actively in planning activities for the Program Increment
• You will lead the development team through all activities to support Sprint activities
• You will be a key partner in product related decisions and release planning
• You have an in-depth knowledge of goals and desired objectives of the initiatives and features
• You will work to drive value as a function of cost, time, functionality and quality
• You will work with Product Manager to evaluate the product Roadmap to identify features for development and identify "definition of done" for each feature
• You are able to produce work flows, completes data mapping and performs business process design
• You will work alongside the Architect(s) and Tech Lead(s) to identify non-functional requirements such as infrastructure needs
• You will plan and handle releases You will work with Quality Assurance team member(s) to identify test cases for automated testing
• You will coordinate with business customers to conduct product integration testing Key Responsibilities Preparation and Participation in PI Planning Program Backlog:

• Bachelor/master's degree in information management, Business or equivalent.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in IT as a Business Analyst or Product Owner. 3-year Product Owner experience is a must.
• Java/Google Cloud Platform background
• Experience in delivering products using Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using Agile, Scrum or Kanban
• Possesses a deep understanding of web service technologies, user interface/interaction, and knowledge of Systems Development and Project Management lifecycles
• Experience and flexibility in onshore/offshore working model.
• Experience with Product & Technology Roadmap development through influence of key business and technology partners to identify business priorities
• Excellent leadership and motivational skills Possesses a willingness to empower as well as encourage commitment and positive attitude in the team
• Possesses an inquisitive and innovative mindset with a shown ability to recognize opportunities to create distinctive value is desired
• Experience as a Scrum Product Owner is preferred
• Familiarity with Scaled Agile Framework is helpful
• Experienced with evaluating workload to drive efficiency