Product Owner

Description:
The nature of the work is focused on defining tools and processes to support overall organizational excellence in program/project management and process definition. Set Program's Vision and Strategy: Develops vision, strategy and deliverables of the assigned Program. -Ensures program is aligned with business strategies and budgets.- Owns the business case for the Program, establishes and maintains cross functional and regional coordination Organization, Planning and Execution: Maintains ultimate responsibility regarding program objectives operating within financial and resource constraints; Manages project dependencies within the program and builds the program team. Ensures vendor contracts, relationships, performance, and communications are well managed Project Management Support: Ensures proper Project Management staffing for all projects within the program; helps develop project objectives and project scope. Act as an escalation point for project issues that impact projects' cost, schedule and / or performance. Chairs program steering committee meetings.

The Product Owner serves as the content authority for the Agile Release Train and is responsible for defining and prioritizing the Product Backlog, developing the vision and roadmap and working with the team to optimize feature delivery to the customers in a series of releases that balance the enterprise's technical and economic objectives.

•Member of the Agile Team serving as the customer proxy
•Work with Program/Portfolio/Business to understand objectives, budget and strategic themes
•Assist Sr Product Manager in developing and communicating the product vision
•Assist Sr Product Manager in developing and communicating the roadmap
•Work with system architects to understand architectural work in order to assist with decision-making and sequencing of key technological infrastructures
•Manage the product feature backlog by selecting features and prioritizing the primary artifact
•Drives sprint content via prioritized stories in release planning ceremonies
•Develop story acceptance criteria used to establish the stories meet its definition of done
•Define releases and program increments including new features, architecture and allocations for technical debt
•Participate in release management and solution validation
 
years professional experience 5 years project/program management experience experience delivering global or multiple regional projects experience with formal project management methodology. Typical Office: This is a typical office job, with no special physical requirements or unusual work environment.
 
•3+ years experience with Agile Scrum
•2+ years experience as Product Owner for a Scrum Team
•Retail experience a plus
•Experience in a Web/Mobile software developement environment a plus