Product Owner

Product Owner

Pay Status and Classification: Exempt , Regular Full-time

Supervisor Title: Director
of Product Management

Work Location: This
position is based onsite at our Schenectady, New York headquarters, Monday
through Friday. The role requires local residency or the ability to commute
regularly.

Position purpose :
The Product Owner plays a vital role in product development, ensuring that
products meet client needs and expectations. They gather detailed requirements
and develop new features and products. The Product Owner prioritizes and
refines items within the backlog, sprints, and releases. Additionally, they
lead refinement, planning, and review meetings with the Development teams and
stakeholders.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Project and Backlog Management: Develops and prioritizes a large development backlog with regularly changing
priorities.
- Collaboration: Collaborates with the development teams, quality assurance, and Scrum
Masters to build and evaluate new features and products.
- Communication
and Presentation: Presents complex designs across
technical and non-technical teams.
- Scrum and Agile Practices: Leads and participates in critical scrum meetings like Refinement Meetings,
Sprint Planning, and Sprint Reviews.
- Research and Knowledge Acquisition: Performs user and product research by exploring ideas with internal and
external stakeholders. Gains expertise in new subjects, technologies, and
concepts pertinent to the products under development.
- UI/UX Design and Critique: Creates and critiques UI/UX artifacts used to guide the development team.
Ensures that users can easily navigate through technology and products. Maintain
a cohesive look and feel for products.
- Team Leadership and Motivation :
Motivates development teams to meet sprint commitment and product quality goals.
- Other
duties and projects as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

- Excellent interpersonal and customer
service skills.
- Strong written and spoken communication
skills.
- Excellent troubleshooting skills.
- Exceptional
organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities
simultaneously, while maintaining attention to detail.
- Strong
analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Effectively responds to feedback and
demonstrates the ability to adapt to changes.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite,
Jira, Prototyping Tools, and Product Analytic Tools.
- Ability to work a flexible schedule,
including evening hours at least twice per week.

Experience:

- A minimum of 4 years of experience as a
Product Owner, Business Analyst or active participant in a Scrum process.
- Experience working directly with software
development teams and international teams
- Demonstrated knowledge of UI/UX principles
for both mobile and browser applications.
- Demonstrated knowledge of scrum and agile
principles.
- Exposure to logistics, education, public
safety, fleet maintenance fields.

Phys ical Requirements:

- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk
and working on a computer.
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at
times.

Driving
Requirements:

- A valid
driver's license is required.
- Must be able
to drive to various locations to test software.
Annual Salary Range: $80,000.00 to $130,000.00