The Product Owner (Data amp; AI Products) at Extreme Reach is primarily responsible for maximizing the value delivered by the agile team by ensuring that the team backlog is aligned with customer and stakeholder needs. As a member of the extended Product Management function, the Product Owner is the agile team’s primary customer advocate and primary link to business and technology strategy.
Job Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to understand and anticipate their needs
- Trusted advisor to business and IT teams
- Develops User Stories based on prioritized Features created by the Product Manager(s)
- Owns and prioritizes the Team Backlog based on Portfolio priorities, events, and dependencies with the other agile teams
- Scope and prioritize development activities based on business and customer impact
- Work closely with the agile team members to deliver committed work each iteration
- Serve as the authority over the what the agile team will build
- Represent the customer and stakeholders in answering agile team member questions through requirements clarification and represent business to various stakeholders
- Empowered to accept User Stories as done, achieved through engaging in validation of the test cases and test results
- Contribute to improve monitoring, discover issues, and deliver better value to the customer
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- BS in Computer Science, Engineering background desirable
- 3-5 years work experience as a Product Owner or in Data Engineering
- Professional track record of building a successful product through its entire lifecycle
- Strong problem solving skills and eager to work in a hands on capacity
- Experience with scaled agile development, defining User Stories, estimating, and executing the delivery value-driven features
- Ability to work with technical and functional teams, and with cross-departmental teams
- Familiarity with ad-tech, asset management, and global rights management a plus!
- Strong written and verbal communication skills including technical writing skills