What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Owner II position at Southern Motor Carriers?
Position Summary
We are looking for a Product Owner II to join our specialized team to help deliver high-quality, innovative and fully performing software. The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product resulting from work of the Development Team in an agile environment. In this role, you will be under the general supervision of a more experienced professional who will support you in managing complex web and technology products and helping your teams adopt agile methodologies.
Essential Job Functions
Note: The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar.
Qualifications/Educations/Skills
Note: Qualifications listed are guidelines. Other factors may be taken into consideration.
Competencies
We are looking for a Product Owner II to join our specialized team to help deliver high-quality, innovative and fully performing software. The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product resulting from work of the Development Team in an agile environment. In this role, you will be under the general supervision of a more experienced professional who will support you in managing complex web and technology products and helping your teams adopt agile methodologies.
Essential Job Functions
Note: The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar.
- Under general supervision, performs duties including:
- Providing vision and direction to the agile development team and stakeholders.
- Ensuring that the development team always has an adequate amount of prior prepared stories to work on.
- Identifying high level functional and non-functional requirements, and communicating those requirements to development teams.
- Acting as a proxy for the business on managing competing priorities, throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Developing business analysis artifacts such as user experience models and prototypes/process flows/ business rules to clarify requirements as needed.
- Prioritizing and sequencing the backlog of epics/features/user stories according to business value, throughout the release and sprint planning cycles.
- Owning the project scope to ensure successful delivery; meeting business expectations and helping define scope and/or schedules.
- Working with Senior Leadership Team and/or other stakeholders to define the product vision, road-map and growth opportunities.
- Contributing to building a culture where continuous improvement of the agile process is in focus.
- Continually seeking out ways to enhance agile knowledge and technical expertise.
- Experience working in a distributed team environment is a plus
- May be responsible for recruiting and training employees, communicating job expectations, assisting with setting career paths and monitoring employee performance.
Qualifications/Educations/Skills
Note: Qualifications listed are guidelines. Other factors may be taken into consideration.
- 2-4 years’ of previous working experience in an agile environment
- 2 years’ of previous working experience as a Product Owner
- 3-5 years’ of experience working in an IT environment
- Hold a current Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO) certification
- Associates degree in relevant field (business, computer science, etc.) preferred
- Hands on experience with agile methodologies required
- Must be able to ensure that Scrum concepts and principles are adhered to and applied
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Effective communication strategies for working with remote groups
- Knowledge of supply chain logistics a plus
- Working knowledge or experience with IBM Rational Team Concert a plus
Competencies
- Detail Oriented
- Problem Solving
- Interpersonal Skills
- Oral Communication
- Written Communications
- Accuracy
- Dependability
- Good business acumen
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