Job Description

Product Owner :

Senior-level people with 7-10 years of running products

Industry experience in the Telecom and Finance areas ( Banking domain)

Define the strategic roadmap working with the business

Own and Execute products to drive the ROI

owns the Team / Sprint backlog representing the single source of truth and is the single point of contact to the Dev

team and Customer team for user story details. The Sr PO is responsible for defining and refining user stories and

prioritizing the Agile Team backlog to streamline execution of product (program) priorities while maintaining conceptual

and technical integrity of features for the team. In this capacity the Sr PO remains highly available to the Dev teams

during each iteration (sprint) in order to answer real time questions and provide clarity to user stories. The Sr PO also

drives user story refinement activities ensuring Team backlog contains 2 iterations worth of 'ready' work for Dev team.

These two functions are critical to enabling Dev teams to improve and maintain high velocity / productivity in iteration

(sprint) execution. For this reason, a Sr PO supports a single Agile (Scrum), but often supports multiple tams as part of

complex initiatives.

The Sr PO also has a significant role in quality control and is the only team member empowered to accept stories as done,

ensuring the acceptance criteria has been met. This role has significant relationships and responsibilities outside their

specific Agile team, including working with Product Management, who is responsible for the Product (Program) Backlog,

to prepare for the Program Increment (PI) Planning meeting (Big Room Planning).

The Sr PO also coordinates with other POs to align backlogs to complete large, cross-functional initiatives. In addition, the

Sr PO mentors other Product Owners to ensure they are growing in their career and job acumen.

Builds and maintains Agile (Scrum / Sprint) team backlog, with input from customer, Product Manager,

System Architect/Engineering and other stakeholders (team backlog consists mostly of user stories, it also

includes defects and enablers.) Typically maintaining 2 iterations (sprints) worth user stories available and

ready in team backlog.

Collaborates with Agile team and stakeholders to writes user stories and requirements that include

acceptance criteria and acceptance tests, typically for 1+ Agile/Scrum teams.

Runs PO sync meeting with other PO's on larger / scaled backlogs; Mentors, coaches and guides other

product owners. Helps lead Product Owner Community of Practice (COP).

Reviews and accepts completed user stories for each iteration (sprint), being accountable and responsible

for user story quality and performance in production environment.

Supports and helps Product Manager create and manage product vision and technical roadmap, primarily

related to working scope.

Also responsible for other Duties/Projects as assigned by business management as needed.

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