Product Owner

Job Summary:

The role of the Product Owner is pivotal in ensuring the Business Stakeholders’ needs are communicated and priority is represented by the Development Team so that AMPS is delivering value in an Agile environment that supports organizational goals and objectives. The Product Owner will:

• Be the face of the Products they represent, taking ownership and gaining SME status
• Elicit and understand business processes, workflows, and needs to guide the Product forward with innovation and purpose
• Own the day-to-day requirement and prioritization decisions and provide continuous business guidance for the delivery teams
• Build product backlog, establish Product Roadmap for tools and systems in the P&L
• Be able to work independently and with a geographically distributed team
• Collaborate with cross-departmental teams to define project Priority and Business Value

Essential Job Duties:

• Support the AMPS A–Z Process designed to promote reliability and consistency in value generation and provide the mechanism for how the Business interacts with Engineering
• Document Business requirements, process workflows, and appropriate use cases to facilitate high-quality software development
• Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies
• Create Epics that clearly outline Business requirements using established templates to include all documentation required to clearly articulate the details of the project
• Assign Initial Priority, Project Sizing and Business Value
• Support Triage of production bugs, as needed
• Participate in Refinement Sessions, story creation and assist with test case generation/testing strategy when required
• Approve Technical Solution and assign final project priority.
• Define the Sprint Goal
• Work collaboratively with Scrum Team to assign Stories to Sprints.
• Support Development and QA/Regression efforts
• Owns UAT to include Kick-off meeting, Demos, and UAT Sign-off completion
• Support Code Releases
• Communicate work progress at Sprint Start, UAT Start, and Production Completion

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to quickly grasp technical and system integration concepts.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to think critically and solve problems.
• Ability to balance analysis to ensure timely decisions
• High attention to detail
• Proficiency using Jira and Confluence
• Ability to work independently in a remote working environment.
• Ability to report to a physical office when required.