Must Have:

· 10+ years of exp

· Demonstrated experience in communication and mediation skills with business teams and core team members to ensure Client products are progressing according to schedule or product road map

· Experience with identification to risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed.

· Ability to delivery on a product with a balanced team (product owner, user experience designers, developers) utilizing Agile (SCRUM) delivery methodologies. Scrum master experience is preferred.

· Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills

· Strong presentation, verbal and written communication skills

Nice to have

· OPS experience

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Evaluation Criteria Breakdown

Relationship Management - 35%

· Demonstrated experience in communication and mediation skills with business teams and core team members to ensure Client products are progressing according to schedule or product road map

· Demonstrated experience in team building, consensus building and relationship management skills

· Experience with strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and capitalize on forces in support of change during all stages of products – Discovery, Alpha, Beta, Live or similar delivery methodologies

Product Management – Knowledge, Risks, Issues, Scheduling & Reporting - 35%

· Experience with identification to risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed.

· Ability to articulate and prioritize issues and risks at program management and senior executive level and recommend mitigation strategies for decision makers

· Ability to create and maintain a product road map which describes how your product is likely to evolve over time.

· Ability to delivery on a product with a balanced team (product owner, user experience designers, developers) utilizing Agile (SCRUM) delivery methodologies. Scrum master experience is preferred.

· Experience gathering and developing requirements in order to create and maintain a detailed product schedule and/or integrated plan

· Experience with product program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels;

· Experience with participating in steering committee and stakeholder forums.

Technical Skills - 10%

· Basic Knowledge in Microsoft Azure cloud platform

· Knowledge of online collaboration tools such as MIRO, Atlassian Confluence and Trello, Microsoft Office 365, Google Drive, Zoom, Slack and Microsoft Teams

· Knowledge of Backlog Management tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, Pivotal Tracker

Soft skills - 20%

· Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills

· Strong presentation, verbal and written communication skills

· Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills

· A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines and delivering high profile, high risk, complex initiatives