SAFe Product Owner

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Job Summary

The SAFe Product Owner will operate as part of an agile team to oversee the delivery of value to customers from start to finish in accordance with customers’ needs and requirements. This includes aligning Team Backlogs with the needs of Customers, Business Owners, Business Subject Matter Expert SMEs and Stakeholders. This role will also function as part of the Product Management team by serving as the team’s primary customer advocate and conduit between business and technology.

Requirements

EDUCATION
Bachelor’s degree in technical or business discipline (Information Systems, Engineering, Computer
Science, Business Administration, or related field). In lieu of degree five (5) years’ relevant experience will
be considered.

LICENSING/CERTIFICATIO

SAFe Agilist (SA) OR SAFe Practitioner (SP) Certification preferred; required within one year.

EXPERIENCE
Minimum three (3) years’ Product Owner, Product Manager, Systems Analyst, Business Analyst, Project
Manager, or equivalent combination of education and experience supporting teams in end-to-end
implementation.
Basic working knowledge and experience using Agile methodologies, preferably SAFe.
Basic understanding of market rhythms, events, opportunities, threats, and changing regulations.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS & ABILITIES
Demonstrated organizational, facilitation, and written/verbal communication skills
Self-motivation, visionary thinker with strong analytical skills
Support the creation of a Vision and Roadmap.

Solicits and is open to feedback.
Customer-centric focus with a Lean-Agile mindset.
Ability to identify the problem to be solved and apply problem solving skills.
Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

Responsibilities

Assists in the design of new projects and programs by evaluating current practices, while conferring with management in order to define scope of work, purpose, goals and objectives, timelines and resource requirements for implementation., Assists with developing test scripts, executing test plans and maintaining test cases to assess system functionality and ensure user acceptance testing., Collaborates with various internal departments, analysts, development teams, external customers, and leadership to obtain cross functional team consensus on the interpretation of business requirements and needs., Develops enterprise business solution systems requirement documents and technical specification documents for applications, which may also be used to assist user groups with the development and delivery of training programs or presentations. Conducts training of new procedures, system modifications and system releases upon request., Integrates data from multiple data sources or functional areas, ensures data accuracy and integrity, and updates data as needed to develop statistics and design methodologies to be used for decision making and new business initiatives., Performs other duties as assigned., Performs root-cause analysis and audits to verify workflow and identify process improvements. Confers with internal and external customers to identify system requirements. Configure system through the use of logic statements and devise effective solutions to these problems and new opportunities., Prepares reports and data delivery by analyzing and summarizing the information and trends to make recommendations regarding system changes., Serves as a technical resource to guide the research, design, development, testing, documentation, implementation, maintenance, and evaluation of new enterprise business solution systems and enhancement of existing systems to meet business needs., Serves as project lead on small to medium scale projects.

Certifications

SAFe Agilist (SA) - Scaled Agile

Security Requirements

This position is identified as level three (3). This position must ensure the security and confidentiality of records and information to prevent substantial harm, embarrassment, inconvenience, or unfairness to any individual on whom information is maintained. The integrity of information must be maintained as outlined in the company Administrative Manual.

Segregation of Duties

Segregation of duties will be used to ensure that errors or irregularities are prevented or detected on a timely basis by employees in the normal course of business. This position must adhere to the segregation of duties guidelines in the Administrative Manual.

Employment Type

Regular

ADA Requirements

2.1 General Office Worker, Semi-Active, Campus Travel - Someone who normally works in an office
setting or remotely, periodically has lifting and carrying requirements up to 40 lbs and routinely travels for
work within walking distance of location of primary work assignment as essential functions of the job.