Software Product Owner

City of Shakopee, MN; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

A software product owner role in Pune, India focuses on advocating for customers to enhance user experience and collaborating with engineering and test teams to refine and implement requirements. You will support global launches and communicate PM activities across levels of the organization.

You will prioritize the product roadmap, socializing enhancements with development teams while maintaining a customer-focused mindset to deliver a superior experience and accelerate delivery timelines with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Electronics, Computer Science or Software Development or a Marketing degree with product management emphasis or equivalent work experience.
• 3 to 7 years' experience in a software product owner role or equivalent.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Be an advocate for the customer to improve the user experience design.
• Work directly with our software engineering development and test teams to refine and implement functional requirements.
• Support global product launches and release activities.
• Communicate product management activities to all levels of the organization as the product owner.
• Reference product roadmap to prioritize, socialize and implement software enhancement with software development and test teams.
• Customer-focused mindset for delivering a product that provides a great customer experience.
• Constantly look for ways to increase the team's velocity/productivity by eliminating waste and identifying creative ways to accelerate delivery timelines.
• Help build and maintain high team morale.
• Partner with the Product Manager to ensure alignment with requirements and priorities.
• Facilitation skills – ability to lead small to medium groups of internal stakeholders towards desired outcomes to meet business objectives.

Skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Agile experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS or Marketing with PM emphasis

Tools

Jama

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

AS A SOFTWARE PRODUCT OWNER, YOU WILL:

• Be an advocate for the customer to improve the user experience design
• Work directly with our software engineering development and test teams to refine and implement functional requirements
• Support global product launches and release activities
• Communicate product management activities to all levels of the organization as the product owner
• Reference product roadmap to prioritize, socialize and implement software enhancement with software development and test teams
• Customer-focused mindset for delivering a product that provides a great customer experience
• Constantly look for ways to increase the team's velocity/productivity by eliminating waste and identifying creative ways to accelerate delivery timelines
• Help build and maintain high team morale
• Partner with the Product Manager to ensure alignment with requirements and priorities
• Facilitation skills – ability to lead small to medium groups of internal stakeholders towards desired outcomes to meet business objectives

WHO YOU ARE:

You identify and seize new opportunities. You build and deliver solutions that exceed customer expectations. You engage in collaborative planning and development. You are a great communicator.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Electronics, Computer Science or Software Development or a Marketing degree with product management emphasis or equivalent work experience.
• 3 to 7 years' experience in a software product owner role or equivalent
• Ability to travel up to 10%
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office tools such as Word, Excel and PowerPoint

PREFERRED EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE & SKILLS:

• Experience with Agile development methodologies

Familiarity with Requirements Management Software (e.g. Jama) and development task management