Product Owner

Power Home Remodeling; Newark (DE); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full medical, dental, life and-disabil

401(k) retirement plan matched

Technology stipend and up-to-date gear

Personal development - books, courses,

Paid parental leave

Internal development events (2 per ye

Job summary

Power Home Remodeling Group is seeking a Product Owner to advocate for stakeholders and users within Nitro, guiding prioritization and delivering business value through agile processes. You will partner with the Scrum Master, translate requirements into epics, and ensure the team builds the right features to maximize product value.

The role requires strong leadership, executive collaboration, and a deep understanding of business goals, with responsibility for backlogs, roadmaps, and training

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate leadership capability.
• Excellent coaching, communication and presentation skills.
• 4+ years in a medium or large scale enterprise environment.
• Experience working with C-level executives and business leaders.
• Proven track record applying Agile principles.

Responsibilities

• Manage the complete product lifecycle from strategy to launch.
• Plan and strategize to enhance existing products and create new ones.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and the scrum team to define requirements.
• Maintain a well defined backlog of epics and stories.
• Translate business requirements into epics and stories for development.
• Lead backlog grooming and prioritize features, architecture, and non-functional needs.
• Track product roadmaps, schedules and designs.
• Represent business stakeholders on the scrum team.
• Partner with UX to align design with workflow and standards.
• Monitor competition and identify significant changes.
• Manage the overall project plan to meet release timelines.
• Gather user feedback and integrate it into design iterations.
• Coordinate ongoing in-house product training for multiple audiences.
• Develop understanding of goals, differentiators, and customer needs to identify new features.
• Generate weekly status updates on assigned products.
• Verify new features across environments.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Communication

Stakeholder management

Agile

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive interaction

Job description

Summary

The Product Owner is the voice of the stakeholders, sponsors and users of Nitro in the development process. The Product Owner works to understand and promote the vision of Nitro, set prioritization of development objectives, and eliminate obstacles to development of those objectives. Participating in the agile software development methodologies, the Product Owner partners with the Scrum Master to lead the scrum team by effectively communicating requirements, goals, and priorities. The Product Owner leverages operational experience and strategic planning expertise, as well as knowledge gained by directly communicating with business stakeholders and sponsors to guide initiatives to maximize the business value delivered by the scrum team. The Product Owner possesses an in-depth knowledge of the vision, goals and desired objectives of the initiatives and acts as the first authority for decisions regarding business value and functionality for all the work done by the scrum team.

Responsibilities

• Manage the complete product lifecycle, from strategic planning and ideation through implementation and launch
• Develop, plan and strategize to enhance current products and introduce new products to generate additional revenue and/or realize operational efficiencies
• Work closely with the stake holders and scrum team to create use cases, define requirements and prioritize software features
• Maintain a well defined backlog of epics and stories to implement approved products by coordinating with both executive leadership and department heads
• Work with stakeholders to develop business requirements and translate the requirements into epics and stories for development teams
• Lead Backlog grooming sessions to prioritize all stories and epics for features, architectural and non-functional requirements.
• Track and execute on product road-maps, development schedules and product/component designs
• Represent business stakeholders on the scrum team
• Partner with UX teams to ensure product design supports business workflow and Nitro development standards
• Monitor competition, identify, and analyze significant changes
• Manage overall project plan in an effort to meet product release timelines
• Spend time with users gathering feedback and then integrate that feedback into the design cycle
• Plan, develop, and coordinate on-going, in-house product training programs for multiple audiences
• Conduct special topic training in support of business needs and support projects when needed
• Develop a thorough understanding of goals and priorities, competitive differentiators, customer needs and industry trends to identify new software feature opportunities
• Generate a weekly status update on assigned products
• Confirm suitability of newly developed features by testing in all environments

Requirements

• Must have knowledge, talent, and technology experience reflecting leadership capability.
• Must have an excellent coaching personality and strong communication and presentation skills.
• Must have 4+ years experience in a medium or large scale enterprise environment.
• Must have experience working with C-level executives and business leaders.
• Experience working according to Agile principles, taking a prioritized, pragmatic approach to ensure the correct product gets built and delivered on time.
• Prior experience working with remote and local development teams a plus.

Benefits

• Full medical, dental, life and disability insurance plans that can be tailored to your specific needs and the needs of your family
• A competitive 401(k) retirement savings program matched by Power
• Salary commensurate with experience
• All the tech you need - We'll pay for whatever hardware and software you need to work and make sure you're regularly upgraded to the latest versions
• Personal development - We provide books, courses and conferences
• Paid parental leave - When the time comes to welcome a new member of the family, we offer paid parental leave
• 2 events per year focused on internal development and improvement

Power Home Remodeling Group is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to hiring a diverse and talented workforce.

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