Product Owner

TechDigital Group; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consulting firm based in Washington, DC, is seeking a collaborative Product Manager with experience in managing product backlogs and driving user story refinement. The ideal candidate should possess strong SQL skills, effective communication abilities, and a solid understanding of microservices. Responsibilities include delivering successful product launches, documenting product requirements, and assisting with marketing materials. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic team environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in collaborating with product leaders to manage product backlogs.
• Ability to drive refinement sessions for user stories.
• Strong skills in executing postman collections for issue triaging.

Responsibilities

• Deliver successful launches including conceptualization and release planning.
• Gather and document product requirements by researching market needs.
• Assist in preparing marketing materials and training programs.

Skills

Proficient in writing SQL queries

Effective communication skills

Understanding of microservices

Experience with Jira

Experience with Behavior Driven Development (BDD)

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Postman

Sharepoint

Job description

Telecom Domain - Mandatory Collaborate with Product Leaders to sequence maintain a healthy product backlog of features user stories. Maintain sequence of work in progress to continue toward delivery of MVPs. Fosters built-in quality by including NFRs and defining good acceptance criteria on user stories. Owning the final say in accepting stories (closing user stories). Drives refinement sessions to ensure user stories are written, planned, and built. Collaboratively creating the Definition of Done and Definition of Ready with the team member and practicing DORDOD. Proficient in writing SQL queries and executing them in databases for comprehensive data analysis. Execute postman collections to run payloads and ID tokens for effective issue triaging. Demonstrate effective and efficient communication skills with leadership, technical, and non-technical audiences. Collaborate with quality assurance teams to formulate testing strategies and validate technical implementations. Implement BDD (Behavior Driven Development) language using Gherkin for user stories. Takes user‑centric approach, ensuring that the product addresses the needs and expectations of the end‑users. Good understanding of microservices, rest api's and willing to contribute to the swagger definition creation. Systems & Tools: Jira, Confluence, Sharepoint. JIRA for feature planning and tracking. Jira for user story creation and closure, refinement and team planning and tracking.

Responsibilities

1. To deliver for the successful launch of the prototype including conceptualization| functional specifications and release plan.
2. To jointly perform various activities to determine the financial and commercial viability of the product.
3. To assist with preparing marketing materials, training programs, and other resources for product launches.
4. To assist with gathering and documenting product requirements by researching competitor offerings, industry trends, and market needs.
5. To manage| guide and develop the team.