Product Owner, Exp Senior Associate, BDOADVANTAGE

BDO USA; United States; On-site; USD 101,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP ownership

Total Rewards benefits

Job summary

BDO USA is seeking an Assurance Experienced Senior Associate focused on strategic digital platforms across the practice. You will partner with the Lead Product Owner to shape product strategy, roadmap planning, and requirements in an Agile environment.

Your role includes translating business needs into features, managing backlogs, preparing user stories with acceptance criteria, planning sprints, and coordinating with global stakeholders and development teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Accounting, Business Administration, or Finance, required.
• Four (4) or more years of experience in product management and/or development, required.
• Certified Scrum Product Owner or Professional Scrum Product Owner, preferred.
• Proficiency in managing user stories and backlog in Azure DevOps or similar products, required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft suite of products, required.

Responsibilities

• Facilitates the assessment of business demands and translates them into strategic product roadmaps for multiple or complex assurance technology platforms.
• Effectively prioritizes and manages the scope of each product launch to deliver key capabilities using agile methodologies
• Facilitates the prioritization and management of product backlogs, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and maximizing value delivery.
• Defines and documents advanced feature requirements and user stories, including specified acceptance criteria
• Facilitates collaboration with global stakeholders and cross-functional teams to drive consensus and manage dependencies across multiple projects.
• Plans the sprints with the development and testing team, and provides prioritization for each iteration, including coordination of dependencies with other product owners
• Prepares and participates in release and sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and other agile events as needed
• Drives adoptions and ensures processes for users are easy and intuitive
• Prepares and provides updates to stakeholders and product management throughout the lifecycle of the products
• Coordinates with key stakeholders to ensure products are in compliance with regulatory and firm-wide policies and requirements
• Analyzes and monitors key performance metrics to ensure product performance and identify optimization opportunities
• Other duties as required

Skills

Stakeholder interviewing

Communication skills

Collaboration

Team coordination

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree (CS / Accounting / Business / Finance)

Tools

Azure DevOps

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Summary

BDO USA is a place for energetic self-starters who can think of creative and imaginative solutions for the challenges and opportunities facing an Assurance practice built for the 21st century. We focus exclusively on the design and delivery of tools that help us collaborate with each other and with our clients; that direct our attention on things that matter most; and that integrate with increasingly automated workflows. Our innovation portfolio is designed to be people-first to support our professionals in performing effective, efficient, and technology enabled work that is evaluative, insightful, and impactful. The Assurance Experienced Senior Associate will be focused on strategic, impactful platforms used across the Assurance practice. The BDO Advantage initiative aims to standardize processes that drive expansive automation, digital relationship enablers, and emerging technologies that can be built upon for the future of assurance services work at BDO. This role will be key to the development and enhancement of advanced digital solutions and requires an on-going dedication to developing best-in-class products. The individual in this role will work closely with the Lead Product Owner managing the product strategy and direction, and assessing with roadmap planning, requirement gathering, and product deployments within an agile environment. They are the customer’s voice of the team, translating visions and ideas into features with detailed requirements. The role also works closely with the development team, which includes software engineers, designers, and quality assurance professionals.

Job Duties

• Facilitates the assessment of business demands and translates them into strategic product roadmaps for multiple or complex assurance technology platforms.
• Effectively prioritizes and manages the scope of each product launch to deliver key capabilities using agile methodologies
• Facilitates the prioritization and management of product backlogs, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and maximizing value delivery.
• Defines and documents advanced feature requirements and user stories, including specified acceptance criteria
• Facilitates collaboration with global stakeholders and cross-functional teams to drive consensus and manage dependencies across multiple projects.
• Plans the sprints with the development and testing team, and provides prioritization for each iteration, including coordination of dependencies with other product owners
• Prepares and participates in release and sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and other agile events as needed
• Drives adoptions and ensures processes for users are easy and intuitive
• Prepares and provides updates to stakeholders and product management throughout the lifecycle of the products
• Coordinates with key stakeholders to ensure products are in compliance with regulatory and firm-wide policies and requirements
• Analyzes and monitors key performance metrics to ensure product performance and identify optimization opportunities
• Other duties as required

Supervisory Responsibilities

• N/A

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Accounting, Business Administration, or Finance, required

Experience

• Four (4) or more years of experience in product management and/or development, required
• Experience with development of custom web applications and digital transformation in assurance or compliance industries, preferred

License/Certifications

• Certified Scrum Product Owner or Professional Scrum Product Owner, preferred

Software

• Proficiency in managing user stories and backlog in Azure DevOps or similar products, required
• Proficiency in Microsoft suite of products, required

Languages

• N/A

Other Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to interview and influence senior stakeholders to document business requirements and clearly articulate priorities and decisions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to collaborate with onshore and off-shore resources
• Ability to work closely with business analyst, developers and testers
• Able to manage complex problems and bring them to resolution
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data and metrics to justify requirements, features, and drive management of product

National Range: $101,000 - $135,000

Maryland Range: $101,000 - $135,000

NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $101,000 - $135,000

About Us

At BDO, how we show up matters. We build strong relationships by supporting one another, our clients, and our communities with care, curiosity, and a commitment to helping one another grow and succeed. Here, you’ll find meaningful work, leaders invested in your success, and opportunities to build a career around what matters most to you. Our purpose is to be the people our clients count on to grow with confidence and achieve what matters most. Our values guide how we bring that purpose to life each day. Together, they shape how we work with one another, serve our clients, and create meaningful impact. BDO provides assurance, tax, and advisory services to clients across the U.S. and around the world. No matter your role, you’ll be part of a team helping clients navigate complexity and move forward with clarity. We are proud to be an ESOP company, offering participants a stake in the firm’s success through beneficial ownership and a unique opportunity to enhance their financial well‑ness. As a qualified retirement plan, the ESOP is a meaningful addition to our comprehensive compensation and Total Rewards benefits* offerings. It also reinforces an ownership mindset that strengthens our connection to one another, our clients, and the future we’re building together. Learn more about our benefits: BDO Total Rewards encompass more than traditional benefits.

• Benefits may be subject to eligibility requirements.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

"BDO USA, P.A. is an EO employer M/F/Veteran/Disability"