Product Owner (Public Administration Software) - Remote

CentralSquare; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a Product Owner to bridge the gap between product management and development teams. This role involves defining product vision, prioritizing features, and creating user stories that deliver real business value. You'll work in a collaborative environment, ensuring that products meet customer needs while maintaining a focus on Agile principles. With a commitment to career growth and a flexible work environment, this position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to meaningful projects that impact public services across North America. If you are passionate about product development and enjoy working in a dynamic setting, this role is for you.

Benefits

Tuition Reimbursement

Parental Leave

Paid Volunteer Hours

Unlimited PTO

Flexible Work Environment

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience as a Product Owner or similar role.
• Strong knowledge of Agile processes and product management methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Management to define product vision and roadmap.
• Create and maintain user stories for the development team.

Skills

Agile Methodology

Product Management

Technical Writing

Analytical Skills

Problem-Solving

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Technical Field

Tools

Story Mapping

Feature Breakdown

Mind Mapping

Job description

Product Owner (Public Administration Software) - Remote

CentralSquare is a unique enterprise software company whose mission is to build safer, smarter, more connected communities. More than 8,000 public sector agencies trust CentralSquare solutions each and every day. We serve governments of all sizes, from small towns to major cities, to make delivering public services less costly and more efficient.

What We’re About

At CentralSquare, you’ll get the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment within a company that builds complex web-based enterprise applications for our Public Servants across North America.

Looking to grow your career? That’s great! We believe in growing and cultivating careers here. There is plenty of room for growth for motivated people.

Hard work should be rewarded. We are committed to providing competitive compensation with a great benefits package, including tuition reimbursement, parental leave, paid volunteer hours, and unlimited PTO. Our flexible work environment also enables you to take advantage of an excellent work-life balance whether you are in office or working remotely.

The Role

This role is the key link between the Product Manager and the development team. The role is responsible for providing the user stories that deliver the business value and solve customer problems, through high quality products.

Job Duties Include:

• Collaborate with Product Management to define product vision, roadmap, and growth opportunities and articulate this direction to Agile teams and stakeholders.
• Establish and maintain product roadmap with the Product Manager while advising on future development that needs to be addressed.
• Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, features, and epics to ensure work focuses on maximum value and alignment with product strategy.
• Participate in sprint reviews with the team and stakeholders to discuss the value the feature delivers.
• Create and maintain user stories for the development team.
• Solicit feedback from internal subject matter experts and customers to incorporate into upcoming backlog items.
• Work closely with Product Management to maintain product backlog in alignment with roadmap, including prioritizing, grooming, and understanding acceptance criteria.
• Provide iteration planning and elaboration of user stories, ensuring that they provide quality solutions across all integrated products.
• Establish release plans in alignment with resources while maintaining awareness of customer issues impacting milestone dates.
• Inform management of ideas, risks, and achievements of teams.
• Triage Support cases.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business or a technical field, or equivalent experience.
• 2-5 years of professional experience as a Product Owner or similar.
• Knowledge of Agile process and principles.
• Skilled with product management methodology and processes.
• Skilled with software product design, functionality and development.
• Skilled with technical writing and developing user stories.
• Skilled with Story Mapping, Feature Breakdown, and Mind Mapping techniques.
• Able to take complex requests and distill into understandable context for other stakeholders and development.
• Able to speak to issues in practice and influence necessary change by the development teams.
• Able to facilitate large team meetings and pull all participants into discussions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.