Product Owner: Retirement & Government Savings Roadmap

Ascensus; Elm (PA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Ascensus is the leading independent technology and service platform powering savings plans across America, providing products and expertise that help nearly 16 million people save for a better today and tomorrow.

As a Product Owner, you will own the roadmap and execution for the Retirement and Government Savings program, collaborate with a Scrum team, prioritize the backlog, communicate goals at each release, and ensure delivery meets customer and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in business or technology related fields.
• Strong working knowledge of Agile and SDLC methodologies.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Product Owner or in a technology practice.
• Experience in 401(k), IRA, or related savings programs (domain knowledge).
• Proficient with Confluence, JIRA, Azure DevOps, and Aha! or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Creates and maintains the Scrum Team Roadmap.
• Prioritizes and sequences the Backlog according to business value or ROI.
• Conveys the Vision and Goals at the beginning of every Release and Sprint.
• Represents the customer, interfaces and engages the customer.
• Collaborating with a Scrum team on new Feature development, requests including building and maintaining a Product backlog, contributing to/reviewing/approving user stories, sprint support, and UAT testing.
• Where appropriate, works closely with BAs and Technology to create Behaviors Driven Development (BDD) stories.

Skills

Agile methodologies

SDLC

Communication

Education

Undergraduate degree in business or technology related fields

Tools

Confluence

JIRA

Azure DevOps

Aha!

Job description

Ascensus is the leading independent technology and service platform powering savings plans across America, providing products and expertise that help nearly 16 million people save for a better today and tomorrow.

As a Product Owner, you will own the roadmap and execution for the Retirement and Government Savings program, collaborate with a Scrum team, prioritize the backlog, communicate goals at each release, and ensure delivery meets customer and regulatory requirements.