Senior Product Owner — Retirement & Government Savings

Ascensus

Memphis (TN)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

48 hours ago

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Job summary

Ascensus, a leading independent technology and service platform powering savings plans across America, is seeking a Product Owner to drive the roadmap and execution for the Retirement and Government Savings programs.

You will lead the Scrum team, define stories, prioritize the backlog, and ensure alignment with ROI while engaging customers and stakeholders throughout releases and sprints in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

Undergraduate degree in business or technology related fields.
Strong knowledge of Agile and SDLC methodologies.
Minimum 5 years’ experience in the assigned business domain (401(k), IRA, 529, etc.).
Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Product Owner or in a Technology practice.
Excellent communication and writing skills with ability to influence at all levels.

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. Assists with the elaboration of Epics, Themes and Features into user stories that are granular enough to be achieved in a single sprint.
Participates in the daily Scrums, Sprint Planning Meetings, Release Planning, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives.
Inspects the product progress at the end of every Sprint and has complete authority to accept or reject work done. If necessary assess and change the course of the project at the end of every Sprint as needed.
Maintains relationships with the business and the client to understand the current and changing needs.
Actively involved in Organizational readiness activities.
Primary point person internally and externally for the team for updates and feedback.
Identify and maintain the KPIs need to support the team and assigned product.
Establish annual goals, objectives and outcomes for product(s); Track and monitor key performance indicators.