1151707 - Product Owner

1151707 - Product Owner

Title: Product Owner
Location: Plano, TX (Onsite)
Duration: 12+ Months Contract /FTE

Job Responsibilities
The Product Owner (PO) defines and improves technology products to satisfy evolving customer needs through collaborative partnership with engineering, development and operational roles. The PO manages the product vision, strategy, roadmap and backlog. This includes:

• Contributing to product strategy and innovation initiatives by defining a vision for the team's products, developing product roadmaps, project execution plans
• Prioritizing, leading, and executing on those plans
• Understanding the underlying business process, creating user stories, training / user guides
• Delivering end-to-end solutions using Agile methodology for technology product creation, management of product back log and prioritization, testing, and defect tracking
• Facilitating and participating in Scrum meetings and product sprints
• Acting as an advocate for FORCAST team members ensuring project scope definition meets business objectives and business case / cost benefit analysis is in line with those objectives
• Collaborating with FORECAST team members and other key stakeholders to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into product requirements
• Focusing communication for the intended audience

• 10+ years relevant work experience in financial services, product ownership, internal consulting team, or other demonstrated experience of product/project management experience required
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills with a proven ability to multi-task, apply critical thinking, sound decision making and focus on outcomes
• Experience in the management of concurrent initiatives. Strong attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to work in a dynamic environment with challenging deadlines and changing priorities
• Strong skills in Project Management, interpersonal relationships, and strong communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to work independently
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite must be able to create process flows using Visio; must be able to use Excel to analyze data/numbers and tell a story via charts and graphs with the results; should be familiar with Project and have an ability to design and maintain SharePoint for team collaboration and project artifacts
• College Degree required (BA or BS)
• Prior experience in the financial industry with Operational Risk will allow the prospective candidate to hit the ground running