Expeditors - Seattle, WA
posted 3 months ago
In the role of Product Owner and Business Analyst, you will be a key member of an agile software development team focused on enhancing our global customs software. Utilizing SAFe Lean-Agile development practices, you will act as the business proxy, collaborating closely with Product Management to prioritize and define the work of your team. Your responsibilities will include setting a clear vision for the team's objectives and ensuring alignment with both technical and business stakeholders to deliver exceptional customer value. A strong understanding of the business domain is essential, as you will support team members in recognizing how their contributions align with the overarching program vision. Your role will require a deep empathy for customers and a clear understanding of the customer value proposition, guiding the ongoing development of the product to ensure high levels of customer satisfaction. You will articulate business outcomes effectively and facilitate the creation of features with well-defined acceptance criteria. As the only team member empowered to accept work stories as complete, you will play a significant role in outcome-focused quality control. You will be a highly visible and fully embedded team member, participating in all team-level check-ins, meetings, and ceremonies. Your responsibilities will include building, refining, and prioritizing the team backlog in alignment with the program vision and roadmap, drafting specific team objectives for each Sprint and Program Increment (PI), and crafting meaningful requirements that align stakeholder needs with capabilities. You will also collaborate with Product Managers and other Product Owners to understand the business context, define features, and identify dependencies, while representing the team at Product Owner check-ins and passing relevant information back to the team. Additionally, you will analyze and decompose complex business requirements to build software systems and influence design for testability and scalability. This position is on-site in the greater Seattle, WA area, and candidates must be local or willing to relocate, as relocation assistance is not offered for this position.