Product Owner

$93,000 - $150,000/Yr

TATA Consulting Services - Issaquah, WA

Issaquah, WA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The position involves refining product requirements based on input obtained through sprint showcases and demos. The individual will create and author user stories with detailed acceptance criteria written in the customers' voice. They will define and communicate the minimum viable product (MVP) for a given application or product and the supporting release plans. Collaboration with Product Managers and technology stakeholders, such as Systems Architects, is essential to define new and enhanced product requirements and functionality. Additionally, the role includes supporting the prioritization of feature enablers defined by architects within the product roadmap, ensuring that the work managed by teams achieves the highest value relative to the needs and priorities of the business. The individual will also define the sprint plan based on the priority outlined within the overall product vision and roadmap, prioritize the sprint backlog during sprint planning ceremonies, conduct formal reviews and acceptance of user stories implemented by a team within a sprint, and drive the execution of user acceptance testing (UAT) activities with support from business and technology team members. Participation in program-level ceremonies, including product increment (PI) planning sessions with input and consultation from the Product Manager, is also required.

Responsibilities

• Refines product requirements based on the input obtained through sprint showcases and demos.
• Creates and authors user stories with detailed acceptance criteria written in the customers' voice.
• Defines and communicates the minimum viable product (MVP) for a given application / product and the supporting release plans.
• Collaborates with Product Managers and technology stakeholders (e.g., Systems Architects) to define new and or enhanced product requirements and functionality.
• Collaborates with Product Managers to support the prioritization of feature enablers defined by architects within the product roadmap.
• Collaborates to ensure the work managed by teams achieves the highest value relative to needs and priority of the business.
• Collaborates to define the sprint plan based on the priority outlined within the overall product vision and roadmap.
• Prioritizes the sprint backlog (as part of the sprint planning ceremony) based on the sequencing and ranking of features defined in the product roadmap.
• Conducts the formal review and acceptance of user stories implemented by a team within a sprint.
• Drives the execution of user acceptance testing (UAT) activities with support from business and technology team members.
• Supports and participates in program level ceremonies, including product increment (PI) planning sessions with input and consultation from the Product Manager.