Technical Product Owner & Business Analyst

$187,200 - $197,600/Yr

Blue Peak Group LLC - New York, NY

Full-time - Mid Level

New York, NY

About the position

The Technical Product Owner & Business Analyst role at Blue Peak Group LLC focuses on providing central solutions to accelerate platform renovation and decommissioning of mainframe applications. The position involves developing a product vision, managing the product backlog, and ensuring alignment between technical teams and stakeholders. The candidate will collaborate across various IT and Operations groups globally to address project progress, issues, and risks while ensuring high-quality product delivery.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a product vision in alignment with program goals.
• Define and communicate the product roadmap to stakeholders and development teams.
• Create, maintain, and prioritize the product backlog based on business goals and customer needs.
• Collaborate across the organization to deliver high-quality products.
• Coordinate across various IT and Operations groups to understand project progress, issues, and risks.
• Understand and document dependencies and communicate timeline impacts.
• Act as the liaison between technical teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment.
• Understand the technical architecture and ensure it aligns with product requirements.
• Make informed tradeoff decisions between technical constraints and product goals.
• Lead the planning and execution of feature development including Sprint planning.
• Ensure the delivery of products and features meets timelines and quality expectations.
• Communicate product progress, release plans, and challenges to stakeholders.
• Create communication materials for different levels of the organization.
• Gather feedback from customers and stakeholders to refine product features.
• Track product performance through KPIs and user feedback.

Requirements

• 10+ years in product ownership, project/program management, and/or business analysis.
• Experience working across multiple stakeholder groups to prioritize work and understand dependencies.
• Experience tracking and communicating program and project status.
• Excellent oral & written communication skills, people-interaction, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong Data Analysis capability with the ability to communicate complex analysis clearly and precisely.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, comfortable working with ambiguity.
• Ability to multi-task with good organizational and time management capabilities.
• Excellent in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
• Strong sense of ownership and accountability for work.
• Experience working in Agile and Waterfall projects.
• Bachelor's in Computer Science or a related field.

Nice-to-haves

• Financial Services experience is a significant plus.
• Prior experience in modernization projects.
• Prior experience of working in global and remote teams.
• Sharepoint skills.
• JIRA skills.

Benefits

• Competitive hourly pay of $90 - $95.
• Opportunity to work in a dynamic and challenging environment.