Product Owner

Product Owner

Pay Status and Classification: Exempt, Regular Full-time

Supervisor Title: Directorof Product Management

Work Location: Thisposition is based onsite at our Schenectady, New York headquarters, Mondaythrough Friday. The role requires local residency or the ability to commuteregularly.

Position purpose:The Product Owner plays a vital role in product development, ensuring thatproducts meet client needs and expectations. They gather detailed requirementsand develop new features and products. The Product Owner prioritizes andrefines items within the backlog, sprints, and releases. Additionally, theylead refinement, planning, and review meetings with the Development teams andstakeholders.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Project and Backlog Management: Develops and prioritizes a large development backlog with regularly changingpriorities.
• Collaboration: Collaborates with the development teams, quality assurance, and ScrumMasters to build and evaluate new features and products.
• Communicationand Presentation: Presents complex designs acrosstechnical and non-technical teams.
• Scrum and Agile Practices: Leads and participates in critical scrum meetings like Refinement Meetings,Sprint Planning, and Sprint Reviews.
• Research and Knowledge Acquisition: Performs user and product research by exploring ideas with internal andexternal stakeholders. Gains expertise in new subjects, technologies, andconcepts pertinent to the products under development.
• UI/UX Design and Critique: Creates and critiques UI/UX artifacts used to guide the development team.Ensures that users can easily navigate through technology and products. Maintaina cohesive look and feel for products.
• Team Leadership and Motivation:Motivates development teams to meet sprint commitment and product quality goals.
• Otherduties and projects as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Excellent interpersonal and customerservice skills.
• Strong written and spoken communicationskills.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Exceptionalorganizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritiessimultaneously, while maintaining attention to detail.
• Stronganalytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effectively responds to feedback anddemonstrates the ability to adapt to changes.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite,Jira, Prototyping Tools, and Product Analytic Tools.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule,including evening hours at least twice per week.

Experience:

• A minimum of 4 years of experience as aProduct Owner, Business Analyst or active participant in a Scrum process.
• Experience working directly with softwaredevelopment teams and international teams
• Demonstrated knowledge of UI/UX principlesfor both mobile and browser applications.
• Demonstrated knowledge of scrum and agileprinciples.
• Exposure to logistics, education, publicsafety, fleet maintenance fields.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a deskand working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds attimes.

DrivingRequirements:

• A validdriver's license is required.
• Must be ableto drive to various locations to test software.