Technical / Functional Skills
- Should work from office from Day 1. Hybrid work ( 3 days a week )
- Responsible for maximizing the value for a product.
- Work with the Product Manager -- who will define the vision and roadmap for the product and prioritize stories in the product backlog
- The Proxy Product Owner will articulate this to the development team.
- Works closely with stakeholders to understand their needs, and with the Product Manager in a scaled Agile model to ensure there is alignment.
- Possess a working knowledge of the product, and basic understanding of the business or technology domain.
- With some guidance, creates stories from the vision and roadmap for the product to align with strategic direction for the business or technology domain.
- Communicates the product vision and roadmap to the agile team.
- Collaborates with stakeholders to understand their needs and problems.
- Creates and prioritizes work for one team.
- Learning to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- With guidance of the team, creates and prioritizes stories in the product backlog.
- Refines stories with the team to ensure there are enough ready stories to load the next 2-3 sprints.
- Creates Acceptance Criteria associated to stories and works with the PM to review and accept stories.
- Works in partnership with the team to ensure that optimum value is obtained through technology and through an advanced understanding of the business.
- Individual contributor.
Required Skills:
- Minimum of 5-7 years’ experience working in Agile methodology and a deep understanding of various phases of the Software Development Life Cycle; preferably in Business Analyst / Product Owner role; Commercial/Corporate Credit Card experience and mobile app experience.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with both technology/development and business partners – ability to translate between these two constituencies
- Excellent written communication skills and have excellent communication skills and client presence
- Ability to create user journeys, user stories, wireframes, mockups, and basic diagrams to convey ideas
- Experience using tools like JIRA for Agile projects and AgileView, SauceLabs, Invision.
- Understanding of business process redesign concepts and process improvement techniques
- Understanding and experience with technical solutions and components (APIs, Middleware, Services, SQL)
- Exceptional organizational skills, analytical skills, strong written and verbal presentation skills
- Must be a team player and be able to build positive working relationships with team members and project managers that encourage open communication and a supportive team environment
- Prior experience in an IT or management consulting environment with a focus on business analysis within financial or Corporate Card services
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or relevant discipline
Desired Skills:
- Knowledge of client facing applications; strong presentation skills; client focused and able to build working relationships; experience in handling infrastructure builds; experience with JIRA tool and infrastructure
- Certification in Agile Scrum; specifically Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) and/or Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and/or Certified Product Owner