Kforce Inc · 5 hours ago
Product Owner
Kansas City, MO
Contract
Hybrid
Mid Level
$45/hr - $55/hr
3+ years expKforce Inc is looking for a Product Owner for a hybrid-onsite, contract opportunity with a large organization in downtown Kansas City, MO. The Product Owner will be responsible for defining and prioritizing the product backlog to align with the Agile Release Train's program vision and ensure effective communication between technical and non-technical users.
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Responsibilities
Liaise between technical and non-technical users, ensuring parties involved have an understanding and gain knowledge of the application and/or business considerations
Articulate and translate the product vision from feature(s) into stories with clearly defined acceptance criteria
Assist the team in story definition, estimation, and sequencing for PI Planning events; Verify stories are testable and can be used to generate testing objectives
Own scrum team backlog (grooming, prioritization, and refinement) including delivery of MVP
Work day-to-day with the scrum teams clarifying business requirements, removing roadblocks, identifying/coordinating dependencies and constantly communicating and gaining alignment around feature or product strategy
Participate in validation and testing of features and stories prior to end user acceptance
Set the quality standard for delivery; Develops test plans (user story acceptance criteria), accepts each story and potentially features and participates in team demos and retrospectives to validate quality, provide feedback to team and improve team processes
Coordinate dependencies with other Product Owners when deliverables are dependent on another team for completion
Create and maintain process flow maps and data/process documentation for critical workflows
Serve as the knowledge resource for questions from the development team or business users
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in relevant field (e.g. Economics, Finance, Computer Science, Mathematics) some combination of business and technology education is highly preferred or have related work experience
3+ years of experience in business, engineering, technology, and/or consulting
Knowledge of Agile development methodologies and business/systems analysis
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Comfort and expertise with investment data sets (security master, holdings, portfolio analytics) and an ability to mine such data and produce analyses
Experience with SQL for data analysis and validation, UI/UX design and knowledge of cloud architecture
Experience crafting and delivering solutions to investment management across research, portfolio analysis, risk analysis, portfolio construction, and trading
Skill in analyzing data to find opportunities for technology to provide business value
Strong experimental mindset to drive innovation amidst uncertainty
Strong aptitude in learning new tools and technologies to be able to work effectively in a rapid growth environment
Preferred
SAFe Product Owner certification
Experience with SQL for data analysis and validation, UI/UX design and knowledge of cloud architecture
Financial Services experience
Scaled Agile (SAFe) experience
Benefits
Medical/dental/vision insurance
HSA
FSA
401(k)
Life, disability & ADD insurance
Paid time off
Paid sick leave
Company
Kforce Inc
Kforce is a solutions firm specializing in technology, finance and accounting, and professional staffing services.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2024-05-20IPO
2014-06-08Acquired
Leadership Team
Aaron Travis
Digital Experience Delivery Director | Kforce Consulting Solutions
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