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Ascend Learning · 1 week ago

Technical Product Owner

Leawood, KS

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid Level

3+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Understand market needs and transform business requirements into features and user stories with clear acceptance criteria to convey specific functionality from an end-user perspective.

Engage with Technical Product Managers and business product owner as needed to gather and understand customer needs and requirements, incorporating feedback into the backlog.

Prioritize and manage backlogs, maintaining a well-prioritized list of features and user stories; use feedback from user engagement to adapt/modify requirements, features, prioritization of features, and product performance.

Modify/change product features and requirements in response to new information on markets/customers from Product Managers.

Conduct work prioritization and work sequencing and manage sprints and development of new features / products. Continuously map back to integrated roadmap milestones to ensure alignment on delivery.

Track and manage product development to ensure alignment with established product requirements and market / user feedback.

Support development teams in grooming the backlog during sprint planning by clarifying user stories and setting priorities.

Oversee performance against success criteria, including customer perspective and UAT/OT.

Drive alignment through effective and consistent communication.

Deliver consistent and clear release notes.

Support and drive documentation that supports both the delivery of capabilities that meet customer needs and enable training and implementation of capabilities.

Articulate risk and mitigations early and often.

Drive decision making on tradeoffs through clear understanding of business need, technical options and viable options.

Qualification

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Agile environmentProject managementConsultingAgile developmentDynamic environmentEvolving business needsTranslate business requirementsFeaturesUser storiesManage/prioritize feature backlogVision for product design-depth understanding agile methodologyMinimum viable product requirementsPrioritize accordinglyDigital acumenDigital technologiesProblem-solvingHard-workingExceptional communicatorCollaboratorEffective communicator leadershipTeam-building

Required

Bachelor's degree in related fields, such as Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science or other areas combined with relevant work experience

Experience working in an agile environment is strongly preferred

Minimum of 3+ years of combined experience in a combination of project management, consulting, Agile development or information technology (project management alone is insufficient)

Experience working in a dynamic environment, with need to adapt to changing priorities, market dynamics, and evolving business needs and guide teams accordingly

An exceptional communicator and collaborator, adept at working across different functions and diverse cultures

Ability to successfully translate business requirements into features and user stories, and manage/ prioritize a feature backlog

Effective communicator and collaborator able to breakdown complex business problems into logical and deliverable work that can easily tie back to business themes and priorities

Ability to ensure that the vision for 'how a product needs to perform for a customer' is embodied in the design of the product, including for technical specifications

In-depth understanding of Agile methodology (tools, processes, roles)

Ability to understand minimum viable product requirements and prioritize accordingly

Exhibits strong leadership, team-building, and communication skills

Strong project management skills, including ability to manage deadlines, prioritize assignment of tasks, and identify issues and mitigate/manage risks

Strong digital acumen and understanding of digital technologies