Associate Product Owner

Company

enGen

Job Description

JOB SUMMARY

This job is responsible for the development and product management of a service and or analytic product within the organization with a unique focus on the applicable business unit. The incumbent is the primary point of contact to agile, large cross-functional teams on behalf of the customer to identify the product requirements for development. The incumbent contributes to ensuring the product's ability to produce business value by focusing on the translation of strategy to agile execution. Oversees priority, scope and the validation of work that is required in order to deliver a quality product. Candidates will need a deep understanding of the product, the market, business strategy and operating model. Responsible for the alignment with product management leadership, direct stakeholder involvement and support of the primary business objectives for the organization.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support Product Owner in prioritizing team backlog and sprint planning; clearly articulate team backlog items and acceptance criteria to the team. Translate business language into technical deliverables; Work side by side with the Product Owner to breakdown features into user stories. Independently build user stories
• Gain and demonstrate working knowledge of product domain and integration with other product domains, in order to participate with the design, development, testing, and evaluation of products.
• Work closely with development teams to ensure alignment with product goals; convey the vision and goals at the beginning of every release and sprint. Collaborate with Product Owner to understand and support the product vision, strategy, and roadmap. Solicit and incorporate stakeholder feedback when needed or as directed by the Product Owner or Product Manager.
• Responsible for Definition of "Done" (DOD) activities, take responsibility for closing those DOD activities determined to be done by the Product Owner. Communicate DOD activities to identified release management team member.
• Assist with prioritizing the product backlog for a given sprint, ensuring that the most important requirements are always being worked on.
• Accountable for scope management, including defining units of value measurement and tracking performance against established goals.
• Participates in the daily scrums, sprint planning meetings and sprint reviews and retrospectives.
• Prepares for the sprint-planning meeting. This includes progressively decomposing and prioritizing requirements prior to the meeting.
• Understands customer needs and familiarity with the customer business objectives as defined by the Product Owner
• Other duties as assigned or requested.
  
  

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Healthcare Discipline, or Information Management
  
  

Substitutions

• None
  
  

Preferred

• None
  
  

EXPERIENCE

Required

• 1 year experience as a Product Owner OR in Product Development & Management, or Project/Program Management
  
  

Preferred

• None
  
  

LICENSES or CERTIFICATIONS

Required

• None
  
  

Preferred

• Agile certification from a known vendor (Scrum.org, SAFe, Scrum Alliance, etc.)
  
  

SKILLS

• Basic knowledge of how software is developed and deployed; including reading and understanding data models
• Understand the Technology Stack (UX, Middle, Backend) and how the tech stack is leveraged to deliver the "how" for the business "what"
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications; storytelling
• Basic analytical and decision-making skills
• Good time management
• Flexibility, adaptability and collaboration skills
  
  

Language (Other Than English)

None

Travel Requirement

0% - 25%

PHYSICAL, MENTAL DEMANDS and WORKING CONDITIONS

Position Type

Office-based

Teaches / trains others regularly

Occasionally

Travel regularly from the office to various work sites or from site-to-site

Rarely

Works primarily out-of-the office selling products/services (sales employees)

Never

Physical work site required

Yes

Lifting up to 10 pounds

Constantly

Lifting 10 to 25 pounds

Occasionally

Lifting 25 to 50 pounds

Never

Disclaimer The job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this job title. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to do this job.

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As a component of job responsibilities, employees may have access to covered information, cardholder data, or other confidential customer information that must be protected at all times. In connection with this, all employees must comply with both the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices and Privacy Policies and Procedures as well as all data security guidelines established within the Company’s Handbook of Privacy Policies and Practices and Information Security Policy.

Furthermore, it is every employee’s responsibility to comply with the company’s Code of Business Conduct. This includes but is not limited to adherence to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations as well as company policies and training requirements.

Pay Range Minimum

$67,500.00

Pay Range Maximum

$126,000.00

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