Technical Product Owner

Technical Product Owner

Immediate need for a talented Technical Product Owner. This is a 12+ Months Contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Minneapolis, MN. Please review the job description below.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage each project's scope and timeline
• Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings and daily stand-ups
• Coach team members in Agile frameworks
• Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration
• Be the point of contact for external communications (e.g. from customers or stakeholders)
• Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests
• Resolve conflicts and remove obstacles that occur
• Help teams implement changes effectively
• Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint
• Guide development teams to higher scrum maturity
• Help build a productive environment where team members 'own' the product and enjoy working on it
• Responsible for innovation and end-to-end launch of products
• Collaborate with Digital Business partners and Vendors to co-develop a roadmap and drive products and features from concept to launch in a fast-paced environment
• Work with cross-functional teams and various stakeholders, including analytics, design/user experience, engineering, and user enablement
• Turn data insights into products with actionable outcomes to the ultimate customer
• Work in an Agile environment and continuously reviews the business needs, refines priorities, outlines milestones and deliverables, and identifies opportunities and risks
• Partner with stakeholders and customers across the organization to inform the product vision, strategy, features, and prioritization
• Partner with Business to develop, own, and execute product roadmap
• Translate product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteria
• Prioritize and maintain the sprint backlog for assigned products, balancing the requirements of stakeholders
• Lead the product functional design process based on an intimate knowledge of the users and technology
• Define and execute go-to-market plan, working to ensure that product management, marketing, and sales have what they need to be successful
• Develop and maintain appropriate tracking and reporting of product performance post-launch to evaluate future investment

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Requirements Gathering, Requirements Feasibility Analysis, Agile/SCRUM
• Product Technical Roadmap, System Design, Delivery Testing & Validation, Support & Maintenance, Documentation, Coordination
• Analytical thinking, Communication and interpersonal skills
• Proficient in API, Data Integrations, databases, software development, and business processes
• Minimum 5 years of experience as a Technical Business/System Analyst
• Minimum 5 years of experience leading and developing enterprise software solutions in close collaboration with Product Owners and Engineering teams
• Minimum 3 years of experience in leading API design and development
• Minimum 3 years of experience managing system integrations
• Minimum 3 years of experience as a Scrum Master
• Strong ability to participate in System Design and Development with Engineering teams
• Excellent communication and servant leadership skills
• Strong problem-solving and conflict-resolution abilities
• Outstanding organizational and multitasking skills
• Degree in Computer Science, Business, or a related field
• Familiarity with software development practices and lifecycle
• Experience in a product company or startup (preferred)
• Proficiency in SQL and familiarity with data analytics tools (Power BI, Tableau)
• Understanding of integration methods (API, batch) and interface design