What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Owner position at Axelon Services Corporation?
Pay Rate: $60 - $80/HR, W 2 ONLY, NO C2C OR 1099
Summary
Summary
- Duration: 4 Month Contract
- Work Mode: Hybrid and Remote (Philly office 2-4 times a year)
- Work schedule hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
- Collaborate with IT Product Managers and Architecture to refine and implement the product vision through actionable backlog items.
- Work with Engineering leads to ensure technical feasibility and alignment with platform architecture and data lineage requirements.
- Author and manage detailed user stories for API development and streaming workflows, including RESTful and event-driven integrations.
- Understand and document data lineage across processing steps, ensuring traceability, auditability, and compliance with enterprise standards.
- Facilitate sprint planning, backlog grooming, and demos to ensure delivery of high-impact features.
- Partner with external vendors and internal stakeholders to support onboarding and downstream integrations.
- Coordinate cross-team dependencies and align deliverables across Agile Release Trains (ARTs).
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 5 years of experience in product ownership or enterprise application integration, preferably in HRIS or insurance domains.
- 3 years of experience as a Product Owner or similar role in an Agile/Scrum environment.
- Proven experience writing technical stories for Java-based APIs, Kafka streaming, and data transformation pipelines.
- Strong understanding of data lineage, including how data flows through ingestion, transformation, and consumption layers.
- Familiarity with HRIS platforms such as Workday, ADP, or Alight.
- Experience with cloud-native environments (AWS, Azure) and platforms like Fineos.
- Experience with tools like Jira, Confluence, and version control systems (e.g., Git).
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
- Must be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously at various stages of development while prioritizing commitments and managing time effectively.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
- Agile certification (e.g., CSPO).
- Experience with Fineos platform preferred.
- Insurance Industry experience with Disability and Life products preferred.
Salary : $60 - $80