What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Owner position at Foundation Finance Company Careers?
Product Owner Description & Duties:
The Product Owner is responsible for driving and defining the launch of new products and services within the company. This role has a solid grasp on data analytics, strategy, and agile methodologies to deliver high-quality product(s) to increase company revenue.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Responsible for assigned feature level key performance indicators (KPI`s) and manages features or product(s) with all degrees of KPI, scope, complexity, etc.
- Support defining minimum viable product (MVP), owns scrum team backlog (grooming, prioritization, and refinement).
- Assist and support day to day with the scrum teams clarifying business requirements, removing roadblocks, consistently communicating and gaining alignment around feature or product strategy.
- Ensure delivery of scope, partners with delivery teams to ensure user stories are clear, removes barriers for team members and resolves open issues/questions quickly and efficiently.
- Analyze feasibility, cost ramifications, economies, or other aspects of planned or potential programs.
- Uphold the quality standard for delivery, develop test plans (user story acceptance criteria), accept each story and potentially features and participates in team demos and retrospectives to validate quality, provide feedback to team and improve team processes.
- Partner across functions as needed to coordinate delivery plans, testing, training and support.
- Maintain in-depth understanding of agile methodologies, technical understanding of products, and stays up to date on industry standards and best practices.
- Build strong interpersonal relationships with all individual contributors, leadership, senior management, and internal and external stakeholders.
- Assist with problem resolution as needed to ensure that internal and external customers receive prompt, efficient service.
- Other duties as assigned by management.
Must be able to come to work promptly and regularly. Must be able to take direction and work well with others. Must be able to work under the stress of deadlines. Must be able to concentrate and perform accurately. Must be able to react to change productively.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business or similar relevant field
- 5 years of relevant experience in Product Development and/or Product Management.
- Experience in Fintech and/or Financial services is a plus.
- To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Database software; Internet software; Project Management software; Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
- Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
- Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.