Product Owner

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Product Owner

  

Job Description:

   

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERTISE

·  Experience in a product owner role
·  Skilled at writing stories, creating acceptance criteria, prioritizing backlogs and roadmaps, crafting sprint and product goals to maximize business value
·  Skilled at managing multiple, diverse teams with a wide variety of skillsets
·  Experience with Agile Scrum and Kanban methodologies, particularly in a SAFe environment
·  Domain experience / knowledge
·  Software development and verification tools and methodologies – Github, Jenkins, Fitnesse, Selenium, etc.
·  Docker, Docker Swarm and related technologies
·  Machine-to-machine and IoT solutions and platforms
·  Development of an open software platform and ecosystem
·  Consulting experience / customer engagement skills desirable
·  Ability to communicate effectively to senior management, peers and team members
·  Demonstrated ability to work and deliver in global, cross-functional, and virtual teams
·  Must thrive in a fast-paced, time-compressed and dynamic environment

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITES OF A PRODUCT OWNER

·  Typical tasks assigned to Product Owners include: working with Product Managers to breakdown features into user stories for all new functionality, presenting user stories to the product teams in grooming and design sessions, ensuring that new functionality meets the acceptance criteria so the work can be designated as complete.
·  The Product Owner works with the Scrum Masters to prioritize user stories, participates in team planning meetings and is available to provide advice, clarification and guidance during the execution of each Sprint. The Product Owner champions sufficient customer engagement during the development through, for example, product demonstration and customer feedback. The Product Owner inspects, accepts or rejects completed work from the development sprint.
·  The Product Owner works in relevant structures (e.g. scrum of scrums) to manage dependencies and set priorities across multiple teams and backlog items and to maintain alignment to the release product vision and roadmap. The Product Owner has final sign-off of the product release at the different levels.
·  The Product Owner is responsible for stakeholder management, engaging with key customer contacts, product management, sales and marketing to ensure all relevant inputs to the product backlog have been collected and prioritized.
·  The Product Owner ensures that the product backlog is constantly prioritized to secure delivery of maximum business value.
·  In determining relative business value of the backlog items, the Product Owner uses necessary inputs such as customer priorities and the need to address technical debt. The resultant product backlog is aligned with various stakeholders.
·  Product Knowledge - Becomes a subject matter expert in the relevant product domains. It is expected that the Product Owner will quickly become an expert in the product from a feature / functionality perspective.
·  Market Knowledge – Develops an understanding of target market and user base and uses this to guide product decisions. Spends appropriate time in the field speaking with customers and observing their use of the product.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

·  Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
·  3+ years of relevant product management, product owner, or business analysis experience in an agile environment
·  5+ years in software development
·  SAFe PM/PO certification (SPMPO) is a plus

What we can offer you:

Extensive benefits, a competitive salary and common values and purpose, make Hewlett Packard Enterprise one of the world´s most attractive employers. Employee development, training and career development with opportunities to grow by trying different roles. At HPE our goal is to provide equal opportunities, work-life balance, and constantly evolving career growth.

If you are looking for challenges in an exciting, supportive and international work environment, then we definitely want to hear from you. Continue the conversation by clicking apply now below, or directly via our Careers Portal at www.hpe.com/careers .

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Engineering

Job Level:
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