Product Owner

At Ascensus, technology is more than just a solution. It powers the business that helps millions of people save for what matters retirement, education, and healthcare.

Our technology experts tackle exciting challenges in collaborative teams, but work in an environment where individual and career development is always valued.

Technology associates leverage their talents and passion, building new and innovative platforms, creating programs founded in automation in agile frameworks, and driving existing and new markets all of which supports the rapid growth of a dynamic industry leader.

Apply below after reading through all the details and supporting information regarding this job opportunity.

Section 1 : Position Summary

As a Product Owner at Ascensus, you will be responsible for the roadmap and execution to carry out the vision for the assigned Program (Retirement, Government Savings, and Health Savings).

The Product Owner is a member of an Agile team responsible for defining Stories and prioritizing the Team Backlog to streamline the execution of program priorities while maintaining the conceptual and technical integrity of the Features or components the team is responsible for.

In addition, the ability to build relationships, influence, and be a driver of execution in a fast-paced environment is critical to this role.

Section 2 : Job Functions, Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Creates and maintains the Scrum Team Roadmap.
• Prioritizes and sequences the Backlog according to business value or ROI.
• Conveys the Vision and Goals at the beginning of every Release and Sprint.
• Represents the customer, interfaces, and engages the customer.
• Collaborates with a Scrum team on new Feature development, including building and maintaining a Product backlog, contributing to / reviewing / approving user stories, sprint support, and UAT testing.
• Works closely with BAs and Technology to create Behavior Driven Development (BDD) stories. Assists with the elaboration of Epics, Themes, and Features into user stories that are granular enough to be achieved in a single sprint.
• Participates in daily Scrums, Sprint Planning Meetings, Release Planning, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Inspects the product progress at the end of every Sprint and has complete authority to accept or reject work done. If necessary, assesses and changes the course of the project at the end of every Sprint as needed.
• Maintains relationships with the business and the client to understand current and changing needs.
• Actively involved in Organizational readiness activities.
• Primary point person internally and externally for the team for updates and feedback.
• Identifies and maintains the KPIs needed to support the team and assigned product.
• Establishes annual goals, objectives, and outcomes for product(s); Tracks and monitors key performance indicators.

Supervision

No direct reports, but provides critical leadership to drive the scrum team(s).

Section 3 : Experience, Skills, Knowledge Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in business or technology-related fields.
• Advanced with Microsoft Office applications and a strong working knowledge of Agile and SDLC methodologies.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in the assigned business domain : 401(k), IRA, 529, etc.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Product Owner, or in a Technology (Dev or QA) practice.
• Demonstrated experience implementing and executing Agile principles with strong technical skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment; high quality of work that adheres to all standards, regulatory and audit requirements.
• Strong consultative and well-articulated communication and writing skills with the ability to interact and influence at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated experience with facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, change management, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
• Naturally curious, detail-oriented, with strong analytic and research skills.
• Knowledge and / or experience with Confluence, JIRA, Azure DevOps, and Aha!. Experience in administering the aforementioned applications is a plus.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

J-18808-Ljbffr