We are seeking a Product Owner to join the RENFROE® Engineering team! The Product Owner serves as the primary conduit between the business units and engineering, focusing on delivering value in an emerging agile environment. The Product Owner will act as an independent decision maker directing the work related to analysis, development, and testing resources of a given agile team.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist Product Management in translating high-level vision & strategy into an actional product plan
- Identify project scope utilizing industry best practices and document requirements while maintaining an agile mindset
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers and QA, to deliver high-quality product increments in each sprint
- Provide assigned team(s) with in-depth understanding of business requirements and needs
- Make trade-off decisions between scope and schedule to optimize the delivery of value
- Create and maintain the product backlog, ensuring it is prioritized and aligned with the overall product strategy
- Collaborate with stakeholders, internal and external, to identify product improvements and analyze needs & trends
- Effectively manage competing priorities from various stakeholder groups
- Gather continuous feedback from users and stakeholders to continuously iterate and improve
- Serve as product ambassador internally and externally, sharing knowledge and answering questions
- Mitigate roadblocks to achieve sprint & release goals
Qualifications and Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration or equivalent
- Five+ years experience in a software development organization
- Two+ years’ proven experience as a Product Owner in an agile environment
- Experience managing internal use software platforms & stakeholders
- In-depth knowledge of Agile best practices focused on the Scrum framework
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency with Jira & Confluence is a plus
- Knowledge of claims management or operations processes is a plus