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Job Title: Agile Product Manager / Product Owner

Pay range: $60 – 64.45/hr.

Duration: 12 months

Location: Minneapolis, MN 55402

Onsite

Job Description:

Partners closely with customers (internal and external), the business line(s) and Agile teams to drive the evolution of the assigned product(s). Maintains and refines product backlog; creates user stories and acceptance criteria and prioritizes all stories to ensure work focuses on those with maximum business value that align with product strategy. Acts as primary liaison between the business and Agile teams, ensuring the teams understand vision for the products. Work closely in a hands-on style with the development team including addressing daily prioritization needs, providing real-time feedback and answering questions on an ongoing basis. Works with Product Management to set release dates, determine when sufficient value has been delivered to release to market, understand tradeoffs between schedule, scope and budget and communicate this information to the organization. Employs product management practices and tactics including customer research, data and analytics, and market research.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience.
• Typically, three to five years of relevant experience.
• Proficient Agile product management or similar experience.
• Effective presentation, verbal and written communication skills.

Day to Day Roles & Responsibilities

• Aligned to a single Agile team that includes the Product Manager, System Engineers/Architects, Software Engineers, and a Scrum Master.
• Leads Agile ceremonies such as Daily Stand Ups, Demos, Retros, and other essential Agile practices.
• Partners with the Product Level Product Manager(s) to understand features and product needs.
• Manages the team’s backlog, responsible for detailed refinements of Features into Epics and User Stories that can be worked by Software Engineers in a single sprint.
• Responsible for Product Roadmaps and prioritization of Epics and Stories that drive the team’s output.
• Ensure that all acceptance criteria are met and stakeholder needs are satisfied by the team’s delivered experiences.
• Provides Agile leadership focusing on design thinking and Agile values.
• Coordinates dependencies with other teams and journeys.

Technology and Software

• Jira
• Confluence
• Dragonboat
• Mural
• Mainframe experience (preferred, not necessarily as an engineer)

Preferred Skills/Experience - Well-developed ability to collaboratively develop and evolve a product backlog - Well-developed ability to develop and articulate a product vision that supports outcomes, value and prioritization of work - Thorough understanding of the Lean/Agile mindset - Demonstrated leadership and interpersonal skills including ability to collaborate with and empower teams - Well-developed verbal and written communication skills - Proficient computer navigation skills

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