Technical Product Owner - Minneapolis, United States - Pyramid Consulting

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    Immediate need for a talented Technical Product Owner. This is a 12+ Months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Minneapolis, MN(Hybrid). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

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    Pay Range: $60 - $65/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).

    Key Responsibilities:

    • Coordinates with the Scrum Master, Delivery Team, and Product Managers in various planning events including Sprint Planning, Program Increment (PI) Planning, etc.
    • Initiate and translate product road map into manageable product backlog in collaboration with Product Managers and key business stakeholders
    • Own and prioritize Team Backlog
    • Responsible for defining and accepting User Stories
    • Ensures Product Management team has insight and understanding in Product and effective prioritization of Backlog Items
    • Liaise with Product Manager to understand the features and changes in product requirements and support the release planning and sprint planning exercises
    • Full Understanding of Epic, Feature, Story breakdown and alignment to backlog
    • Establish partnership and working alignment with Delivery team and Product Management team enabling value driven delivery
    • Keen understanding of the Product(s) and serves as a Subject Matter Expert to the team and external partners
    • Serve as mentor for junior Product Owners cultivating and growing skillset, Agile mindset, and ability to unlock value delivery
    • Champion and drive delivery through the Five Levels of Agile Planning: Vision, Roadmap, Release Plan, Sprint Plan, Day Plan
    • Understanding of Client IT Technology and Applications with the ability to support Technical Product Owners with direction and alignment

    Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

    • Data Background
    • 3+ years of experience in relational and non-relational data research/mining, data transformations, and/or data streaming required.
    • Agile
    • Proven experience collaborating with medium sized Agile teams (e.g. 5+ member teams). 3+ years in an Agile environment required.
    • Proven experience writing both business user and technical stories.
    • 2+ years in a Product Owner role is preferred.
    • Agile Certifications are preferred, including but not limited to CSPO, A-CSPO, CBAP, PO/PM
    • Software Development
    • 2+ years in Software Development environment or working with delivery teams
    • General
    • Clear and concise communication skills
    • Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
    • Sense of curiosity, with natural ability to think upstream and downstream
    • Airline industry experience preferred
    • Ability to resolve team conflict

    Our client is a leading Airlines Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

    Pyramid Consulting, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.