Product Owner II - Charlotte, United States - Pyramid Consulting

Description

Immediate need for a talented Product Owner II. This is a 12+ months Contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Charlotte, NC(Hybrid). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.

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Pay Range: $55 - $60/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:

• Defines and manages product roadmap.
• Build, groom and prioritize the product backlog, continuously managing expectations with relevant stakeholders including the senior leadership team.
• Manage the sprint planning process and participate in all relevant ceremonies (reviews of prior sprints, grooming, retrospectives, etc.).
• Develop a deep contextual understanding of our customer, worker and user needs.
• Gather market feedback through user interactions, focus groups, and by performing industry research to support future development.
• Write detailed functional specifications, user stories and product documentation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams of developers, designers and analysts to implement and deliver new products and features.
• Collaborate with the organization on vision, strategy, decisioning, tactical execution, and measurement systems.
• Communicate roadmap stages and timelines internally with key stakeholders.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Entrepreneurial with a strong inclination towards action.
• Preferred Product Owner Certification obtained within 6 months upon entry of role.
• Ability to communicate complex and innovative concepts to a new product development team.
• Clear passion for topics of technology products and an ability to identify possibilities to innovate.
• Ability to be self-directed and to proactively anticipate problems and seek opportunities.
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to build relationships.
• Understanding of the SDLC process and the ability to work in an agile environment with bi-weekly releases.
• Experience operating in an environment driven by KPIs.
• 5 or more years working in utility industry.
• Experience as a Product Analyst.
• Agile Product Owner certification.
• "Black Belt" Six Sigma certification.
• Experience with Jira.
• Experience with relevant new product or technology development experience working in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience with teams developing and shipping software.

Our client is a leading Utility 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, color, 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.