Product Owner @ Apptad

Job Description Summary

We are looking for an innovative and proactive Product Owner/Business Analyst to enhance our Wealth Management applications. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Product Management, this role is key in turning high-level strategic visions into actionable plans for our agile development team. As the bridge between our Product and Business teams, you will convert intricate insights into comprehensive system requirements, facilitating smooth development and QA processes. These requirements will also serve as essential resources for our clients as they test and implement new or enhanced features. You will regularly engage with clients, and collaborate directly with development, QA, and client services teams, leading projects with a focus on innovation and excellence.

• Backlog Management:

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  • Develop and manage a comprehensive product backlog, ensuring it reflects the product vision and priorities.
  
  
  • Break down complex projects and features into smaller, manageable components, with clear and concise user stories.
  
  
  • Prioritize the backlog based on business value, dependencies, and stakeholder needs, maintaining alignment with strategic objectives.
  
  
  • Ensure that development teams always have an adequate amount of clear and actionable tasks, facilitating efficient workflow.
  
  
  
  

Product Development:

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  • Lead agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, review, demo, and retrospectives.
  
  
  • Define acceptance criteria and ensure they're met during testing phases, refining user stories and backlog items as needed.
  
  
  
  

QA & Performance Monitoring:

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  • Work with the QA department testing projects as required including documentation of Test Strategies, Test Cases and Test Results
  
  
  • Monitor and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) and user feedback to determine feature success and areas for improvement.
  
  
  • Adjust product strategies based on insights derived from real-time user data.
  
  
  
  

Documentation & Communication:

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  • Prepare and maintain clear and concise product documentation, including user guides and system requirements.
  
  
  • Act as the primary point of contact for all aspects of your product, including updates and changes.
  
  
  • Effectively communicate progress to senior leadership
  
  
  
  

• Additional Job Description

Additional Job Description

Must Have:

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  • Excellent oral and written communication skills.
  
  
  • Strong analytical skills, ability to grasp new concepts quickly and adapt to situations.
  
  
  • Strong time management skills, ability to work under pressure and ability/willingness to learn.
  
  
  • Proven track record in gathering definition and specification of requirements and excellent documentation skills producing Business Requirements, Functional Requirement or User Stories with clear acceptance criteria.
  
  
  • Sound understanding of the software development lifecycle models and methodologies.
  
  
  • Flexible to work in shift that has partial overlap with North America.
  
  
  
  

Key Job Functions/Responsibilities

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  • Manage the requirements walk-through with Development prior to commencement of coding
  
  
  • Manage the requirements walk-through with QA prior to commencement of testing
  
  
  • Identify potential risks to project deliverables and suggest and manage risk mitigation strategy
  
  
  • Analyze conflicting requirements from different users, prioritize them, and develop business-oriented software requirements
  
  
  • Resolve any oversights or ambiguities in the original specification
  
  
  • Review the finished product with customers and confirm that all business requirements have been met
  
  
  
  

Basic Skill Level Requirements

Education:

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  • Bachelor s degree in a related field (e.g., business, computer science, engineering)
  
  
  • Training in system integration life cycle methodologies
  
  
  
  

Experience:

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  • 3-5 years experience in building SaaS products with similar role in an agile environment
  
  
  
  

Skills/Tools:

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  • Expertise in following a SDLC process and a continuous improvement advocate during a Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) as well as project methodologies, including waterfall and Agile.
  
  
  • Testing skills including creating business test cases and building test plans
  
  
  • Seasoned at daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, backlog prioritization, user story preparation and demos.
  
  
  • Interpersonal skills including building consensus, negotiation and facilitation with leadership
  
  
  • Strong communication skills, business writing, developing and delivering presentations
  
  
  • Proficiency in MS Office suite of applications: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio
  
  
  • Proficiency in JIRA, Confluence, flowchart applications