Product Owner

OverviewPK, the experience engineering firm, actively looking for a Product Owner to join our team in Atlanta, GA.Responsibilities

• Develop deep understanding of customer experience, especially at a tactical and transaction level.
• Build and maintain Agile team backlog, with input from customer, Product Manager, System Architect/Engineering and other stakeholders (team backlog consists mostly of user stories, it also includes defects and enablers.).
• Collaborate with Agile team and stakeholders to write user stories and requirements that include acceptance criteria and acceptance tests, typically for 1 or 2 (max) Agile / Scrum teams.
• Review and prioritize Agile Team backlog for Iteration Planning, including coordination of dependencies with other Product Owners.
• Review and assess enabler work, understand scope of the upcoming enabler workand collaborate with System and Solution Architect/Engineering to assist with decision-making and sequencing of the technical infrastructures that will host the new business functionality. Ultimately determining where, when and priority of enabler work so that it can be included in sequence in Team backlog(s).
• Manage and maintain efficient flow of just-in-time story elaboration activities (user story refinement) throughout team execution, typically maintaining 2 iterations (sprints) worth user stories available and ready in team backlog.
• Participate in team demo with primary responsibility of reviewing and accepting completed user stories (PO is the only team member who can accept as done). This includes validation that stories meet acceptance criteria and meets team's Definition of Done (DoD).
• The PI system demo is part of the I&A workshop. The PO has an instrumental role in producing the PI system demo for program stakeholders ensuring representation of user stories within PO's scope.
• The PI system demo is part of the I&A workshop. The PO has an instrumental role in working with Product Management team to produce the PI system demo for program stakeholders ensuring representation of user stories within PO's scope.
• Accountable and responsible for user story quality and performance in production environment.

• Good oral and written communication skills
• Basic understanding of Technology - Good interpersonal skills, able to present with confidence and take ownership
• Minimum 5 years' experience working as Analyst
• Good experience in Agile, Scrum ways of working, creating of user stories, design mapping documents and documentation
• Knowledge of REST API, SpringBoot, CI-CD pipelines
• Basic knowledge of Telecom domain (nice to have)