Summary

Responsible for understanding core business functionality and technical direction.  Works with Product Development and Product Specialists to define and communicate existing and desired product functionality.  Often a liaison to customers to understand desired functionality and how it maps to product strategy. This position will work with the TRAKIT product

Responsibilities:

• Work with Product Managers to understand short-term (1-2 year) product direction; work with management and Agile teams to meet that product direction and deliverables.
• Work with QA (both in-scrum and outside QA) to certify that regression scripts are providing the appropriate test cases to certify business functionality.
• Work with DevOps to automate nightly builds to the Dev-QA environment and automate nightly regression tests.
• Collaborate with UI/UX team, product scrum team, and product leaders to establish timeline workflows and goals
• Consolidate data into user stories, create golden threads, and define product requirements
• Understand and maintain documentation on core product functionality and associated business functionality / customer requirements.
• Based on Product Manager established strategic functionality and timelines, prioritize sprint backlog and timelines
• Participate on scrum team to provide information on product capabilities and desired functionality
• Establish initiatives that align with cross-functional goals
• Ensure product aligns with company mission and goals

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s (BA or BS) in business, computer science, or related field; master’s preferred
• Two years previous experience as a product owner, business analyst, or in a related field
• Solid understanding of the product lifecycle
• In-depth understanding of Agile methodologies, technical understanding of products, and up-to-date on industry standards and best practices
• Proficient computer skills, Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel); working knowledge of software development
• Comfortable working with multiple teams, in-house and remote
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Accurate and precise attention to detail
• Able to build strong interpersonal relationships with business analysts, UI/UX team, leadership, senior management, and internal and external stakeholders