Software Product Owner

An Insight Global Enterprise client is looking for a talented Software Product Owner to join their Atlanta-based team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading scrum teams focused on developing this client's Point of Sale application and services on the cloud, that serve customers in Retail. Your key day-to-day responsibilities will include, but not are not limited to:
• Own the requirements and elaborate user stories
• Collaborate with key stakeholders across internal and external product teams and Product Management to define, develop, shape and refine requirements so that the development team can consume them.
• Assist with writing Acceptance Criteria using the Given/When/Then format and will be a liaison between project stakeholders and Quality Assurance personnel
• Understand other processes and methodologies like BDD, Agile and speak intelligently about them and leverage other techniques to provide value to a team
• Define, prioritize, and clarify user stories; working with other Product Managers and Product Owners to understand use cases, features, business & technical domain rules and overall product goals
• Collaborate with the Engineering Managers to run successful Release Planning and Sprint Planning sessions, as well as Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives
• Maintain criteria. the functional quality of the work being delivered by setting and evaluating expectations and acceptance
• Build and groom product backlog(s). Create and groom short, medium and long-term product roadmaps and get internal agreement with key stakeholders and provide visibility across the enterprise, including at the executive level

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• 2+ years of experience with Scrum methodology
• 2+ years of experience in Product Owner and/or Business Analysis role
• 2+ years of SW development/engineering experience
• Strong negotiation, leadership, and written and verbal communication skills
• Strong knowledge, skills, and ability working in a collaborative globally distributed team
• High maturity of diplomacy and ability to see and rationalize multiple points of view
Excellent people skills, with an ability to partner with a diverse leadership team

• Cloud platform or SaaS experience
• Experience developing Retail Software Solutions
• Scrum Master or Product Owner certification
• Basic fundamentals of Continuation Integration or Delivery
• Familiarity with Behavior Driven Development and writing accept criteria using the Given/When/Then structure
• Scrum backlog and Sprint and how they are tracked, work burned-down, velocity metrics derived and tasks decomposed
• Understand other processes and methodologies and speak intelligently about them and leverage other techniques to provide value to a team/enterprise
• Understand basic fundamentals of software development processes and procedures
Understand the value of commitments to delivery made by a development team

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.