Technical Product Owner

Motion Recruitment

  • Minneapolis, MN
  • Contract
  • Full-time
  • 6 days ago
Every year, nearly 200 million travelers trust our client to get them where they're going. Take your career to new heights by working for this longstanding leader in air travel that services more worldwide destinations than any other airline.We are looking for a Technical Product Owner to join our team for a long-term contract in Minneapolis, MN (hybrid).Contract Duration: 12 monthsRequired Skills:
  • Minimum 3 years of experience in a Scrum Master or TPO role
  • Familiarity with software development
  • Excellent knowledge of Scrum techniques and artifacts (e.g., definition of done, user stories, automated testing, backlog refinement)
  • Good knowledge of other Agile frameworks
  • Excellent communication and servant leadership skills
  • Strong problem-solving and conflict-resolution ability
  • Outstanding organizational skills
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, or related field
  • Scrum Master certification is a plus
  • Technically savvy (understands systems design, patterns, interactions, etc.)
  • Excellent documentation skills (producing technical documents/specs, process flows, interaction diagrams, etc.)
What will you be doing:Agile Delivery & Team Leadership
  • Manage each project’s scope and timeline
  • Coordinate sprints, retrospective meetings and daily stand-ups
  • Coach team members in Agile frameworks
  • Facilitate internal communication and effective collaboration
  • Resolve conflicts and remove obstacles that occur
  • Help teams implement changes effectively
  • Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint
  • Guide development teams to higher scrum maturity
  • Help build a productive environment where team members own the product and enjoy working on it
Product Ownership & Backlog Management
  • Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests
  • Partner with Business to develop, own, and execute product roadmap
  • Translate product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteria
  • Prioritize and maintain the sprint backlog for assigned products, balancing the requirements of stakeholders
  • Lead the product functional design process based on an intimate knowledge of the users and technology
Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
  • Be the point of contact for external communications (e.g., from customers or stakeholders)
  • Collaborate with Digital Business partners and Vendors to co-develop a roadmap and drive products and features from concept to launch in a fast-paced environment
  • Work with cross-functional teams and various stakeholders, including analytics, design/user experience, engineering, and user enablement
  • Partner with stakeholders and customers across the organization to inform the product vision, strategy, features, and prioritization
Product Innovation & Execution
  • Responsible for innovation and end-to-end launch of products
  • Turn data insights into products with actionable outcomes to the ultimate customer
  • Work in an Agile environment and continuously review the business needs, refine priorities, outline milestones and deliverables, and identify opportunities and risks
  • Define and execute go-to-market plan, working to ensure that product management, marketing, and sales have what they need to be successful
  • Develop and maintain appropriate tracking and reporting of product performance post-launch to evaluate future investment

Motion Recruitment