
Technical Product Owner
- Minneapolis, MN
- Contract
- Full-time
- 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.)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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