Product Manager

Description

Equifax is currently in the remediation phase due to the data breach that happened in September. They have promised a credit locking and unlocking tool offered to all of their customers by the end of 2018. The USIS team wants to upgrade all of their customers to same version and roll out the same model for the rest of the Equifax products.
The USIS team at Equifax is looking to make their applications and data more secure by integrating a 3rd party security company within their application. There is a current team that will be supporting this effort with the help of some additional resources that will be comanaged. This team is looking to add 10 leads to help support this initiative. They will start the hiring with 6 Product Owners.
Info from the client The Product Owner is the primary product specialist for the development team. The Product Owner will work with the Product Manager and business unit SMEs to elicit business requirements and translate into user stories and acceptance criteria. Additional responsibilities will include Own and manage the teams backlog(s) Participate actively in planning activities for the Program Increment Lead the development team through all activities to support Sprint activities Key stakeholder in product related decisions and release planning Possess an indepth knowledge of goals and desired objectives of the initiatives and features Works to drive value as a function of cost, time, functionality and quality Works with the Product Manager to evaluate the product roadmap to identify features for development and identify definition of done for each feature Produce work flows, completes data mapping and performs business process design Works with the Architect(s) and Tech Lead(s) to identify nonfunctional requirements such as infrastructure needs Planning and coordination of releases Works with Quality Assurance team member(s) to identify test cases for automated testing Coordinates with business customers to conduct product integration testing Key Responsibilities Preparation and Participation in PI Planning Program Backlog The Product Owner is heavily involved in working with the Product Manager to refine the Program Backlog to prepare for the PI (Program Increment) planning sessions. The Product Owner must prepare in advance to update the team backlog to estimate features for the upcoming Program Increment. Activities will include leading the development team to size features and stories, and determine what can be committed in the Program Increment based upon the teams established velocity. The Product Owner is involved with story definition, providing clarifications necessary to assist the team with their story estimates and story sequencing, and drafting the teams specific objectives for the upcoming Program Increment (PI).