Product Owner

Description

Must have Ecommerece background
Strong understanding of the complete software development lifecycle
Handson experience in product management and business analysis
Experience in coordinating with UI and UX teams
Practical knowledge of Agile/Scrum
Requirement gathering and heavy time management experience is critical
Participates in gathering and analyzing of internal business requirements by means of interviews, workflow analyses and facilitated discussions with users.
Translates users' business requirements into detailed functional designs for development, testing and implementation.
Applies methodologies such as Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Rational Unified Process (RUP) and prepares detailed specifications using case statements and related documentation.
Identifies and communicates risks and issues impacting business rules, functional requirements and specifications.
Participates in managing the scope of applications and related changes.
Assists quality assurance with functional test case reviews.
Collaborates with stakeholders on the evaluation of the feasibility, effort and costs to implement requirements.
Participates in the creation of training materials and may assist with user orientation and training.
Interacts with internal and external peers and managers to exchange information related to areas of specialization. May serve as a liaison between engineering, quality assurance and nontechnical stakeholders during the development and deployment process.
Effectively resolves problems and roadblocks before they occur.
Mentors less experienced members of the team.
Minimum 5 years 5 years of experience in gathering/ documenting requirements, modeling and providing general client /IT liaison support
At least 2 years of experience with technical design process and models.
At least 2 years of experience with requirements specification and development, such as process/functional requirements definition methods, JAD/RAD sessions, use case development, process flow diagrams.
2+ years experience with Agile
Experience in requirements analysis and elicitation, tying business cases to the system aspects and describing them formally as business requirements
Experience with SDLC/SW development processes, such as Unified Modeling Language (UML) and/or Rational Unified Process (RUP), Agile, Waterfall).
Experience using consulting skills and developing client relationships.
Experience using analytical skills, tools and techniques to investigate information and to draw conclusions.
Experience in identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).
Handson experience in Product Management and Business Analysis
Effective communicator (written and verbal)
Driven, selfstarter and intellectually curious
Experience in setting up project KPIs and ensuring quality assurance for them (such as earned value, resources utilization, user and client satisfaction)
Experience in release management, including feature management, creation of roadmaps and milestone markers
Experience building communication pipelines with product owners, developers, quality assurance and other stakeholders
Team management skills with ability to mentor and motivate teams
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or Mathematics
Master's Degree or MBA