Key Responsibilities:
Collaborates with stakeholders to ensure customer needs are understood and align the Data Engineering backlog to achieve those customer needs
Collaborates with Product Manager and Portfolio Managers to ensure backlogs align to business and product roadmaps
Has final decision-making authority on acceptance criteria for product functions
Maintains and refines the inflow of work to the team (product backlog)
Responsible for decomposing features into user stories and acceptance criteria
Ensures stories clearly communicate customer/stakeholder needs to the Agile team; work with team to clarify stories as necessary
Assesses business value and prioritizes all stories to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value and aligns with strategy
Partners with the Product Managers by contributing to story mapping and brainstorming activities to prepare and decompose work for teams
Ensures the outcome and value is clearly defined and communicated to support technical assessments of solutions with the development team
Works closely with cross-functional teams to validate product hypotheses and make data-informed decisions
Must be aware of other work being completed within the Release Train so that they can help teams proactively manage risks and dependencies and propose optimal solutions
Understands and supports inter-team dependencies and escalates prioritization issues when necessary
Clearly communicates release timing and delivery dates to Product Management, Portfolio Leads and Key Stakeholders
Works closely with their Scrum Master to understand progress to plan, identify blockers and paths to resolution
Reports outward on progress against PI objectives and is accountable for JIRA reporting quality
Supports UAT and business readiness activities to ensure new capabilities deliver expected value for internal and external stakeholders
Required skills and experience
Agile Product Owner experience required
Experience in healthcare industry required
Bachelor’s Degree required
Strong English language skills required
Strong communication and data skills including SQL with ability to translate customer needs into clear data requirements
Knowledge of agile methodology required
Strong stakeholder management skills required with a focus on ensuring the team are building the right things and building them right
Experience working in JIRA tool or an equivalent preferred
Both technically deep and business savvy enough to interface with cross-functional partners
Proven ability to develop strong working relationships and establish a high level of credibility across functional and lines of business
High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
Demonstrates strong decision-making skills and problem-solving techniques
Demonstrates ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team in a fast paced and changing environment
Strong adaptive capability; ability to approach problems pragmatically and creatively in the phase of changing circumstances, resources and direction
Strong analytical skills and proficiency in using data to inform product decisions and measure success
Some degree of flexibility to work with International Health stakeholders across multiple regions and time zones
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