Product Owner III

The expected salary range for this position is $103,800.00 - $129,740.00. Employees in specific high cost of labor locations in the United States (such as San Francisco, CA and Seattle, WA) may qualify for a geographic differential. Compassion International is not responsible for third parties who omit this information when copying and re-posting job openings.Overview

This career product owner is a key member of the Agile development team that defines, plans and accepts the work that is done by the technical team members. The product owner further works with product management to break down features into user stories and then prioritizes those stories within Sprints. At this career level, the incumbent generally works independently or participates as a team member for major, complex, or international Agile events. The product owner also writes the acceptance criteria for all stories ensuring that the acceptance criteria are aligned with product vision. He or she may coach and oversee the work of other specialists.

What will you do?

• Maintains a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Is a consistent witness for Jesus Christ, maintains a courteous, Christ-like attitude in dealing with people within and outside of Compassion, and faithfully upholds Compassion’s ministry in prayer.

• Acts as an advocate to raise the awareness of the needs of children. Understands Christ’s mandate to protect children. Commits to and prioritizes child protection considerations in all decision-making, tasks and activities across the ministry. Abides by all behavioral expectations in Compassion’s Statement of Commitment to Child Protection and Code of Conduct. Reports any concerns of abuse, neglect or exploitation of children through Compassion’s internal reporting process and appropriately supports responses to incidents if they occur.

• Uphold and engage in Compassion’s core Cultural Behaviors.

• In coordination with product management, ensures that the backlog is prioritized and well understood going into the program increment planning event creating collaterals as appropriate to communicate the vision to the team and other stakeholders. Breaks down features provided by the product manager into user stories.

• Acts as the content authority for all user stories and associated acceptance criteria.

• Acts as the recognized process expert for a product, managing all aspects of the end to end process, using "good of the whole thinking."

• Recognizes opportunities for improvement and implements solutions (People, Process and Technology) by understanding the value of telemetry and performance metrics.

• Participates in sprint planning setting priority and providing clarity for user stories that will be completed in the sprint (including enabler stories). Attends agile development team participating in daily stand-ups, system demos, sprint planning, program increment planning and other meetings as required to advance the program vision.

• Refines team backlog, ensuring that there is adequate detail (just in time elaboration) to prioritize and sequence work.

• Accepts stories as done ensuring that the product meets quality standards. Actively participates in team demos and retrospectives.

• Collaborates with other product owners to address cross team dependencies and impacts.

• Coordinates between Agile Team, Release Advisor and Product Manager to execute Change management activities for new feature/product releases: End user communications, training plans, and deployment schedules.

• May coach and provide expertise to other professionals and support staff in the product ownership discipline.

What do you bring?

• Experience in working in complex environments, working with multiple stakeholders at once

• Experience is building and enhancing relationships with Stakeholders, being a trusted partner in product development and delivery

• Strong background in prioritizing technical debt, innovation, and defects to maximize product value

• Portfolio of multiple successful product launches 

• Strong leadership and communications skills

Why work here?

• The mission: Join a team that is motivated to release children from poverty in Jesus’ name.

• Our benefits: Receive generous paid time off, 10% contribution to a 403(b) retirement fund on top of your salary, excellent healthcare coverage, free short-term professional counseling, and more.

• Spiritual growth: Participate in regular chapel services, prayer groups, and department devotionals.