Essential Responsibilities:
In this role for the GridOS ADMS product, Sr Product Owner will ensure that technical requirements for the near term upcoming development are sufficiently elaborated, such that the delivery team is enabled to estimate, plan and commit to delivery with high confidence.
In addition, as the Sr Product Owner within the region, the role requires
leadership, coaching, mentoring and overall management of the regional business analyst team, working in direct collaboration with other global BA teams for an efficient and consistent process resulting in quality deliverables from the engineering team.
- Drives process definitions and improvements for the business analyst role as well as for agile development in general.
- Captures the voice of the customer to drive business process definitions and product needs.
- Work directly with engineering director to manage the business analysis activities to meet engineering and product goals.
- Develop positive working relationships with external customers and users.
- Work directly with Product Managers and / or customers to define scope and value for new developments.
- Collaborate with Engineering and Product Management to prioritize scope for releases and groom the Product backlog.
- Responsible for ensuring that non-functional requirements exist and are prioritized alongside the functions in the Product and Release Backlogs.
- Facilitate the breakdown of the Epic User Stories into “Sprint Sized” User Stories and participate in backlog reviews with the development team
- Ensure that the features in the User Stories / requirements are expressed in a way that all members of the team, and stakeholders, clearly understand the requirements and how they fit into the product backlog.
- Collaborate closely with UX to ensure technical requirements, scenarios, business process maps and other artifacts align with User Experience designs.
- Define requirement acceptance criteria with input from customers, product managers, and the engineering team. Generate and execute the required functional test cases.
- Validates that test scenarios meet the feature acceptance criteria and customer expectations.
- Responsible for the maintenance and quality of the documented user stories/requirements in the defined requirements management tool.
- Throughout the development cycle, remain focused on the software being produced and whether it meets the requirements. Proactively provide relevant feedback to internal and external stakeholders.
- Develop and be prepared to execute effective demonstrations of the product, to internal and external stakeholders.
- Maintain leading edge understanding of technologies and industry trends relevant to the application via training, webinars, on-line journals, Trade Shows and User Groups.
- Lead other business analysts, agree and monitor objectives and undertake regular feedback.
Qualifications/Requirements:
Educational Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering (power systems) or a related majors, and a minimum of 5 years of experience;
Desired Characteristics:
- Distribution Power System, or relevant electrical utility industry knowledge or expertise
- An understanding of best practice business analysis methods and tools
- Experience with Agile software development methodologies (Scrum)
- Results driven person with strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity
- Able to energize teams through inclusiveness and connection with people, encouraging input from all members of the team.
- Able to work well with global teams, including time-zone flexibility
- Willingness to travel both regionally and internationally.
Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes
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