SUMMARY

The Senior Product Owner is responsible for driving and delivering key initiatives for specific product lines. They gather requirements, create user stories, and work with IT to ensure the product vision is met. This role involves collaborating with various stakeholders such as clients, end-users, vendors, and internal teams like sales and operations.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

•    Maintains confidentiality of CDS Global and its clients’ proprietary information.

•    Develops and maintains detailed knowledge of assigned product line(s) including product features and functions, and system interdependencies. Once product is in production, manages the development of the product through the product’s lifecycle.

•    Owns the product management role in the agile development methodology including creating user stories and acceptance criteria, managing and prioritizing the backlog, and participating in sprint planning, demo, and retrospective sessions. 

•    Works closely with product stakeholders to plan, launch and implement products on time, on budget, and according to requirements and specifications.

•    Participate in product positioning activities, including providing demonstrations.

•    Translates customer/client needs and business needs into new product features and solutions that map to the overall product vision and strategy.  

•    Analyzes and measures product adoption and use, making strategic recommendations for areas of investment, maintenance, and retirement.

•    Provides a consistent contact point for product discussions and product issues.

•    Works closely with Product Management staff and business partners to identify and maximize opportunities to use information and technology to improve product and business processes.

•    Defines, develops and implements quality assurance practices and procedures, end user test plans and other QA assessments.

•    Proactively communicates and collaborates with external and internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver the following artifacts as needed: (Functional requirements (Business Requirements Document), iii. Use Cases, GUI, Screen and Interface designs). 

•    Interprets customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements. 

•    Serves as the conduit between the customer community (internal and external customers) and the software development team through which requirements flow. 

•    Develops requirements specifications according to standard templates, using natural language. 

•    Collaborates with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs. 

•    Serves as a functional expert for assigned product and liaison between the business units, technology teams and support teams. 

•    Responsible for the analysis of complex business, product and operational requirements and successful development product solutions.  

•    Owns key processes and documentation applicable to product, product development workflow, standards, and product management.

•    Organizes tasks and resources to complete projects and/or meet deadlines in dynamic,                fast-paced technical environment.

•    Interacts in cooperative and professional manner, with all levels of employees, vendors and/or clients, in team environment.

•    Follows CDS Global ergonomic and safety policies.

•    Travels as needed. 

•    Works on-call or extended hours when required or requested.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

•    Assumes additional responsibilities as requested (or required).

EDUCATION AND/OR CERTIFICATION, SKILLS AND LICENSING

•    Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Computer Science, or four-year related degree, or equivalent job-related experience.  Equivalent education and/or experience may be substituted for the minimum education requirement.

•    Four or more years of progressively complex product management, project management or product marketing experience.  

•    Proven successful product or project management and organizational skills.

•    Successful experience prioritizing and completing long and short-term projects under limited direction.

•    Experience coordinating multiple resources across locations to complete tasks.

•    Ability to analyze complex product opportunities and identify and define solutions.

•    Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex solutions to technical and non-technical audiences.

•    Experience making business decisions requiring discretion, judgment, and initiative.

•    Understanding of agile development methodologies and associated best practices preferred.

•    Excellent presentation skills.

•    Excellent PC knowledge and skills to use electronic mail and Internet for research.  Develops and edits Microsoft Excel or Word documents (or related software). 

•    Advanced math skills.

•    Access to transportation requiring a valid driver’s license, proof of safe driving record, and active insurance.

 

What you can expect when you join CDS Global:

•    Full time benefit eligible employees reimbursement up to $750 per month for qualified expenses relating to Child and Dependent Care

•    Our competitive benefit packages include two options for our Medical Health Plans: High Deductible and Traditional.  We also offer comprehensive Dental and Vision plans. 

•    In addition, we offer generous PTO, Holiday Pay, Basic/Voluntary Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurance, Short & Long Term Disability, Wellness and Tuition Reimbursement Programs. 

•    Our 401(k)-retirement saving plan allows you to start contributing immediately to your retirement account. 

•    CDS Global will provide eligible employees with paid parental leave for new parents. 

 

EOE/AA Employer including Vets and Disabled

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel assigned to this job.

We strive to create an environment that brings the power of diversity to life.

Post Offer, Pre-employment background check(s) conducted on qualified candidates.

Post-offer, pre-employment drug/health screening(s) required for some positions.

EOE, including disability/vets

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