Product Owner, Scrum, Agile (PROD/V2) Warrington, England
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Product Owner, Scrum, Agile
Warrington, Cheshire - Commutable via Manchester and Liverpool
£35,000 - £50,000 + Bonus + Benefits
Some travel required. Option for part home working.
Global, high growth software solutions house with fortune 500 client base requires experienced Product Owner
The Role:
To lead cross-functional resources for successful product definition! Providing relevant business context for Agile software development teams and then leading teams through planning exercises designed to help select development work for execution. Day to day you will:
Drive one or more Scrum Teams as the Product Owner
Provide vision and direction to the Agile development team and stakeholders throughout the project and create requirements in the forms of Epics, Themes and Stories.
Build and maintain a strong practical knowledge of the product and the recommended deployment architecture
Manage Backlogs, iterations, and elaboration of the user stories
Create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or return on investment
Contribute to define the product road-map
Work with the Scrum Masters to deliver value to the business
Providing an active role in mitigating impediments that might otherwise impact successful team completion of Release and Sprint Goals
Representing the customer, interfacing and engaging with the customer
Producing and maintaining technical documentation associated with the product releases
Required:
Strong familiarity with Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban.
Experience of managing and prioritising a Product Backlog.
Experience of creating and co-creating user stories with customers and software developers, using techniques such as User Storyboards etc.
Good understanding of enterprise software deployment models
Excellent English language skills
Good verbal communication skills
Microsoft Word, PowerPoint etc.
Familiarity with common technologies inc Microsoft Windows Server and Desktop, MS SQL, SSL, Encryption, Certificates, Active Directory, Virtualization, WCF (High level functional understanding not hands on)
Desirables:
Professional Scrum Product Owner or Scrum Master certification (Scrum.org or Scrum Alliance)
Microsoft SharePoint experience
Knowledge of common Agile process management tools, such as Yodiz, Rally, Team Foundation Server, Trello and Jira
Prior experience of using common User Research techniques
Madcap Flare translation software or similar
Great career development and comprehensive package on offer
Please send CV now for initial consideration
Product Owner, Scrum, Agile
Warrington
To 50K + Bonus + Bens