Product Owner

IntelliBridge is looking for a hands-on Product Owner to join our growing team!

The role operates in a SAFe based Agile environment and requires an understanding of the full software lifecycle, including DevSecOps implementations, Software Development, System Integration, Infrastructure Management and Cyber Security.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures that teams demonstrate the most critical aspects of the solution to the stakeholders
• Maintain product knowledge to increase efficiency in delivery of all product deliverables.
• Keep project team well informed of changes within the organization
• Effectively communicates relevant project information to team members and stakeholders, Dev Team, Product Manager Liaison, Government Product Manager and Government Product Owner (when applicable)
• Provides Acceptance Criteria that assures quality and user expectations
• Provides story detail and priorities during Iteration Planning
• Coordinates with Government Product Owner's to accept stories as done
• Builds, edits, maintains, and prioritizes the team backlog based on user value, time and other team dependencies.
• Breaks down solution themes and epics into understandable stories, defects, and enablers
• Understands enabler work and assists with the sequencing of that work
• Coordinates dependencies with other Product Owner Liaisons
• Coordinates with Architecture team to vet architectural requests
• Ensures receipt of stories/work/tasks from team regarding adherence to non-functional requirements for their application(s)
• Works across teams to define and implement improvement stories based on Inspect and Adapt events
• Support the team and Scrum Master in -
  • Provide effective leadership of Scrum teams and Agile processes.
  • Mentor team members on Agile methods and best practices.
  • Work with Scrum teams to ensure that the principles of the Scrum methodology are protected.
  • Facilitate communication and collaboration within and around the team (release & sprint planning, user stories, backlog grooming, Agile testing, etc.)
  • Use independent judgment to identify and remove organization and team impediments and help resolve issues and conflicts - Shield the team from external interference.

Location: Fort Collins, CO or remote

Required Skills and Competencies:

• Minimum of 7 years of experience with Agile Scrum Teams and a solid understanding of Agile development methodologies.
• Certified Product Owner (CPO) or similar certification required (preferably with SAFe)
• Bachelor's Degree (ideally in Computer Science or Management Information Systems) or equivalent work experience
• 7+ years of IT work experience as a Product Owner, Scrum Master or similar relatable experience in Agile environment
• Strong technical writing skills, with the ability to concisely describe business requirements
• Documentation of business requirements. Examples of documentation include business requirement specifications (BSR), context diagrams, use cases, and user stories
• Understanding of Web-based enterprise software, .Net Framework, C#, javascript, AJAX, and databases
• Working knowledge of database systems
• Understanding of user interfaces and most common approaches found in GUIs
• Presentation of requirements findings and mockups for review with sponsors and end users
• Ability to understand formulas used in financial calculations and to describe relevant workflows

Desired Skills:

• Ability to develop and foster teamwork and facilitate team dynamics
• Experience working with a wide range of personnel, including business sponsors, product owners, government project managers, development teams, and end users at all levels of the organization
• Working experience with requirement tools (i.e., Jira/Confluence)
• Familiarity with formalized requirements management frameworks (including requirements traceability) such as IEEE, ITIL, CMMI.
• Experience in writing business requirements used to create enterprise class web-based software.
• Familiarity with data modeling concepts
• Familiarity with integrating COTS and custom software as part of an enterprise software solution (Experience with SAS, SAP, or Pega preferred)
• Ability to research document repositories and existing code.
• Willingness to assist with in development testing
• Business Analyst Professional Associations

Candidates will be subject to a government background investigation and must meet eligibility criteria for access to classified information. U.S. Citizenship is required.

We are driven by our commitment to our clients and to our employees. If you are looking for a new opportunity, we would love to have you join our team!