Job Description
Technical Product Owner
Contract/ Contract to hire Location: Atlanta, GA Top 5 Required Skills: - Data Analysis, Data Mining, and Data Transformation.
- Agile Product Ownership and Backlog Management.
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) Knowledge.
- Technical and Business Requirements Gathering.
- Stakeholder Management and Cross-Functional Collaboration.
Qualifications: Data & Analytics - 3+ years of experience in relational and non-relational data research, data mining, data transformation, and/or data streaming.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify impacts across upstream and downstream systems.
Agile Methodology - 3+ years of experience working with medium-sized Agile teams (5+ team members).
- Experience writing both business and technical user stories.
- 2+ years of Product Owner experience preferred.
- Agile certifications preferred, including but not limited to CSPO, A-CSPO, CBAP, PO/PM, or equivalent.
Software Development - 2+ years of experience in a software development environment or working directly with development teams.
Preferred Qualifications: - Airline industry experience preferred.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to resolve conflicts and facilitate productive team discussions.
- Demonstrated curiosity with the ability to think strategically across business and technical processes.
Key Responsibilities: - Serve as a technical subject matter expert for assigned product(s).
- Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Product Owners, Architects, Technical Leads, Scrum Masters, and development teams to ensure alignment with product goals, roadmap, and vision.
- Perform technical analysis of product enhancements and evaluate impacts across upstream and downstream systems.
- Support Product Owners in backlog management and prioritization activities.
- Maintain accurate and current work status within Agile management tools.
- Create and maintain technical and functional requirements, workflows, process documentation, and product specifications.
- Facilitate squad coordination, communication, and collaboration across teams.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, including Sprint Planning, Program Increment (PI) Planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives.
- Translate product roadmaps into prioritized and manageable product backlogs.
- Own and prioritize the team backlog to maximize business value delivery.
- Define, refine, and accept user stories based on business and technical requirements.
- Partner with Product Managers to understand product features, roadmap priorities, and release plans.
- Ensure alignment between Epics, Features, and User Stories within the backlog.
- Establish strong working relationships between Product Management and Delivery teams to support value-driven outcomes.
- Serve as a mentor to junior Product Owners, fostering Agile practices, product ownership skills, and continuous improvement.
- Drive delivery through all levels of Agile planning, including Vision, Roadmap, Release Planning, Sprint Planning, and Daily Planning.
- Support Technical Product Owners by providing guidance and alignment across technology platforms and applications.
Additional Responsibilities: - Technical Product Engineer (TPE).
- Business Analysis.
- Scrum Master Collaboration.
- Squad Coordination and Communication
"All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran"
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