Lead – IT Product Owner – Hybrid

Lead – IT Product Owner – Hybrid

Requirements

• Possess initiative to think several steps ahead in the new cloud environment and anticipate needs of customers employees, and partners.
• Must be technically-oriented with the ability to write and interpret requirements, QA releases and interact effectively with technical resources.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage deadlines in a fast-paced environment, with acute attention to detail.
• Strong organization skills, meticulously thorough and tenacious.
• Good analytical skills and ability to translate data into actionable plans and tactics.
• Good communication (verbal and written), strong interpersonal, negotiation and management skills, and strong business acumen.
• Ability to use PC desktop applications (e.g, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and email.
• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies.
• Knowledge of data concepts
• Knowledge of cloud concepts
• Bachelors` degree in relevant field (business, computer science, etc.), or applicable work experience.
• Eight (8) to Ten (10) years of work experience preferably working within an IT or data organization.

Responsibilities

• Plans and prioritizes needs in the form of a backlog and prioritizes their development.
• High level of collaboration with various business teams to drive product decisions and prioritization of requirements.
• Work closely with development, QA, architecture, and UX/UI teams in an Agile environment.
• Leads and facilitates meetings and communications between IT and an assigned business area, and informs team members on ongoing discussions with the business.
• Supervisor junior product owners or business analysts
• Supports stakeholders; identifies areas of improvement and works with individuals and teams to implement these improvements.
• Manages relationships with vendors to ensure that the services provided are high quality and cost effective.
• Supports the IT development process and project lifecycle end-to-end along with developing test plans, cases and participating in the testing and approval of new functionality implementations.
• Identifies business requirements and codifies into well-defined specifications, stories and supporting artifacts that articulate simple, elegant solutions to consumer problems.
• Identifies risks which could jeopardize the deliverables and results of Eversource initiatives or objectives.
• Provides business and technical consultation to management, users and staff.
• Lead sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives with cross-functional teams.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and maintain alignment on product goals and delivery timelines.
• Define and track KPIs to evaluate product performance and drive continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preference given to individuals that have a solid understanding of Eversource’s data IT applications, and business processes associated with those applications.
• Agile and/or Six Sigma certifications preferred