SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager

SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager

The Project Manager (SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager) is responsible for overseeing projects from initiation through delivery, ensuring that the projects are completed on time, within scope, and within budget. As a SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager, the individual will be responsible for managing and prioritizing the product backlog, representing the customer, and working closely with the development team to ensure successful product delivery.

Location: San Antonio, Texas

Buy Rate: $ 52 / Hour

Certifications: Agile Product Manager Certification, Agile Methodology / Agile Product Owner Certification, Agile Methodology

Key Responsibilities:

• Works with different technologies (infrastructure, mobile, MSR-facing), and/or with vendor partnerships or software.
• Serves as a subject matter resource in a particular business or system domain, as necessary.
• Identifies, engages and influences business stakeholders and Subject Matter Experts.
• Works with business and Enterprise stakeholders to understand and validate business strategy and vision, and customer needs.
• Partners with sponsors, stakeholders, and IT to facilitate, define and document relevant business processes, gaining a proficient understanding of the needs, measures, and risks & controls for the improvement area.
• Serves as direct representative of the business with delivery teams, representing/reinforcing the customers' perspective throughout the product realization cycle.
• Works with the business process owners to develop metrics to manage and track benefits, adoption and risks to operations.
• Assists with project level plans related to schedule, scope and resources.
• Leads, collaborates with, and motivates a cross-functional team of user experience partners, designers, business analysts, developers, testers and others to develop, execute and release in alignment with program and/or product roadmaps.
• Manages, prioritizes, and assesses the impact of all work items, such as new features, defects, etc., including providing the decision to create, fix or defer at the project level.
• Reviews, and when appropriate, accepts and prioritizes feedback and new requirements from stakeholders.
• Reviews and accepts or declines output of development to ensure specified acceptance criteria have been completed.
• Prepares the business for the change and arms them with tactics and metrics for benefits, adoption, and risk.
• Assists with coaching with less experienced DPOs and team members
• Certifications: SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM) certification is preferred.