SAFe Product Owner - Expert In Recruitment Solutions

SAFe Product Owner
Hybrid - Washington, DC –


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As a Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Product Owner for a Randstad client in Washington, DC, you will play a pivotal role in delivering products and services by adhering to SAFe values, principles, and success patterns. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product Management and Architecture, to define, prioritize, and validate solutions under development. Your expertise will ensure alignment with business goals and customer needs, driving product success.
Responsibilities:

• Product Ownership: Serve as the primary contact for the product, defining, prioritizing, and maintaining the product backlog.
• Vision and Strategy: Develop and communicate a clear product vision and strategy aligned with business goals and customer needs.
• Prioritization: Prioritize features and user stories based on business value, customer feedback, and technical feasibility, focusing on high-priority items.
• Requirements Gathering: Elicit and document product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to guide development teams.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with stakeholders, including business leaders, customers, and development teams, to align with the product vision.
• Agile Framework: Implement and champion the principles of the SAFe framework, ensuring adherence to agile methodologies.
• Roadmap Development: Contribute to the product roadmap, outlining delivery schedules and milestones.
• Release Planning: Participate in release planning, prioritizing features, sprint planning, and coordinating cross-team dependencies.
• Metrics and Analysis: Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure product success and identify improvement areas.
• Product Delivery: Collaborate with development teams to ensure timely delivery of high-quality products.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Typically, a minimum of 8+ years as an agile product owner, with a bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience; an advanced degree with 5+ years of related experience is preferred.
• Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role in an agile environment.
• Demonstrated understanding of agile methodologies and the SAFe framework.
• Ability to prioritize and make data-driven decisions.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Experience with tools such as Jira Software, Confluence, LucidCharts, Jira Align, and AgilityHealth.

Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• SAFe 6.0 Product Owner/Product Manager Certification.
• Preferred experience in e-commerce and marketing within transportation and hospitality, supporting various channels like websites, mobile applications, ticket counters, call centers, kiosks, and B2B partnerships.