Job Description:ResponsibilitiesPosition Title: Product Owner (T3)Job Code: Product Owner (T3)Last Updated DateJob Business Unit: PGS – RIS / SBDJob PurposeThe Product Owner is a member of the Agile Team and is responsible for defining and prioritizing the team’s backlog to effectively address identified product/program/project management objectives. An ideal candidate for the role will have experience working with intermediate portfolios, will play a significant role in the oversight of delivered work, and is instrumental in preparation and delivery of system demos.Essential Functions1 Responsible for backlog refinement and preparation of planned releases which includes backlog grooming, prioritizing the team’s backlog, and ensuring the backlog represents priorities of the business are adequately represented. Contribute to creating product/program/project vision, roadmap, and content presentations.25 %2 Responsible for validating the story meets acceptance criteria and will achieve the desired customer outcome.15 %3 Reviews and re-prioritizes backlog as part of preparatory work for sprint planning, including the coordination of content dependencies with other product owners. During the planning meeting, acts as a source for user story detail and priorities, and has the responsibility to accept the final sprint plan.15 %4 When planning, is involved with story definition, providing clarification to assist team with story estimates, sprint loading, story sequencing, and drafting the team's specific objectives.15 %5 With input from the product manager and other stakeholders, has the primary responsibility to build, refine, and maintain team backlog. Backlog consists mostly of user stories, but also includes defects, refactors, and infrastructure work. Backlog items are prioritized on user value, time, and other team dependencies which are determined in release planning.20 %6 Has significant role in communicating and gathering feedback from customers/ users on delivered work and sharing the feedback with the team, and reviewing/accepting stories. Also participates in team retrospective when appropriate to help team as they work on continuous improvement.5 %7 Perform other job-related duties or special projects as required.5 %QualificationsEssential Qualification· Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required, plus· at least 6 years related experience.· Excellent communication skills required including the ability to influence and negotiate.· Solid strategic thinking, collaboration and decision-making skills required.Mid-level experience of working in FS domainWorking as Business Analyst is an added advantageUnderstanding of role of PO in agile environmentDeep understanding of Life / Retirement domainGood grasp of end to end process flow of Life / Retirement DomainUnderstanding of Product Management ConceptsExperience in backlog grooming / prioritizationShould have worked in agile teams at scrum level and involvement in scrum planningWorking in agile environment and collaborating closely with Business and Scrum Team.Exposure to Business and IT stakeholder ManagementDesired QualificationReporting RelationshipsThis job reports to: Varies depending upon requirementDirect Reports:DisclaimerWe reserve the right to change this job description any time, and this job description is not intended to detail every requirement of the job. Other job requirements may be found, for example, in an individual’s goals as determined by their leader.
