Product Owner
CurrentThe Product Owner is a member of our Faculty Management Team. Product Owners works daily with a team of application developers, QA testers, and a Scrum Master to deliver business value through innovative software solutions. The Product Owner is the primary product specialist for the development scrum team, manages the team’s backlog, participates actively in all phases of development, and is a key stakeholder in product related decisions and release planning. RESPONSIBILITIES:•Understand the vision for products and features and evaluate various approaches to implement effective solutions•Collaborate with product managers and other stakeholders to drive product specifications, product design, and overall product direction•Translate ideas and strategies into tangible product requirements in the form of themes, epics, and user stories•Prioritize development backlog items based on product strategy, business value to the customer, implementation cost, and resource availability•Continuously groom the development backlog by recurring iterations of user story development and prioritization•Set specific objectives for each sprint•Act as the one person in the scrum team who fully understands the vision and business value associated with all user stories, and communicate that knowledge to the team to ensure that implemented solutions achieve intended goals•Make the final acceptance decision on all implemented user stories based on whether the intended business value has been achieved•Review and demonstrate product functionality with customers and internal stakeholders•Evaluate and articulate scrum team results, and identify opportunities for further product and feature improvements