Digital Product Owner
Horizontal Talent

Digital Product Owner
Requirements:

• 8+ years as digital product owner managing and building digital channels and experience across web and mobile is required
• SAFe Product Owner cert high desired--scaled Agile experience is a MUST
• Data centric approached and experience using data to capture conversions, user rates, etc..
• Azure DevOps environment experience preferred (Jira is ok)
• Fintech or banking experience highly desired
• Bachelors degree required
• Vaccination required

Job Summary:
Responsible for supporting the Digital Product Manager in the execution and delivery of capabilities, customer and associate experiences across web and mobile solutions. Partners and develops relationships with stakeholders to align with business strategy and quickly respond to opportunities. Effectively prioritizes the roadmap delivery, within the SAFe Agile framework, to deliver the most valuable initiatives for the client and its customers. Is responsible for building the backlog of work deliverables in Azure Dev Ops from Epics and Features down to the detailed user stories. Identifies, assesses, arbitrates and resolves conflicts and/or variances between functional group sub-processes and customer requirements. Oversees work process standardization, documentation, optimization and scalability.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
The essential functions include, but are not limited to:
1. Manage planning and delivery of key themes, translating objectives and deliverables into Epics, Features and User Stories. Works with Delivery teams to organize and prioritize work efforts through Planning Increments.
2. Drive product objectives with business outcomes and success metrics, design thinking, customer feedback and competitive analysis.
3. Works with Product Manager to identify and establish the desired future state, and works closely with leadership and within the SAFe governance structure in the development of a strategic roadmap relating to E2E processes, data, supporting features & functionality, controls required to ensure dependability, scalability and defensibility. Works with Leadership to communicate desired future state across relevant departments, functional and sub-process groups.
4. Crafts epics, features and user stories for the enterprise capability, working directly with the delivery teams to deliver value.
5. Collaborates cross-functionally to coordinate and manage resources and activities maximizing impact and overall return on investment.
6. Works across team to ascertain, review and address the effectiveness and optimization challenges, and works with Leadership and across the governance structure to mitigate and resolve risks and issues relating to: associate engagement, behaviors, knowledge and skills, organizational priorities and/or dependencies, change and process improvement challenges.
7. Interface with key stakeholders to deliver necessary pieces of our product with time-to-market excellence.
8. Responsible for understanding the market and farm credit's niche landscape in order to maintain competitiveness. Ensures product compliance with bank policies and regulatory standards. Maintains expertise regarding competition, best practices and benchmarks.
9. Analyze customer feedback to identify customer successes and frustrations to improve the product and customer experience.
10. Gather and evaluate data to solve complicated problems rationally through critical thinking, logical reasoning, data analysis and research.

Horizontal facilitates valuable and productive conversations between you and potential employers. We can assist you in growing your career by partnering you with employers that offer challenging assignments. For those that join the team, we offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement. Check out all we have to offer and how you can become part of the Horizontal Talent Team. The pay range for this role is $83 - $96 per hour. This is not a guarantee of compensation, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.

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