Technical Product Owner

Role Purpose

The Product Owner II is a member of the agile team, responsible for defining user stories and prioritizing the team backlog to streamline the execution of program priorities while maintaining the conceptual and technical integrity of the features or components for the team. The role owns products of varying complexities, engaging, and collaborating with product management to execute the product vision, strategy, and roadmap.

Role Description

• Provide input into the refinement of the program backlog, ensuring the team is familiar with the features being brought into PI planning and keeping program management informed of progress in achieving team PI objectives.
• Continuously refine and sequence the product backlog :

o Provide clear direction to the team

o Gather the requirements for the product and capture them in the form of a product backlog, consisting of user stories with acceptance criteria.

o Ensure all user stories are written and that each user story has acceptance criteria.

o Sequence team backlog - Must prioritise work for teams' main stakeholders with demands for change from other stakeholders.

o Ensure team backlog readiness for next iteration (enough user stories / enablers are ready to be worked on in the next iteration)

o Include the team in enough of the backlog refinement to ensure familiarity ahead of the next iteration

o Ensure the team is familiar with the features being brought into Sprint planning

o Collaborate with BEM / Product Manager / Team in the refinement of the Program Backlog

o Keep BEM / Product Manager informed of progress in achieving team Sprint objectives

o Provide clear solution direction to the agile team.

o Apply economic decision making.

o Sequence user stories based on team PI objectives.

o Balance PI objectives with local team requirements.

o Ensure team backlog readiness for next iteration.

o Include the team in backlog refinement.

o Provide vision for iteration planning and participate in iteration Planning

o Accept completed work in iteration Demo

Qualifications and experience

Key competencies and work ethic

challenging, fast paced environment to achieve high-quality results.

important, balance technical constraints, maximise product value and deliver a differentiated product.

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