Product Owner II

The Product Owner II is the Product Management leader on one or more scrum teams. Their goal is to deliver innovative solutions based on their understanding of high-level business objectives. The Product Owner II works with Product Leadership and Business Stakeholders to understand the product vision and then provides clarity for the scrum teams.
The Product Owner II is responsible for leading scrum teams in the breakdown of features into user stories. Our expectation is that all team members contribute to user stories, but the Lead Product Owner is key in ensuring team alignment and completeness to the vision.
The Product Owner II works with other Product Managers and a cross-functional scrum team, to build, enhance and manage a set of products and platforms using Agile software methodologies. They will own and groom the backlog for the scrum teams with high-level input from Product Leads for their Release Train. Teams will consist of developers, analytics resources, technical leads, designers, and scrum masters.
As products and solutions near launch, they will support our Release Train Core team, Product Readiness Team, and associated Product Managers to develop go-to-market plans. They may help in demos and support training material creation as a subject matter expert.
The Product Owner II is expected to contribute back to the Release Train ideas and opportunities that become part of the product roadmap.
This role requires a high-level understanding of ServiceNow and excellent communication and collaboration skills. The successful candidate must have a demonstrable track record of achieving success in a dynamic, fast-paced software development environment. They must be able to adapt to rapidly changing priorities and make appropriate product decisions quickly.
Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

• Partner with other Product Leads and Business Stakeholders to understand and influence product strategy while generating innovative ideas for achieving product success
• Work with scrum teams to determine alternative development strategies, solutions, and release dates
• Translate business requirements into features and user stories, collaborate with cross functional team to craft solutions/documentation and represent customer needs in product delivery
• Monitor products and platforms to evaluate consumer and client satisfaction, return-on-investment (ROI), and satisfaction of original objectives
• Partner with Product Managers and Business Stakeholders to create business roadmaps that increase delivered value and efficiency over time

• Partners with Release Train Core Team to develop release plans that support go-to-market strategies
• Communicate progress toward milestones as software is released
• Develop and maintain subject matter expertise in application features, capabilities, and business rules
• Make rapid tactical decisions where needed to maintain team momentum and focus on value delivery
• Prioritize Scrum/Kanban backlog with guidance from Product Leads and to ensure alignment with product strategy and roadmap
• Work closely with the Scrum Master to optimize velocity for the team
• Work with Scrum Master to prioritize and schedule production defects for resolution
• Participate in the daily stand-ups, sprint planning meetings, retrospectives, and release train planning meetings

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and 2+ years experience
• 2+ years product management experience
• Working knowledge of the ServiceNow platform is preferred
• Working knowledge of SAFe Agile Methodology
• Ability to understand and articulate various internal and external customer needs
• Excellent communication skills & presentation skills; verbal and written with the ability to communicate across business and technology
• Demonstrable experience in strategic planning with business partners
• Solid experience working on user experience/customer experience projects
• Experience leading teams in Scrum/Kanban methodologies
• Demonstrated experience delivering software to market
• Self-directed problem solver with a demonstrated ability to organize & prioritize
• Excellent people and teamwork skills
• Ability to work directly with customers to understand how they use the provided applications

To be employed in this role, you'll need to clear a pre-employment background check and drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently consider a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.
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