Senior Product Owner

Summary

Delivers value to Business and BT stakeholders through the planning, execution, & delivery of one more high-quality software products and product enhancements through leading and mentoring multiple agile teams or a high complexity agile product team. Develop and lead a team of people with a focus on skills and deliverables. Oversee and take accountability for team’s actions, providing day-to-day hands-on direction and guidance to teams on System integrations and Cloud technologies. Engage directly with customers and stakeholders in Sales Operations and Healthcare domain to ensure delivery of a high-quality, robust, and scalable product on a regular basis.

Responsibilities

Owns people management responsibilities for 2–6 business analysts

Owns the development and delivery of one or multiple high complexity software product(s) in line with business needs

Owns and drives key business relationships for the product(s)

Researches and analyzes industry trends and benchmarking information as they apply to product(s)

Creates & maintains an executable backlog of product requirements

Understands, defines, and communicates prioritization of product requirements with a mind toward business value and tradeoffs

Assists with the distillation of product backlog requirements into user stories

Participates actively in daily stand-ups, sprint planning meetings, sprint reviews and retrospectives to drive team alignment on product vision and value delivery

Weighs business risks, issues, and impediments being experienced by the product team and actively assists with issue resolution

Inspects product progress throughout the sprint and is empowered to make critical decisions and accept work completed by the team

Supports product team members as they engage with stakeholders, build a backlog, and deliver work

Maintains an analytical perspective during a crisis and supports crisis resolution.

Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results.

Takes ownership of and is accountable for one or more complex products, features, components, or solutions and associated performance metrics.

Ensures team level decisions align with priorities and strategic agenda for project/product.

Leverages budget and other financial information to support staffing and business planning efforts.

Identifies risks and their potential outcomes and proposes possible solutions to meet business objectives.

Fosters an inclusive workplace where diversity and individual differences are valued.

Participate in process analysis to determine areas of improvement using Lean and Agile methodologies.

Presents results and/or demos with appropriate complexity for different audiences.

Mandatory Experience

Bachelor's degree or higher

8+ years' experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager or Business Analyst with a min 5 years of experience in an agile environment

Strong understanding of Scrum, Lean, XP, Kanban and other agile development frameworks

Proven experience managing design and delivery of highly technical and complex large-scale products

Sound knowledge of emerging technologies focusing on cloud products, SaaS platforms, or Enterprise Applications

Competencies

Strong product management skills with deep understanding of product vision and overall product lifecycle

Demonstrated leadership and people management skills and ability to make decisions and set clear priorities

Proven ability to recognize value and manage investments to maximize value delivered

Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STATEMENT:

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law. This opportunity is available through Sysco Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates.