Product Owner, Senior

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

When you join the Federal Reserve—the nation's central bank—you’ll play a key role, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems.

We invest in contemporary and emerging technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we’re building a dynamic and diverse team for our future.

The ITS.gov program has an immediate opening for a senior to advanced level Product Owner.  In the role, you will provide expertise and direction on small to large-scale complex work streams; offer varying levels of product owner oversight and directly influence activities on business-critical deliverables from initial planning through solution implementation and validation of results; use industry-standard best practices to assure delivery of project goals, objectives, and milestones.

Key Activities

Work with business sponsors/stakeholders and Product Delivery team to implement and manage the product life cycle.

Specifically: 


* Responsible for ownership and prioritization of the technology solution delivery teams’ backlog and roadmap(s).


* Ensures that business requirements and technical documentation are aligned with the business inputs by writing and/or approving business rules, user stories, integration dependencies, etc. 


* Plays a significant role in quality control as the only team member empowered to accept stories as done. 


* Advocates for business needs by applying a deep understanding of business processes, goals, and problems. 


* Ensures product vision and roadmaps are communicated to the technology delivery teams and key stakeholders. 


* Accountable for attesting that the delivered outputs align with business requirements.


* Answer questions from the team in real time related to product definition, priorities, clarity of stories, etc.


* Deliver a balance between strategic and tactical thinking, effective communication, and tight cooperation with multiple stakeholders.

 

Basic Qualifications 


* Senior understanding of technology delivery and product management. 


* Senior understanding of the business line industry. 


* Assignments are typically of moderate priority, involving moderately complex work and in-depth analysis. 


* Typically manages one or more products. 


* Strong leadership skills, including in a matrixed project team model. 


* Established credibility and trust within the team and with business stakeholders. 


* Relevant bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent combination of directly related education and/or experience. 


* Typically requires six years of experience in a combination of technology product management, or software development, and business line industry knowledge. 


* Knowledge of applicable software development life cycle methodologies (e.g.

Agile S...