Senior Product Owner

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

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.

Bring your passion and expertise, and we’ll provide the opportunities that will challenge you and propel your growth—along with a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health, wealth, and life.

In addition to competitive compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes tuition assistance, generous paid time off, top-notch health care benefits, child and family care leave, professional development opportunities, a 401(k) match, pension, and more.

All brought together in a flexible work environment where you can truly find balance.

About the Opportunity

Enterprise Service Management has an immediate opening for a Product Owner, reporting to a Product Manager.

The Product Owner is a member of the Agile leadership team (which also includes the Scrum Master and the business) primarily responsible for managing the product backlog to achieve the desired outcomes.

The Product Owner serves as the needs-expert for an agile delivery team by clearly describing the product backlog in a way that creates shared understanding of the customer problem being solved.

The overall responsibility is to prioritize the team’s work, clearly define the definition of done and accept completed stories according to pre-defined acceptance criteria.

The Product Owner’s goal is to discover and deliver the best solution to the market problem(s) presented by the Product Manager (business).

What You Will Do:


* Collaborates with product manager on product strategy and direction


* Articulates the product vision to delivery team, outlining and prioritizing work based on business value


* Prioritizes product backlog based on overall strategy and business objectives and works with the Scrum Master to drive sprint and release plans


* Primary liaison between stakeholders and the product team to ensure full understanding of product scope, objectives, requirements and dependencies


* Follows Agile practices/techniques to implement new features to the product, which includes prioritizing and refining user stories; facilitates backlog grooming and prioritization; ensures User Stories are clearly created; removes impediments and fielding questions for the team; communicate progress to stakeholders, and builds high performance teams.

Qualifications:


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


* Typically requires five or more years of experience in a combination of technology product management,...