PEGA Product Owner

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We are looking for a highly motivated and skilled Product Owner with Pega experience to support our client’s digital transformation initiatives. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering our client’s digital strategy, working closely with cross-functional teams to enhance our business processes and customer experiences through Pega’s robust capabilities.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

You will lead our client’s digital transformation initiatives by overseeing new product and feature enhancements, planning and directing activities that ensure the timely development and delivery of reliable and efficient solutions to business requirements, and developing acceptance criteria to validate that the resulting product meets customer requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 4-5 years of experience as a Product Owner or similar role
• 4-5 years of hands-on experience with Pega.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Management, or related fields
• Pega Business Architect Certification
• Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), SAFe Product Owner Product Manager (POPM), or equivalent PO certification desired.
• Strong leadership experience with a focus on project management and scheduling
• Demonstrated experience implementing and executing Agile principles with strong digital and technical skills
• Experience in software development using .Net and modern web frameworks is desired.
• Experience with software development and/or QA testing is desired.
• Experience with Azure DevOps (ADO) is desired.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Define and communicate the product vision and strategy for digital transformation initiatives using Pega technology.
• Coordinate dependencies with other POs and work across teams to define and implement improvement stories that will increase the velocity and quality
• Work with other POs and leadership to help shape the product vision and enumerate high-level priorities
• Act as liaison between stakeholders and the team
• Drive product delivery through keen understanding of the customer, mission, and product requirements
• Develop the team roadmap and support the team as needed to deliver on commitments
• Communicate with other Product Owners and Scrum Masters, program leadership, customers, and development teams
• Work in Agile methodology, write product requirements/Epics/user stories in ADO, and ensure story Readiness and Acceptance Criteria
• Work with UX/UI and getting designs updated for upcoming sprints
• Manage product backlog – Manage, adjust for risk, and prioritize product backlog with a focus on execution for at least 2 sprints
• Backlog refinement – Lead backlog refinement to deconstruct, refine, and estimate stories, add acceptance criteria, and enable long-range technical planning
• Be available for the team in all Scrum ceremonies meetings including stand-ups, retrospectives, and demos
• Lead the planning of product release plans and set expectations for the delivery of new functionalities
• Partner with stakeholders to resolve production and implementation issues on time and support/drive escalations where required to enable rapid delivery
• Drive value to the business by building, managing, and maintaining Product Backlog(s)
• Build a Product Backlog and reviews it with business owners to determine business value and assign priority
• Provide coaching to team members who are new to Scrum and Agile practices
• Act as a liaison between the team and management as well as a liaison between the team and the customer/end users