Job Description

Sr. Product Owner\xe2\x80\x93 IT SC&E (Solutions Consulting & Engineering)

Fueled by creativity and ideation, World Wide Technology strives to accelerate our growth and nurture future innovation. From our world class culture, to our generous benefits, to developing cutting edge technology solutions, WWT constantly works towards its mission of creating a profitable growth company that is a great place to work. We encourage our employees to embrace collaboration, get creative and think outside the box when it comes to delivering some of the most advanced technology solutions for our customers.

At a glance, WWT was founded in 1990 in St. Louis, Missouri. We employ over 9,000 individuals and closed nearly $17 Billion in revenue. We have an inclusive culture and believe our core values are the key to company and employee success. WWT is proud to announce that it has been named on the FORTUNE "100 Best Places to Work For\xc2\xae" list for the 12th consecutive year!

Responsibilities/Essential Functions:

• Understands existing product vision of the business and technology partner and assist to define a new product vision that ensures the right product is delivered.
• Ensures the product vision is clearly communicated to the delivery team and understood by the team. Works with the delivery team daily to answer questions and review/approve stories.
• Builds and maintains relationships with peers, stakeholders, business partners and development teams. Influences direction and fosters a team environment.
• Manages emerging priorities and escalations addressing internal or external customer needs/requests and helps adjust existing work of the delivery team where necessary.
• Partners closely with Business Partners and Stakeholders to understand how their product contributes to the success of business goals and determine how to implement capabilities within their product to support these initiatives.
• Partner closely with Architecture and IT security organization to ensure products are getting build and delivered as per architecture and security guidelines.
• Initiates and drives process improvements, automation opportunities and service improvements.
• Effectively manage 3rd party licenses, contract negotiations, and vendor relationships
• Effectively manage budget for portfolio of products including short-term and long-term spend outlook.
• Develops an understanding of the product user base \xe2\x80\x93 including other systems that rely on the product and likewise other systems the product relies on \xe2\x80\x93 to support and guide product decisions with stakeholders.
• Negotiates with business partners, stakeholders, IT partners and delivery team to prioritize work in the backlog and help maximize the value the team delivers.
• Works with other product owners to ensure dependencies are prioritized appropriately across other product development teams.
• Works with the delivery team to write and refine user stories.
• Maintains the product roadmap (including short-term/long-term goals) and communicates roadmap to the delivery team, business partners and stakeholders.
• Ensures frequent demos occur to business partners and stakeholders to confirm the product being delivered meets the needs of the business partners.
• Confident communicator that can explain technology to non-technical audiences.
• Understands business rules and logic in order to support story development.

Qualifications:

Required

• Practical experience creating and communicating product visions.
• Proven ability to translate a product vision into an action.
• Proven ability to oversee product implementation and maintain health.
• Demonstrates techniques for quickly and effectively understanding business partner\xe2\x80\x99s needs.
• Demonstrates experience in helping stakeholders identify business value/objectives and uses this to prioritize work.
• Demonstrates ability to effectively negotiate between competing stakeholders to ensure highest value objectives are met.
• Demonstrates knowledge of product analytics by creating and using delivery metrics, predictability, and forecasting; given appropriate data, can create (and draw conclusions from) a forecast and communicate that information to stakeholders with progress updates and metrics.
• Demonstrates ability to clearly identify and explain what business value is.
• Proficient at breaking down and organizing requirements and the relationship between business goals, product vision and Epics/Capabilities/Features/Stories; must be clearly visible and aligned.
• Proficient in managing conflicts between business priorities and technical priorities.
• Demonstrates excellent communication skills and has a customer focused mindset.
• Strong understanding of Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Project Resource Management (PRM), and Strategic Portfolio Management
• Strong understanding of Project Financials as it integrates with project resource management and project
• 3+ years of experience working as an analyst of developer with either ServiceNow SPM or Broadcom\xe2\x80\x99s CA PPM modules.
• 5+ years of experience working as a Product Owner on similar subject area (PPM, PRM or SPM).

Desired

• Can explain both agile and lean software development values and principles.
• Can explain various ways to create user stories and document acceptance criteria.
• Has effectively lead meetings of 20 or more people.
• Can illustrate examples of how to prepare for and run effective meetings.

The well-being of WWT employees is essential. So, when it comes to our benefits package, WWT has one of the best. We offer the following benefits to all full-time employees:

• Health and Wellbeing: Heath, Dental, and Vision Care, Onsite Health Centers, Employee Assistance Program, Wellness program
• Financial Benefits: Competitive pay, Profit Sharing, 401k Plan with Company Matching, Life and Disability Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off: PTO & Holidays, Parental Leave, Sick Leave, Military Leave, Bereavement
• Additional Perks: Nursing Mothers Benefits, Voluntary Legal, Pet Insurance, Employee Discount Program

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is more than a commitment at WWT -- it is the foundation of what we do. Through diverse networks and pipelines, we have a clear vision: to create a Great Place to Work for All. We believe inclusion includes U. Be who U are at WWT!

Equal Opportunity Employer Minorities/Women/Veterans/Differently abled

Some WWT customers have a COVID-19 vaccine requirement. In order to work on projects for these customers, employees must be fully vaccinated or have an appropriate religious or medical accommodation.

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