Product Owner

Company: FYI Solutions
Location: New York
Posted on: February 25, 2021

Job Description:

FYI Solutions is seeking a Product Owner to join one of our prestigious beauty clients located in NYC. If you are interested in a contract to direct hire opportunity, apply today!Overview* Work closely with the assigned engineering team and scrum team to clearly understand the assumptions, background and risks for all allocated pieces of delivery * Manage brand expectations within the confines of the allocated delivery projects - defining internal and external roles and responsibilities at project kick-off and ensuring communication is open, transparent and in line with the agreed communication plan * Monitor the project team, ensuring that tasks are allocated and delivered according to the plan and escalate where a deviation to plan is likely * Being commercially aware of all decisions made throughout a project lifecycle -understanding potential impact to the timescale and raise issues/concerns where appropriate * Maintaining regular brand and production team meetings and where relevant 3rd party communication at all times ensuring that all methods of communication identified are provided when agreed * Ensuring QA resource is available throughout the project, ensuring that the best use of resource at all times and is in line with the agreed delivery plan * Acting as the guardian of all project documentation - ensure that all documentation is consistent and fit for purpose before being sent to the brands for review * Acting as a quality gatekeeper for all brand deliverables - ensure that standards are met and that nothing goes to the brand that is not to standard * Escalating issues/concerns immediately in order to avert projects running over time/budget * Completing all required reports as identified and required in a timely and accurate manner * Ensuring that all risks and issues are communicated to stakeholders * Develop strong relationships with both the brand and the production team, ensuring that potential opportunities are identified and shared * Track progress and negotiate deadlines * Manage a backlog of strategic initiatives, groom the backlog on a regular basis with technical teams as well as business stakeholders. * Be an expert in agile, specifically in the Scaled Agile for Enterprise (SAFe) framework. Ideally, this candidate would already be a certified SAFe Product Owner. Qualifications * 5+ years' experience in delivering / producing digital projects. * Educated to Degree level or have relevant experience in their appropriate discipline and management experience. * Work experience with offshore/nearshore/onshore model a big plus * Project management certification preferable * Agile certification - ideally SAFe agile certification is a plus. * Solid understanding of eCommerce, merchandising, browsing and demonstrated interest and experience in leading technology projects * Solid understanding of UX principles of business-to-business tools content and data management tools as well as consumer facing interfaces. * Familiarity and passion for eCommerce trends and best practices * Understanding of how to design tests and interpret test results * Experience with analytics tools and data-driven decision-making * Ability to lead ideation workshops and product planning sessions * Experience with Agile and iterative development process, ideally specifically with the SAFe framework* Impeccable communication (verbal & written) internally/externally * Self-starter who embraces change and takes initiative to resolve dependencies and gaps * Able to sell ideas and clearly explain product concepts to both technologists and non-technical business and design focused individuals * Ability to lead both internal and external stakeholders and project contributors from inception to delivery * Build and maintain strong relationships with co-workers * Work collaboratively with team members to achieve team initiatives * Possesses a strong curiosity to test, experiment, try new things and seeks answers * Ability to adapt to change * Convey a can-do, positive attitude towards tackling problems * Attention to detail * Experience and a high degree of comfort with ongoing technological and organizational change. Additional Information* Contract to direct hire opportunity* Local candidates only* No third parties

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