Job Description
A Scrum Product Owner for automotive will analyze complex business problems
and serve as a liaison between business personnel and technical personnel to
translate input from clients, account teams, and program/product managers into
user stories for implementation by one or more Scrum teams. The Scrum Product
Owner will support all levels of stakeholders as needed to ensure correct
interpretation and utilization of requirements for software solutions.
Candidates for this position will have prior experience serving as Product
Owner on a Scrum team.
Work with the client, account team, program/product manager, project
manager, and project sponsor (any or all that are applicable) to
document the requirements for new or changed functionality in automotive
programs
Elicit requirements using interviews, existing documentation, requirements
workshops, storyboards, surveys, site visits, business process
descriptions, use cases, scenarios, event lists, business analysis,
competitive product analysis, task and workflow analysis, and/or
viewpoints
Decompose high level business and user requirements into user stories
specified at an appropriate level of detail for use by those who must base
their development and testing on the requirements
Define quality attributes, external interfaces, constraints, and other
nonfunctional requirements if applicable
Contribute to the establishment and implementation of effective
requirements practices, including use and continuous improvement of a
requirements process, and assist with the development of the
organization's requirements engineering policies, procedures, and tools
Answer functional questions posed by any project stakeholder
Demonstrate the ability to lead effective meetings, negotiate
deliverables, and drive successful outcomes
Serve as Product Owner for one or more Scrum teams
The above outlines the principal work and responsibilities in the job and
does not specify each and every task that might be performed.
Skills
Interviewing skills, to talk with individuals and groups about their needs
and ask the right questions to identify essential requirements information
Listening skills, to understand what people say and to detect what they
might be hesitant to say
Analytical skills, to critically evaluate the information gathered from
multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information
into details, abstract up from low-level information to a more general
understanding, distinguish presented user requests from the underlying
true needs, and distinguish solution ideas from requirements
Facilitation skills, to lead requirements elicitation work sessions
Observational skills, to validate data obtained via other techniques and
expose new areas for elicitation
Writing skills, to communicate information effectively to all levels of
project stakeholders
Organizational skills, to work with the vast array of information gathered
during elicitation and analysis and to cope with rapidly changing
information
Interpersonal skills, to help negotiate priorities and to resolve
conflicts among project stakeholders
Modeling skills, to represent requirements information in graphical forms
that augment textual representations in natural language
Outstanding communication skills (verbal and written) and an ability to
communicate with internal and external customers and all levels of
management, including communicating technical information to nontechnical
audiences
Attention to detail and the ability to organize the work for a Scrum team
based on business priorities
Good negotiation and persuasion skills; ability to negotiate consensus
among a diverse group of stakeholders
Proven experience as a Product Owner on a Scrum team in an Agile software
development environment
Experience
3+ years experience as a business/requirements/systems analyst
Minimum 1 year of experience as a Product Owner on a Scrum team
Team Foundation Server (TFS) experience helpful
Software development experience preferred
Education Requirements
Candidates must possess a Bachelor's degree, preferably in Information
Technology (IT), Computer Science (CS), or a related discipline, and
at least 3 years of relevant work experience
Salary Range: $70,000 - $85,000 annually
Additional Information
When you're one of us, you get to run with the best. For decades, we've
been helping marketers from the world's top brands personalize experiences for
millions of people with our cutting-edge technology, solutions and services.
Epsilon's best-in-class identity gives brands a clear, privacy-safe view of
their customers, which they can use across our suite of digital media,
messaging and loyalty solutions. We process 400+ billion consumer actions each
day and hold many patents of proprietary technology, including real-time
modeling languages and consumer privacy advancements. Thanks to the work of
every employee, Epsilon has been consistently recognized as industry-leading
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Epsilon is a global company with more than 8,000 employees around the world.
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We know that we have some of the brightest and most talented associates in the
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competitive pay, comprehensive health coverage, and endless opportunities to
advance your career.
Epsilon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Epsilon's policy is not to
discriminate against any applicant or employee based on actual or perceived
race, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy), marital status, national
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Epsilon will provide accommodations to applicants needing accommodations to
complete the application process.
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