Product Owner

Job description

Product Owner (Contract to Hire)

IMMEDIATE NEED for a Product Owner to join a dynamic and fast-growing financial services organization in Irvine, CA for a contract to hire position.  In this role as a Product Owner, you will take ownership and lead the Agile team process through the progressive elaboration process including technical scope, work with development on estimation, backlog grooming, sprint planning and sprint execution steps. 

Responsibilities:


In collaboration with a Principal Software Engineer (PSE), the PO is responsible for defining the EPIC into user and tech stories including functional requirements, dataflow diagrams and use cases (Technical Scope).  Secondly, supporting the PSE in sizing of user and tech stories, updating them based on team feedback and prioritization of the sub system backlog (Estimation & Backlog grooming).  Moreover, The Product Owner (PO) is the content manager for the team level. They are responsible for task breakdown, story execution strategy, accepting stories, representing the customer to the Agile team and coordination of content dependencies with other Product Owners (Sprint Planning).Works closely with the PSE, Scrum Master & the Agile team to ensure the actual product build is going according to plan. The Product Owner is responsible for story clarification, escalation and assist in decision making.  The PO participates in the daily standups and ensures the Agile team’s activities and velocity are properly recorded on the platform to ensure consistency with the objectives of the project.Owns production support issues including research to eliminate bugs.  Prioritizes bugs within the backlog and crushes high priority bugs within service level agreement timelines. 
Qualifications:


BA/BS degree or a commensurate experience in a related position.2+ years of experience in a product owner roleA minimum of four years’ experience in software, system and/or business analysis.Knowledge of information technology operations and procedures.Knowledge of Agile Methodology.
Preferred Qualifications:


Loan Origination Systems (LOS) experience required.Experience with B2B integration methodologies, network connectivity methods and a working knowledge of XML and XML manipulation.Deep Knowledge of mortgage industry and Mortgage Loan Origination.
Please send your resume to Hannah Xu, Technical Recruiter (Hannah.Xu@ITCcorp.com) for immediate consideration. Let us help you secure an interview!

 

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