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AI Senior Product Owner

Remote: 
Full Remote
Experience: 
Expert & Leadership (>10 years)

Offer summary

Qualifications:

Undergraduate degree in business or technology., Minimum 10 years’ experience as a Product Owner., Strong knowledge of Agile and SDLC methodologies., Experience with Generative AI technologies..

Key responsabilities:

  • Create and maintain the Scrum Team Roadmap.
  • Prioritize and sequence the Backlog according to business value.

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Ascensus Financial Services XLarge http://www.ascensus.com/
5001 - 10000 Employees
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Job description

At Ascensus, technology is more than just a solution. It powers the business that helps millions of people save for what matters—retirement, education, and healthcare. Our technology experts tackle exciting challenges in collaborative teams, but work in an environment where individual and career development is always valued. Technology associates leverage their talents and passion, building new and innovative platforms, creating programs founded in automation in agile frameworks, and driving existing and new markets—all of which supports the rapid growth of a dynamic industry leader.

Section 1: Position Summary

As a Senior Product Owner at Ascensus, you will be responsible for the roadmap and execution to carry out the vision for the AI Program. The Product Owner is a member of an Agile team responsible for defining Stories and prioritizing the Team Backlog to streamline the execution of program priorities, while maintaining conceptual and technical integrity of the Features or components the team is responsible for. In addition, the ability to build relationships, influence and be a driver of execution in a fast-paced environment is critical to this role.

Section 2: Job Functions, Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Creates and maintains the Scrum Team Roadmap. (or multiple Scrum Team Roadmaps)
  • Prioritizes and sequences the Backlog according to business value or ROI.
  • Conveys the Vision and Goals at the beginning of every Release and Sprint.
  • Represents the customer, interfaces, and engages the customer.
  • Collaborating with a Scrum team on new Feature development, requests including building and maintaining a Product backlog, contributing to/reviewing/approving user stories, sprint support, and UAT testing.
  • Where appropriate, works closely with Business Analysts and Technology to create Behaviors Driven Development (BDD) stories. Assists with the elaboration of Epics, Themes and Features into user stories that are granular enough to be achieved in a single sprint. Well versed in leveraging AI to speed and expand processes related to backlog development.
  • Participates in the daily Scrums, Sprint Planning Meetings, Release Planning, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives.
  • Inspects the product progress at the end of every Sprint and has complete authority to accept or reject work done. If necessary, assess and change the course of the project at the end of every Sprint as needed.
  • Maintains relationships with the business and the client to understand the current and changing needs.
  • Actively involved in Organizational readiness activities.
  • Primary point person internally and externally for the team for updates and feedback.
  • Identify and maintain the KPIs needed to support the team and assigned product.
  • Independently leads and manages complex projects and interactions with business partners.
  • Staying informed on innovative technologies and pushing boundaries to introduce new and innovative solutions to build trust and exceed customer expectations and outcomes
  • Establish annual goals, objectives and outcomes for product(s); Track and monitor key performance indicators.
  • Partner closely with people leaders and process leaders to drive improvement within and across teams.

Supervision

  • No direct reports, but provides critical leadership to drive the scrum team(s)
  • Coaches and mentors other Product Owners and/or other Scrum Team members
  • Participates in steering Center of Practice meetings for business line and/or firm

Section 3: Experience, Skills, Knowledge Requirements

  • Undergraduate degree in business or technology related fields.
  • Engage in continuous learning and education on Generative AI (GenAI) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) technologies Advanced with Microsoft Office applications and a strong working knowledge of Agile and SDLC methodologies.
  • Experience in the assigned business domain: 401(k), IRA, 529, etc. Is preferred
  • Minimum 10 years’ experience as a Product Owner, or member of Technology (Dev or QA) practice.
  • Demonstrated experience implementing and executing Agile principles with strong technical skills.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment; high quality of work that adheres to all standards, regulatory and audit requirements.
  • Strong consultative and well-articulated communication and writing skills can interact and influence at all levels of the organization.
  • Demonstrated experience with facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, change management, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
  • Demonstrated experience implementing and executing Agile principles with strong technical skills.
  • Naturally curious, detail oriented, with strong analytic, and research skills.
  • Knowledge and/or experience with Azure DevOps, and Aha! Experience in administering the applications a plus.

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Experience

Level of experience: Expert & Leadership (>10 years)
Industry :
Financial Services
Spoken language(s):
English
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Other Skills

  • Microsoft Office
  • Problem Solving
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Communication
  • Leadership

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