Product Owner
Description
Job Duties
Understands and supports prioritized Portfolio and Value Stream work by collaborating with Solution Architect, Business Architect, Product Manager and stakeholders to breakdown features into user stories. Manages the delivery of business value by owning the team backlog, defining stories, establishing story acceptance criteria and leading story refinement for preparation of iteration planning and program increment planning. Provides input and feedback to Epic Owners on new and existing epics, understands stakeholder and customer needs. Reviews and accepts user stories throughout the iteration as developed functionality is completed by the team (develop on cadence). Works with other Product Owners and the Product Manager to determine impacts and interdependencies with other teams, programs or value streams. Acts as customer advocate for team questions and seeks out opportunities to connect the team with end users, stakeholders and customers to develop and improve their understanding and empathy of end user needs. Interacts with stakeholders during iteration demos, or individually, to show the most critical aspects of a solution and negotiate the reality of systems solutions. Collaborates with Product Manager to provide input to the Program Vision and Roadmap Collaborates with Product Manager, Release Management, stakeholders, and team to define and plan for releases (Release on Demand). Participates in the iteration demo and retrospective meetings to inspect and adapt the product or solution for the next iteration and the team’s process for improvements in how they work to build solution increments. Works with the team to ensure features, stories, and tasks are entered, maintained, and tracked in required Agile tooling solutions. Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Education
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering or Information Systems or related area required. Additional related experience may offset degree requirements.
Minimum Experience:
Two (2) years’ experience in industry or supporting business or technologies that includes Project Management experience and/or SAFe Product Manager/Owner experience. Additional related skills, education/degree may offset experience requirements.
Knowledge, skills and abilities:
- Strong analytical, computer and communication skills required.
- Knowledge of Agile and Lean values/concepts and scaling with SAFe framework required.
- Demonstrated ability to understand complex ideas, break them down into smaller, sequential plan, while understanding interdependencies to deliver solutions.
- Uses solutions-based thinking in problem solving, asking probing questions and looking for underlying issues.
- Software skills, including use of Microsoft Office and web-based applications.
Job Conditions:
Some travel may be required.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience managing digital products, SaaS platforms, or enterprise software. SAFe Certification with hands-on Agile experience. Background in software development, UX/UI design, or project management. Skilled in leading user story workshops, backlog grooming, and sprint planning. 3-5 years as a product owner or in similar product-focused roles.
Pay Transparency: This compensation range is provided as a reasonable estimate of the current starting salary range for this role across all potential locations. If this opportunity includes multiple job levels, the range is a reasonable estimate of the current starting salary for the lowest level to the current starting salary of the highest level. Actual starting pay would be determined by experience relative to the job, market level, pay at the location for this job and other job-related factors permitted by law. An employee may be eligible for additional pay, premiums, or bonus potential. The Company offers eligible employees health, vision and dental insurance, retirement, and tuition reimbursement.
Pay: Memphis, TN & Akron, OH Pay Range: $5,662.27/month - $9,342.75/month (E25)
Additional Details: This is a hybrid position in Memphis, TN and Akron, OH. Candidates must live within a 50 mile radius. This position is hybrid, meaning that employees will be required to work at a FedEx Campus location several times per week.
Federal Express Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer including, Vets/Disability.
Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application process. Applicants who require reasonable accommodations in the application or hiring process should contact recruitmentsupport@fedex.com.
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