Are you a visionary leader with a strong technical background and a passion for delivering exceptional products? We are looking for a Product Owner/Business Analyst to join our team and help us build great products. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of both the business and technical aspects of product development. They will also have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, along with an ability to identify opportunities for AI-driven automation to optimize operations in areas like Planning, Demand Forecasting, and Run Down.
What You'll Be Doing
- Responsible for product-oriented prioritization and managing resources, Team Members, or Corporate Partners.
- Proactively engage and collaborate with accounting and finance users' leadership and end-users to respond to their product questions and needs, and how the application can support their processes.
- Provide product management and oversight for complex technical products and initiatives related to large-scale applications, systems, databases, and/or other technical products and services.
- Develop and maintain product roadmaps and baselines, and identify new solutions for user inefficiencies or issues.
- Review and assess the current portfolio, identify gaps in current technology, and recommend changes to ensure SLAs can be supported.
- Perform lifecycle management of products to a risk-based approach for production currency, software upgrades, and/or configuration updates.
- Ensure Project Quality Assurance through a high-quality Testing Strategy, ensuring all business scenarios, rules, and controls are included, and appropriate test scripts are developed.
- Identify and prioritize automation opportunities across platforms using AI where applicable.
- Leverage Jira to manage product backlogs, track progress, and ensure Agile workflows are transparent and well-documented.
- Independently develop process improvements.
- Guide the team on how to use Agile/Scrum practices and values.
- Guide the team on how to get the most out of self-organization, including filling in the intentional gaps left in the Agile/Scrum frameworks.
What You'll Bring:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Product Development, or a related field.
- 5+ years of applicable experience.
- Experience in accessing and analyzing data with Tableau.
- Tableau and MongoDB experience.
- Knowledge of AI and experience working on projects focused on identifying and implementing automation opportunities across platforms.
- Experience exploring data to proactively answer key business questions or to drive strategy development.
- Experience in a technical delivery role implementing data analytics and data migration projects.
- Experience as a Data Analyst, and/or Developer preferred.
- Experience with Jira and Confluence.
- Background in Financial Services and Fintech is strongly preferred.
- Experience with Cloud, APIs, DevOps, and Agile methodologies (Scrum or Kanban).
- Strategic, innovative, and creative thinker with a solid analytic foundation.
- Demonstrated leadership skills to gain credibility, garner respect, and guide the creation of self-organizing teams.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills to connect and engage with team members, facilitate discussions, mentor and advocate for team members, negotiate with the business, and resolve conflicts.
- Ability to work with minimal direction, and flexibility to adapt to shifting priorities and schedules.
- Ability to handle multiple issues simultaneously and manage stressful situations.
- Strong knowledge of technical concepts and architectural principles to drive scalable solutions.
- Automotive or Financial Services experience is a plus.
- Scrum Product Owner or Certified Product Manager credentials preferred.
Benefits:
- 401(k).
- Dental Insurance.
- Health insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity, equality, inclusion, and respect for people.
- The salary will be determined based on several factors, including, but not limited to, location, relevant education, qualifications, experience, technical skills, and business needs.
Additional Responsibilities:
- Participate in OP monthly team meetings and participate in team-building efforts.
- Contribute to OP technical discussions, peer reviews, etc.
- Contribute content and collaborate via the OP-Wiki/Knowledge Base.
- Provide status reports to OP Account Management as requested.
About us:
OP is a technology consulting and solutions company, offering advisory and managed services, innovative platforms, and staffing solutions across a wide range of fields - including AI, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, and beyond. Our most valuable asset is our people: dynamic, creative thinkers who are passionate about doing quality work. As a member of the OP team, you will have access to industry-leading consulting practices, strategies & and technologies, innovative training & education. An ideal OP team member is a technology leader with a proven track record of technical excellence and a strong focus on process and methodology.
