The Role

　　Works closely with Product Managers/Leaders to stay connected to the needs of the users in order to enable them to articulate the business scenarios

　　Plan and create an informed roadmap together with Product Managers/Leaders

　　As a key member of a scrum team(s), responsible for continuously grooming the backlog and working directly with other Product Owners, Engineering, QA, and the program team to facilitate software development and remove roadblocks

　　Prioritizes Release backlog and Sprint backlog to ensure stories are ordered in a logical manner, incorporating feedback from Engineering and Product Managers, taking into consideration dependencies and incremental development goals

　　Participate in all sprint ceremonies, and lead grooming/backlog refinement meetings

　　Triage bugs during development, and answers inquiries during production support

　　Communicates the technical needs of end users, conducts initial requirement walk-throughs with scrum teams,

　　Works with Business Analyst to clarify the intent of product backlog items on a daily basis through each sprint, works directly with all members of the Scrum Team with close consideration of cross-domain topics

　　Proactively makes decisions on behalf of the Product Managers to unblock Scrum Teams

　　Escalates questions or issues to Product Managers and PMO as needed

　　Performs/Leads User Acceptance Testing (UAT), where applicable

　　Works directly with Business Analysts to distribute work as needed

　　Responsible for the success of the release

　　Problem articulation – no solutioning or implementation – use the teams to help with defining solutions through collaboration

　　Use trusted methods – Story mapping, user stories, acceptance criteria, process workflows

　　The individual in this role will have the opportunity to gain a large breadth of knowledge by working with experts in the fields of talent management, work and rewards, compensation, employee engagement, workforce analytics, etc. Our Product Owners are empowered to make key product decisions using their research and understanding of the industry to build best in class solutions.

　　The Requirements

　　5+ years of experience in product development activities

　　At least 3 years experience in the Product Owner role

　　Requires strong product discovery, business analysis, requirements gathering, webpage workflow, and writing skills

　　Experience working in Agile Development environment

　　Skilled at working with stakeholders to drive decision points and resolutions

　　Self-starter and curious attitude with ability to work well within ambiguity

　　Adeptness at learning new technology and tools

　　Detail orientated, strong analytical thinker, capable of making key decisions based on solid research and knowledge of the industry

　　Demonstrated ability to dig deep, and yet be able to multi-task and work on virtual teams

　　Process driven with ability to modify approach

　　Excellent time management and ability to meet deadlines

　　Ability to work effectively as an independent contributor or as part of a broader team

　　BS / BA degree or relevant experience

　　Verifiable high-competency when it comes to stakeholder management, capable of challenging the norm and driving discussions focused on clear problem understanding as well as possible solutions

　　Experience in ensuring teams uphold the highest standards and effectiveness in delivering product roadmap and vision

　　Demonstrated ability to work on virtual global teams, helping navigate the challenges being a global team. Promoting the vision of being ‘ONE TEAM’ for all global resources

　　Possess high emotional intelligence, self-awareness, empathy and motivating colleagues is required

　　Excellent verbal and writing skills, including the ability to effectively communicate to non-technical and technical team members and leaders

　　Proactively provide status on team successes, challenges and continuous improvement initiatives

　　Strong work ethic is a must

　　Experience working on both new enhancement and maintenance software development projects

　　Experience working with collaboration and issue tracking tools such as Confluence and JIRA

　　WTW is an Equal Opportunity Employer