Product Owner I

　　About the OrganizationSince 1986 LERETA's nationwide team of real estate tax and flood professionals has provided the mortgage and insurance industries the fastest, most accurate and complete access to property tax and flood information across the nation. LERETA is an industry leader with an enormous focus on technology, innovation, and commitment to service excellence.

　　Open Date1/17/2024

　　PositionProduct Owner I

　　Full-Time/Part-TimeFull-Time

　　Exempt/Non-ExemptExempt

　　CategoryInformation Technology

　　LocationPomona

　　Req NumberINF-23-00045

　　Description

　　The Product Owner (PO) I works closely with stakeholders, scrum team members and subject matter experts to manage the product lifecycle, from feature planning through implementation. The PO will serve as the product expert within their area of ownership focusing on business process and crafting user stories for their team to execute on, delivering business value each sprint. The role requires a dual perspective, not only on the short term with current and future sprint stories, but be able to analyze upcoming features, decompose into user stories and prioritize accordingly. The position is technical with an ability to partner with technical team members as well as have a quality mindset to ensure their domain is being tested appropriately.

　　Product Owner

　　Creates, owns and manages product features as they relate to product roadmaps, strategy and company objectives.

　　Creates business process flow diagrams to assist in the creation of user stories and design architecture.

　　Generates well-formed and refined user stories that describe and detail out requirements and acceptance criteria.

　　Manages the product backlog to ensure the team always has a prioritized backlog and sufficient stories when priorities shift.

　　Represents their domains, communicating effectively with internal stakeholders to identify needs and evaluate alternative business solutions and strategies.

　　Partners with other product owners on cross-team dependencies.

　　Represents the team in front of stakeholders or users.

　　Remains flexible to changing business needs and priorities.

　　Ability to self-organize and prioritize multiple tasks to meet deadlines.

　　Partners with QA team members to ensure the appropriate functionalities are tested to subsequently validate the conditions of acceptance.

　　Participates in scrum ceremonies and leads refinement meetings.

　　Partners with QA team leadership on acceptance testing.

　　Ensures reported issues are tracked and resolved in a timely manner.

　　Escalates outstanding decisions pertaining to scope impediments.

　　Partners with UI/UX to ensure the user experience matches the business needs.

　　Contributes to the maturity, performance, and growth of the Agile team.

　　Ability to satisfy the business needs in a simple way leveraging existing solutions whenever possible.

　　Generates release note content pertinent to the feature functionality being added.

　　Facilitates effective meetings with agendas/minutes and action items.

　　This position will perform other duties as assigned based on the needs of the department.

　　SALARY RANGE $100,425 - $133,900

　　Position Requirements

　　1-5 years’ experience as a product owner, business systems analyst or 3-5 years of escrow and/or real estate tax experience as a senior manager or above

　　Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access and SQL

　　Working knowledge of SharePoint and managing work in an application lifecycle manager

　　Ability to juggle multiple projects and tasks

　　Demonstrated knowledge of Agile/SCRUM methodologies

　　A track record of following through on commitments

　　Experience and track record of delivering success as a team member in a fast-paced, delivery focused environment

　　EOE StatementWe are an Equal Employment/ Affirmative Action Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

　　This position is currently accepting applications.