Technical Product Owner
About Mutually Human
At Mutually Human, we believe that innovation ensures relevancy. We help companies harness the power of Artificial Intelligence, Data, and Software through a holistic approach that emphasizes People, Process, and Technology. Our services are designed to solve key business challenges like optimizing operational efficiency, driving data-driven decision-making, and enhancing customer experiences. Join our team to help businesses stay ahead in an ever-evolving digital landscape.
Position Overview
The Technical Product Owner at Mutually Human will lead teams in developing technology solutions for startups and Fortune 500 companies, managing projects across industries while collaborating with engineers, architects, and technical leads.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the Agile Scrum process for our teams and the customer to achieve the project and business goals.
- Management of product vision, roadmap and value ensuring alignment among various stakeholders.
- Setup of tool to be used in user story and technical task management
- Change management and communication to Stakeholders
- Tracking open issues with Stakeholders and working to resolution
- Backlog ownership
- User story creation, clarification, and readiness
- Management of backlog priority
- Management of releases
- Acceptance of completed stories
- Understanding company business objectives and value to ensure alignment with the work our development team is completing
- Involvement in Scrum ceremonies to confirm priorities and provide feedback
- Primary communicator between Stakeholders and Scrum Team
- Inspection and evaluation of progress in each iteration and course correcting when necessary
- Educate and close the knowledge gap on the software development process for our customers.
- Identify opportunities for improvement within the Delivery process to drive efficiencies and better interaction between all parties.
- Work closely with the Scrum Master to communicate technical options to Stakeholder
- Contribute to our culture through coaching our teams, communicating truth to our customers, and making sure our development team is delivering every day.
Qualifications
- 5+ years experience in delivering or developing technical software solutions.
- Desire to function as a consultant to our customers to drive them to build the optimal solution for their business.
- Product Owner experience is preferred, but not required.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills to navigate difficult situations and drive alignment across the teams.
- Experience in managing people or teams, as the Technical Product Owner will be responsible for coaching the entire team on ways to meet our goals.
- Someone who loves the culture of a small company and enjoys working on every part of the project life cycle: project kickoff, execution, testing, and closure.
- Ability to gather feedback, identify trends, interpret issues, and build back into our procedures for continuous improvement.
- A desire to learn, and share what you’ve learned through a variety of avenues.
- Strong interpersonal skills: teamwork is very important to us.