SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager

Product Owner/Product Manager

As a SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager with Randstad's client in Washington, DC, you will be pivotal in ensuring the successful delivery of products and services. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product Management, Architecture, and other stakeholders, to define, prioritize, and validate solutions under development. Your role will involve implementing and championing the principles of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and guiding team members and stakeholders through agile best practices.

Responsibilities:

• Product Ownership: Act as the primary voice of the customer and maintain the product backlog.
• Product Management: Shape ART-level product roadmaps and release plans to achieve business outcomes.
• Agile Framework: Implement and champion SAFe principles, guiding teams in agile best practices.
• Vision and Strategy: Develop and communicate a clear product vision and strategy aligned with business goals.
• Prioritization: Prioritize features and user stories based on business value, customer feedback, and technical feasibility.
• Requirements Gathering: Elicit and document product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with business leaders, customers, and development teams to align with the product vision.
• Roadmap Development: Contribute to a product roadmap outlining delivery schedules and milestones.
• Release Planning: Participate in release planning, including feature prioritization and sprint planning.
• Metrics and Analysis: Define and track KPIs to measure product success and identify improvement areas.
• Product Delivery: Ensure the delivery of high-quality products on time, providing measurable value.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of 12+ years in an agile product owner, product manager, or agile leadership role, or a bachelor's degree with equivalent work experience.
• Proven experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or similar role in an agile environment.
• Demonstrated understanding of agile methodologies and the SAFe framework.
• Ability to prioritize and make data-driven decisions.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Experience with Jira Software, Confluence, FigJam, Jira Align, and AgilityHealth.

Preferred Qualifications:

• SAFe 6.0 Product Owner/Product Manager Certification.
• Knowledge of Amtrak's data landscape and experience with products or organizations supporting critical data and analytics.

Communications and Interpersonal Skills:

• Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills.