Product Owner

Bachelor’s Degree in Business or Technical Degree OR 5+ years in Product Development and/or Product Management Experience, ecommerce experience is required. In-depth knowledge of Agile process and principles

● Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills

● Creative thinker with a vision

● Demonstrates aptitude of attention to detail

● Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies and assess value to business goal and strategy

● Eagerness to learn from a new environment and make an impact quickly

● Experience with leading large, cross-functional teams in order to achieve business goals and results

● Ability to plan, prioritize and organize effectively and independently

● Ability to understand complex and technical concepts and translate them into simplified product attributes to deliver an enhanced customer experience.

● Proficient with Word, Excel, PowerPoint

● Aptitude for technical products

● Excellent cognitive and communication skills

● Excellent analytical skills

● Strong business sense and sense of urgency to achieve business results

● Work closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROI.

● Plan and prioritize product feature backlog and development for the product, ensure that the development team always has an adequate number of groomed stories to work on to maximize capacity

● Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy

● Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories

● Lead the planning product release plans and set expectation for delivery of new functionalities

● Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals

● Work closely with internal Research team to analyze market, users, and the roadmap for the product https://monotype.com/

● Follow competition and industry trends, as well as Agile/Scrum best practices and trends

● Build and manage strong working relationships with the cross-functional teams including Engineering, Operations, User Experience, Customer Care, Sales, Sales Support and external vendors needed to drive an efficient development effort for new Digital Commerce initiatives.

● Ensures communication with all stakeholders is being managed effectively. 

The Product Owner as a part of scrum team, will provide direction to the Agile development team and stakeholders to define product vision, roadmap and growth opportunities. Attention to detail, customer-focused and an eye for quality, along with the ability to grasp and translate technical capabilities into benefits is crucial.