Job Type
Full-time
Description
Position Overview
As a Senior Product Owner – Hearing Aid at Johnson Health Tech, you will partner across our global development teams to design, build, & deliver the next generation of hearing aid products.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for articulating and translating product vision into feature(s) and tactics for products. Communicate product strategy effectively to key stakeholders and team members. Contributes to the creation of product vision and roadmaps with business partners.
- Defines minimum viable product (MVP) for products/features in scope. Owns team backlog (grooming, prioritization, and refinement). Helps key stakeholders to better understand the product vision.
- Work with Product Manager, key stakeholders, and development team to develop and maintain the product roadmap. Incorporates input into product roadmap while effectively negotiating tradeoffs of conflicting priorities based on value to the business and customer.
- Communicates the feature or product strategy effectively to key stakeholders, team members, and management.
- Responsible and accountable for performance indicators (KPI’s) and manages features or product(s) with a high degree of KPI, scope, complexity, etc.
- Analyzes feasibility, cost ramifications, economies, or other aspects of planned or potential programs.
- Works day-to-day with stakeholders clarifying business requirements, removing roadblocks, constantly communicating, and gaining alignment around feature or product strategy. Has knowledge of customer-driven design and usability test principles.
- Ensures delivery of scope, partners with delivery teams to ensure user stories are clear, and partners with various departments to align resources, remove barriers for team members and resolve open issues/questions quickly and efficiently.
- Sets the quality standard for delivery. Develops test plans (user story acceptance criteria), reviews and accepts each story and potential feature upon completion
- Participates in team demos and retrospectives to validate quality, provide feedback to team, and improve team processes. Partners across functions as needed to coordinate delivery plans, testing, training, and support.
- Mentors and participates in training other team members.
Requirements
Education:
- 4-year degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, or related field
- MBA or advanced degree a plus
Experience
- 7 years of experience as a Product Owner developing software products using Agile development methodologies
- Electrical hardware, system development, and integration knowledge a plus
Other Requirements
- Ability and willingness to travel both internationally and domestically (approximately 4x/year), communicate with global teams during non-business hours
- Ability to work well with numerous diverse groups and individuals
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Skills
- Displays effective communication, organizational, analytical, critical thinking, and team building skills.
- Advanced presentation, influencing, and relationship management skills.
- Experience managing vendors and vendor products/applications.
- Able to depict complex ideas, issues and designs to varied audiences; educate SBU/department(s) on business vision and plan and the impact of change.
- Able to make difficult and quick decisions daily.
- Able to influence a diverse group of stakeholders through strong leadership skills.
- Strong problem solver with ability to lead others.
- Strong experimental mindset to drive innovation amidst uncertainty.
- Ability to identify opportunities within initiatives to increase value and maximize efficiency
- Expertise in process improvement, and organizational change management.
- Knowledge of key business drivers of cybersecurity – governance, risk, compliance, regulatory obligations, and data privacy legislation.
- The ability to work independently and only seek help in complex situations.
- Ability to embrace deadlines, handle multiple projects.
- Able to project a positive and professional demeanor to all internal and external contacts.
Benefits
We offer an excellent compensation package and team-oriented work environment with growth opportunities. Some of our outstanding benefits include:
- Health & Dental Insurance
- Company paid Life Insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid Time Off benefits
- Product discounts
- Wellness programs
EOE/M/W/Vet/Disability
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