Senior Product Owner (12-months) – Alberta Motor Association

Job Title: Senior Product Owner (12-months)

Location: Edmonton, AB

Job Description: YOU KNOW HOW TO BE flexibleYOU KNOW HOW TO BE agilePosted: 2024-11-26
Closing: When Filled
Location: Edmonton South (Hybrid)The Alberta Motor Association (AMA) is on the lookout for a passionate, resourceful individual who is a great communicator, negotiator, and facilitator. You will be a part of the agile delivery team, responsible for gathering requirements from stakeholders, refining vision into clear functional requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria, rationalizing, planning, prioritizing and monitoring the acceptability of stories in a timely manner using the AMA Agile Framework and tools.WHAT MOVES YOU

• You’re a spirited team player who excels in a fast-paced environment and thrives on challenge.
• You manage your time as expertly as you manage your projects. Prioritizing, planning and organizing is part of your DNA.
• You strongly believe there’s no such thing as an insignificant detail — you keep at it until every ‘i’ is dotted and every ‘t’ is crossed.
• You have the natural ability to reduce a complex concept or task into something that is manageable and can be clearly understood, communicated and delivered on.
• You have an inquisitive mind and love coming up with new ways to tackle a challenge and digging deeper to find the perfect solution to increase value for your customers.
• You never sweat deadlines — you’ve got mad time management skills, so you always deliver on time.
• You work well on your own but also enjoy being part of a team.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Report to the Team Lead, Product Owners.
• Develop relationships with Business partners to understand their business and provide recommendations and enhancements to solve their strategic and operational needs.
• Collaborate with multiple third party software providers on system enhancements and releases to support value growth and increased operational efficiencies.
• Be the expert on the functionality third party systems provide and how the software can be further leveraged for the value and benefit of your business unit.
• Manage AMA team support tickets with third party vendors, ensuring timely resolution for issues.
• Plan and prioritize stories for an application team to implement in their sprint cycle; including configuration and customization work on systems.
• Participate in daily standup meetings to resolve issues, addresses changes and get updates on progress.
• Work with agile team members to ensure the sprint produces a functional package to leadership and key stakeholders.
• Communicate with other agile team members to resolve any issues before escalating.
• Break down business strategies into features and user stories to support value delivery and meeting stakeholder timelines and expectations.
• Provide and analyze data to make informed decisions, mitigate risks, or take other actions. Evaluate a problem/opportunity from both a business and consumer perspective to determine the best resolution approach.
• Gather business/user requirements to support the functional or business solution by conducting interviews, requirements workshops, surveys, site visits, business process description, document analysis, uses cases, tasks, and workflow analysis.

WHAT YOU’VE DONE

• You’ve got at least 3 years of Product Owner or Product Management experience.
• We’re also looking for someone with experience working with interdepartmental teams and projects.
• Previous experience with payments/accounting systems and/or an analytical mindset is an asset.
• Previous experience supporting third party (commercial off the shelf) software.
• You can demonstrate an ability to work across silos and move work priorities forward to completion.
• Your experience demonstrates skills in execution, collaboration, continuous learning, and systems thinking.
• You may have experience as a systems analyst, business analyst, or a similar business role. This role is open to people from a variety of backgrounds.
• Agile & Scrum knowledge is considered an asset.
• Relevant post-secondary training is considered an asset.

WHAT YOU’LL GET

• Competitive salary.
• Benefits if you choose to receive them (with payroll deductions).
• Vacation pay is added to each paycheque.
• Great AMA discounts.
• Unlimited learning opportunities!
• Flexible work model.

WORK MODEL:Hybrid-LightWe thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.–WORK MODEL: Hybrid-Light–We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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