Lumen Hiring for Product Owner – US Work From Home at Washington, District Of Columbia Full Time

About Lumen

Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when technology advances the way we live and work. With 450,000 route fiber miles serving customers in more than 60 countries, we deliver the fastest, most secure global platform for applications and data to help businesses, government and communities deliver amazing experiences. Learn more about Lumen’s network, edge cloud, security and communication and collaboration solutions and our purpose to further human progress through technology at news.lumen.com, LinkedIn: /lumentechnologies, Twitter: @lumentechco, Facebook: /lumentechnologies, Instagram: @lumentechnologies and YouTube: /lumentechnologies.

The Role

As a Product Owner, you’ll work closely with the Product Manager to align on product vision and roadmap, translating Epics into user stories and acceptance criteria that enable onshore and offshore developer teams to create the highest quality product. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams of Product Managers, Developers, UI designers, and QA teams on a regular basis.

You will own the product backlog and continually groom it to align with product strategy, business goals, and pre-defined quality metrics. You will lead sprint planning and release testing, working with scrum masters and development managers to ensure delivery teams are equipped with requirements, acceptance criteria, dependencies, and timelines. You’ll be responsible for communicating backlog priority, risks and dependencies, and delivery status to internal stakeholders, working with necessary teams to mitigate risks or adjust delivery timing as necessary.

The Main Responsibilities

• Author user stories that align to product strategy and roadmap

• Work directly with development teams to ensure a full understanding and acceptance of user stories, refining documentation as needed

• Create and manage a prioritized backlog of user stories for development teams to implement

• Partner with QA to define acceptance criteria and verify acceptance criteria are met; drive defect triage and prioritization

• Lead program increment planning and sprint planning ceremonies, working with Agile Release Train manager and development manager to ensure appropriate estimating, resourcing, and documentation is available

• Communicate risks, status, and delivery targets to the stakeholders and working teams

• Participate in product deployments and releases, contributing to quality control and testing as needed

• Collaborate with UXUI and data intelligence teams to incorporate user research and product performance data into user stories and Agile ceremonies as needed

• Continually gather and analyze Voice of the Customer data to inform backlog prioritization, inspire delivery teams, and always encourage customer-first mentality

What We Look For in a Candidate

• 2-4 years’ professional experience in a digital product environment

• Experience working within Agile methodology, Agile ceremonies, and MVP approach to product rollout

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex ideas into simplified tasks

• Direct experience working with developers to iteratively build a customer-facing solution

• Experience collaborating with cross functional support teams, such as UI/UX designers and analytics teams, to identify and resolve customer pain points

• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with the ability to adopt and adapt to change

• Experience effectively communicating status, tradeoffs and risks with multiple parties

• Familiarity with collaboration and project tracking software such as JIRA, Asana, Confluence

• Growth mindset with the appetite to learn and experiment in a rapidly evolving environment

• Experience working within a highly matrixed organization and understanding the needs of multiple teams

What to Expect Next

Requisition #: 330788

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Disclaimer

The above job definition information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Job duties and responsibilities are subject to change based on changing business needs and conditions.

Salary Range

Salary Min :

72540

Salary Max :

161520

This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience and other relevant factors.

This position is eligible for either short-term incentives or sales compensation. Director and VP positions also are eligible for long-term incentive. To learn more about our bonus structure, you can view additional information here. (https://jobs.lumen.com/global/en/compensation-information) We’re able to answer any additional questions you may have as you move through the selection process.

As part of our comprehensive benefits package, Lumen offers a broad range of Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle and other benefits and perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing. You can learn more by clicking here. (https://centurylinkbenefits.com)

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