Sr Product Owner

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Sr Product Owner (PO) is a member of the extended Product Management team and crucial member of the Agile Team. Sr PO owns the Team / Sprint backlog representing the single source of truth and is the single point of contact to the Dev team and Customer team for user story details. The Sr PO is responsible for defining and refining user stories and prioritizing the Agile Team backlog to streamline execution of product (program) priorities while maintaining conceptual and technical integrity of features for the team. In this capacity the Sr PO remains highly available to the Dev teams during each iteration (sprint) in order to answer real time questions and provide clarity to user stories. The Sr PO also drives user story refinement activities ensuring Team backlog contains 2 iterations worth of 'ready' work for Dev team. These two functions are critical to enabling Dev teams to improve and maintain high velocity / productivity in iteration (sprint) execution. For this reason, a Sr PO supports a single Agile (Scrum), but often supports multiple tams as part of complex initiatives.
The Sr PO also has a significant role in quality control and is the only team member empowered to accept stories as done, ensuring the acceptance criteria has been met. This role has significant relationships and responsibilities outside their specific Agile team, including working with Product Management, who is responsible for the Product (Program) Backlog, to prepare for the Program Increment (PI) Planning meeting (Big Room Planning).
The Sr PO also coordinates with other POs to align backlogs to complete large, cross-functional initiatives. In addition, the Sr PO mentors other Product Owners to ensure they are growing in their career and job acumen.

Job Responsibilities:

• Builds and maintains Agile (Scrum / Sprint) team backlog, with input from customer, Product Manager, System Architect/Engineering and other stakeholders (team backlog consists mostly of user stories, it also includes defects and enablers.) Typically maintaining 2 iterations (sprints) worth user stories available and ready in team backlog.
• Collaborates with Agile team and stakeholders to writes user stories and requirements that include acceptance criteria and acceptance tests, typically for 1+ Agile/Scrum teams.
• Runs PO sync meeting with other PO’s on larger / scaled backlogs; Mentors, coaches and guides other product owners. Helps lead Product Owner Community of Practice (COP).
• Reviews and accepts completed user stories for each iteration (sprint), being accountable and responsible for user story quality and performance in production environment.
• Supports and helps Product Manager create and manage product vision and technical roadmap, primarily related to working scope.

Education and Work Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree (Required)
• 4-7 years Relevant Product Management, Product Owner, Business Analyst, and System Analyst or Architecture/Software Engineer experience in an agile software product development environment. Advanced level understanding of customer experience Required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Technical Writing Strong requirements elicitation, and proven writing skills including the ability to write concisely and clearly for different audiences. (Required)
• Agile Project Management Experience with Agile backlog/project management tools. (Required)
• Communication Proven ability to effectively and efficiently communicate with Leadership, technical and non-technical audiences while employing a high degree of collaboration and influence. (Required)
• User Experience Experience with successive elaboration and ability to develop Initiatives, Features and User Stories that the DevOps teams can ingest. (Required)
• Business Analytics Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to identify/analyze/synthesize product use data and use the data to drive decisions. (Required).

• At least 18 years of age
• Legally authorized to work in the United States

Travel:
Travel Required (Yes/No): Yes
DOT Regulated:
DOT Regulated Position (Yes/No): No
Safety Sensitive Position (Yes/No): No
 

Base Pay Range: $94,600 - $170,700

Corporate Bonus Target: 15%

The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the role. The successful candidate’s actual pay will be based on various factors, such as work location, qualifications, and experience, so the actual starting pay will vary within this range.

At T-Mobile, employees in regular, non-temporary roles are eligible for an annual bonus or periodic sales incentive or bonus, based on their role. Most Corporate employees are eligible for a year-end bonus based on company and/or individual performance and which is set at a percentage of the employee’s eligible earnings in the prior year. Certain positions in Customer Care are eligible for monthly bonuses based on individual and/or team performance. To find the pay range for this role based on hiring location, https://paylookup.t-mobile.com/paylookup?reqID=REQ314704¶dox=1

At T-Mobile, our benefits exemplify the spirit of One Team, Together! A big part of how we care for one another is working to ensure our benefits evolve to meet the needs of our team members. Full and part-time employees have access to the same benefits when eligible. We cover all of the bases, offering medical, dental and vision insurance, a flexible spending account, 401(k), employee stock grants, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and up to 12 paid holidays - which total about 4 weeks for new full-time employees and about 2.5 weeks for new part-time employees annually - paid parental and family leave, family building benefits, back-up care, enhanced family support, childcare subsidy, tuition assistance, college coaching, short- and long-term disability, voluntary AD&D coverage, voluntary accident coverage, voluntary life insurance, voluntary disability insurance, and voluntary long-term care insurance. We don't stop there - eligible employees can also receive mobile service & home internet discounts, pet insurance, and access to commuter and transit programs! To learn about T-Mobile’s amazing benefits, check out www.t-mobilebenefits.com.

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