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Position Summary:

The Product Owner defines, delivers, and manages the lifecycle of products in a product portfolio. Leads the product team(s) developing the product(s). This position may be involved in the funding management and budgeting processes for the products and / or portfolio.

Responsibilities:

• Define, maintain, and communicate the product roadmap, with an emphasis on mobile app features and enhancements

• Build, groom, and prioritize the product backlog using Jira, continuously managing expectations with key stakeholders, including senior leadership

• Demonstrate strong agile maturity by managing sprint planning and actively participating in all relevant agile ceremonies (sprint reviews, backlog refinement, retrospectives, etc.)

• Work closely with development teams to ensure stories are well-defined, estimated, and ready for delivery

• Develop a deep understanding of customer, worker, and user needs, particularly within mobile and digital experiences

• Gather market and user feedback through customer interactions, usability testing, focus groups, and industry research to support ongoing and future development

• Write clear and detailed functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, and product documentation

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including developers, designers, analysts, and business partners to implement and deliver new products and features

• Effectively manage multiple priorities and initiatives simultaneously with effective decision making to maintain delivery timelines

• Demonstrates strong analytical and critical thinking skills through the product life cycle to ask challenging questions during dependency planning, PI planning, backlog refinement and throughout development

• Partner with stakeholders across the organization to support vision, strategy alignment, tactical execution, and measurement

• Communicate roadmap milestones, delivery timelines, and progress updates internally with key stakeholders

Required/Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, Computer Science, Engineering or Other Related Degree

• In addition to required degree, four (4) or more years related work experience

• In lieu of Bachelor’s degree(s) AND four (4) or more years related work experience listed above, High School/GED AND eight (8) or more years related work experience

Desired Qualifications

• Mobile application product experience strongly preferred

• Experience working as a Product Owner in a well-established agile environment

• Hands-on experience using Jira for backlog management, sprint planning, and reporting

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• 5 or more years working in utility industry

• Experience as a Product Analyst

• Agile Product Owner certification

• "Black Belt" Six Sigma certification

• Experience with Jira

• Experience with relevant new product or technology development experience working in a fast-paced environment

• Experience with teams developing and shipping software’’

• Experience with working on Push notifications

Working Conditions:

• Hybrid – Work will be performed from both remote and onsite locations after the onboarding period. However, hybrid employees should live within a reasonable commute to the designated Duke Energy facility.

Specific Requirements

• Highly collaborative, with the ability to work effectively across teams and disciplines

• Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain complex concepts to product development teams

• Demonstrated interest in technology and mobile products, with a focus on continuous improvement

• Ability to be self-directed, organized, and proactive while managing multiple workstreams

• Solid understanding of the SDLC and experience working in an agile environment with bi-weekly releases

• Experience operating in a KPI-driven environment, using metrics to track progress and outcomes

Travel Requirements

Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable)

No

Represented/Union Position

No

Visa Sponsored Position

No

Please note that in order to be considered for this position, you must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.

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