Product Owner / Business Analyst

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Job Description:

The Senior Associate Product Owner is an individual who has 5+ years of relevant experience working in the capacity of a Business Analyst, Scrum team member, or other IT-related role. It is expected that an Associate Product Owner has a solid understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), and understands how to translate business wants and needs into technical specifications for development team members to understand (i.e. User Stories, Features, Acceptance Criteria, etc.). In addition, the Associate Product Owner should have good communication and collaboration skills to effectively manage teams and stakeholders. In their personal growth, the Associate Product Owner should have or be working towards their Product Owner certification within the first year of hire.

​​​​​​​Responsibilities: 

• Working with stakeholders to identify features and/or enhancements that would add value to your product. 
• Managing the product backlog, ensuring items are relevant, prioritized, and ordered.  
• Ensuring your team’s backlog health meets the standards the team has agreed upon. 
• Collaborating with your development team by articulating the business’s wants and needs, so that they, in turn, can create well thought out backlog items. 
• Proactively communicating changes, tradeoffs, and updates to the roadmap with stakeholders. 
• Conducting yourself in a professional manner, being an advocate for the development team, and protecting their time. 
• Cultivating an inclusive work environment, allowing everyone to freely contribute to solutions and collaborate on the work to be done. 
• Gathering feedback on completed work items and using that feedback to update and maintain the product backlog and negotiate when items are ready to be released. 

Skills:  

• Working with stakeholders to identify features and/or enhancements that would add value to your product. 
• Managing the product backlog, ensuring items are relevant, prioritized, and ordered.  
• Ensuring your team’s backlog health meets the standards the team has agreed upon. 
• Collaborating with your development team by articulating the business’s wants and needs, so that they, in turn, can create well thought out backlog items. 
• Proactively communicating changes, tradeoffs, and updates to the roadmap with stakeholders. 
• Conducting yourself in a professional manner, being an advocate for the development team, and protecting their time. 
• Cultivating an inclusive work environment, allowing everyone to freely contribute to solutions and collaborate on the work to be done. 
• Gathering feedback on completed work items and using that feedback to update and maintain the product backlog and negotiate when items are ready to be released. 

Qualifications/Requirements:   

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, MIS, Information Systems or engineering fields, or equivalent experience. 
• 5+ years of relevant experience working as a Business Analyst, Scrum Team Member, or other IT related role. 
• In-depth understanding of Product Development and Software Development Life Cycles  
• Understanding how to translate business wants and needs into technical specifications (i.e. User Stories, Features, Acceptance Criteria, Etc.). 
• Comfort level working with backlog management, collaboration, and visualization tools. 
• Experience working on a project with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities or initiatives. 
• Excellent organizational skills with a self-starter mentality and resourcefulness in solving problems to ensure teams have what they need to deliver. 
• Product Owner certification or willingness to acquire one within first year (i.e. CSPO, PSPO). 

Preferred Qualifications/Requirements:   

• Product Owner certification or willingness to acquire one within first year (i.e. CSPO, PSPO). 
• Familiarity with UX/UI best practices and experience incorporating user experience considerations into product backlog items, acceptance criteria, and feature prioritization.
• We appreciate talent from all over the United States and are willing to consider candidates who may not be located near a Crowe office location for this role/opening.

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We expect the candidate to uphold Crowe’s values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship. These values define who we are. We expect all of our people to act ethically and with integrity at all times.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Crowe is not sponsoring for work authorization at this time.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Crowe, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $65,800.00 - $135,400.00 per year.

Our Benefits:
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How You Can Grow:
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More about Crowe:
Crowe (www.crowe.com) is one of the largest public accounting, consulting and technology firms in the United States. Crowe uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit services to public and private entities while also helping clients reach their goals with tax, advisory, risk and performance services. Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the country's best places to work. Crowe serves clients worldwide as an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world.

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