Job Description:The Lead Product Owner will contribute to the formation and execution of customer-centric products across the organization. You will guide a team focused on clearly defining how our media initiatives and capabilities are built in a cloud native and composable way. You are the business champion and team linguist that is accountable for maximizing the value of the product results from the work of the development team. You own the details of the business value delivered at the team level. You translate business requirements into product requirements to ensure that the product delivers on user needs. Qualifications/Skills/Experience:
- Experience in digital advertising, AdTech or marketing technology
- Experienced in managing a team's product backlog and ensuring it's transparent, visible and clearly communicated
- Stakeholder management - experienced in building and managing stakeholder relationships to influence and drive change
- Experienced level knowledge in the development and use of product data to influence product decisions/roadmap - both quantitative and qualitative
- Skilled in managing cross-functional software development teams in an agile environment
- Skilled in managing business priorities against design/user needs while delivering against product roadmaps
- Skilled in managing end-to-end software product development
- Stakeholder management skills - experienced in building and managing stakeholder relationships to influence and drive change
- Problem solving, critical thinking and analytical skills
- Planning, organizational and time management skills
- Comfort with ambiguity - remains confident, positive and resourceful in the face of ambiguity and unexpected results; recovers quickly from setbacks
- Exhibits qualities of and have proven to be a great teammate
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to translate between business outcomes and technical requirements
- Technical acumen - grasps the technical details to lead a team
- 4+ years relevant experience
- Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Key Responsibilities:
- Translate business requirements into technical requirements and features that are shared and understood with Development, Delivery teams and other stakeholders
- Responsible for building, validating, maintaining, and prioritizing the product backlog of requirements alongside the Program Lead and business stakeholders, balancing the demands of the business and technology
- Own the delivery of product features and own Sprint / Release demos to demonstrate progress to stakeholders
- Outlines clear acceptance criteria, to clearly communicate the definition of done
- Manage internal communications regarding dependencies and risks
- Develop a deep understanding of the business domain, stakeholders, business processes and constraints in which your product(s) play
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of customers/users problems, how they think and operate and the platforms/technology they use
- Understand and communicate organization objectives, strategies and solution needs to the team to facilitate results (where collaborative/as colleague)
- Own progress report and status updates, including issue escalation that impact milestones and release cadence
- Collaborate across internal teams (and sometimes external teams) in different locations to identify dependencies, requirements, and approvals
- Manage documentation about products and capabilities
Required Skills : Top 3 non-negotiable skills •3+ years experience in product ownership or product management •2+ years experience working on an ad tech platform, though doesn't have to be as a product owner / manager >>> Project details Will be working within the media / advertising group Background Check :YesDrug Screen :YesNotes :Selling points for candidate :Project Verification Info :Candidate must be your W2 Employee :YesExclusive to Apex :NoFace to face interview required :NoCandidate must be local :NoCandidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship ::NoInterview times set : :NoType of project :Other Project TypeMaster Job Title :VMS Access EntryBranch Code :Cincinnati