Part-time Product Owner/Functional SME

Part-time Product Owner/Functional SME

Position Description
The Product Owner represents the interests of all stakeholders, users, and clients, and is responsible for communicating the feature and story requirements, as well as collaborating closely with the team during planning and review ceremonies. The Product Owner drives the Agile Team in creating and prioritizing the team's sprint Backlog, provides clarification and feedback to the team, and accepts or rejects work results (stories/tasks). The Product Owner works closely with the Product Management and Agile Teams to define stories and acceptance criteria. They review refined stories prior to Sprint Planning to ensure the intent of the story is well understood and will accept the stories as part of the Definition of Done.

This position can be located remotely anywhere in the U.S.

Your future duties and responsibilities

• Works closely with Product Management to create, maintain, and prioritize the team

backlog according to business value and client priorities

• Provides input on the PI Backlog during Product Management collaboration sessions
• Attends and represents the Agile Team in all PO Sync meetings with Product Management
• Communicates with other product owners, scrum masters, program leadership,

customers, and development teams to report on status, blockers, etc.

• Ensures that customer requirements are accurately captured, prioritized, and

implemented

• Coordinates and participates in requirements gathering and analysis efforts with the

client

• Interfaces directly with clients and users, as needed, and provides an excellent customer

experience

• Collaborates with the Scrum Master and agile team during PI planning and sprint

execution to enable the agile team to meet sprint and PI objectives

• Ensures that the team always has an adequate amount of previously prepared stories

(that meet the Definition of Ready) to work on

• Leads Backlog refinement efforts
• Is present at and participates in all Agile team ceremonies
• Maintains Team Backlog in Jira and team spaces in Confluence
• Plays an active role and assists the scrum master in mitigating obstructions impacting

successful team completion of PI/Sprint Goals

• Actively prepares and participates in PI Planning sessions and aids the team in drafting

their Sprint Plans for the PI

• Coordinates dependencies with other POs and works across teams to define and

implement improvement stories that will increase the velocity and quality of the delivery

• Works with Agile coaches, product managers, and PMOs to define portfolio/product

management best practices and team-level reporting standards

• Aids in defining and implementing user training strategies
• Keeps abreast of Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends
• Other Duties as assigned or required

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

• 10-15 years' experience Facilitating Government Customer and Project Team meetings,

with 5-10 years of experience as a Product Owner/Project Lead/Team Lead.

• CSPO or SAFe POPM certification (or able to obtain within two months of hire), or

equivalent

• Previous Agile experience. Scaled Agile (SAFe) experience preferred.
• Full Life Cycle Software Development experience including requirements, design,

development, testing, and implementation

• Agile Development knowledge and experience, preferably in a Scaled Agile setting
• Experience with various collaboration tools, including (but not limited to) JIRA,

Confluence, SharePoint

• Experience with facilitation of Agile meetings, including backlog refinement, requirements

analysis, epic analysis and decomposition discussion, etc.

• Experience with Epic decomposition and user story writing
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to pay careful attention to detail
• Outstanding communication, presentation, and negotiation skills
• Requires BS degree

CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and license and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit-based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $96,500.00 - $190,100.00.

CGI Federal anticipates accepting applications for this position through Aug 30, 2024.
At CGI we call our professionals "members" to reinforce that all who join our team are, as owners,
empowered to participate in the challenges and rewards that come from building a world-class company.
CGI's benefits include:

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive insurance options
• Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan
• Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time
• Paid maternity and parental leave
• Learning opportunities and tuition assistance
• Member assistance and wellness programs

Due to the nature of this government contract, US Citizenship is required.

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