The job profile for this position is Agile Product Management Senior Advisor, which is a Band 4 Senior Contributor Career Track Role.
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Key Responsibilities
Product Ownership & Strategy
Own and communicate the product vision, roadmap, and priorities
Translate business strategy into features, epics, and user stories
Partner with Product Managers and business stakeholders to ensure alignment on outcomes
Drive customer-centric decision making and value delivery
Backlog & Delivery Management
Own and maintain a well-groomed, prioritized backlog
Write definition-of-ready user stories with clear acceptance criteria
Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning, and prioritization activities
Ensure incremental, iterative delivery of MVPs and product features
Stakeholder Collaboration
Collaborate closely with:Business partners and clients
Engineering and architecture teams
QA and release management
Act as the voice of the customer and ensure requirements reflect real user needs
Facilitate sprint reviews, demos, and stakeholder feedback loops
Agile Leadership & Execution
Provide servant leadership to agile teams
Drive agile ceremonies (refinement, planning, demos, retrospectives)
Remove blockers and escalate issues when needed
Improve team performance through metrics and data-driven insights
Technical Alignment & Quality
Partner with engineering to:Incorporate architectural guidance and technical constraints
Ensure scalability, performance, and security requirements
Own definition of done and acceptance validation
Support testing strategy, defect triage, and production support processes
Product Health & Metrics
Define and monitor product health KPIsQuality metrics (defects, stability)
Delivery metrics (velocity, throughput)
Business outcomes
Ensure regulatory, compliance, and security expectations are met
Cross-Team & Program Coordination
Coordinate dependencies across multiple teams and TPOs
Align features with program-level goals and enterprise roadmaps
Manage release planning, communications, and documentation
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
5+ years experience in:Product Ownership / Product Management
Agile delivery (Scrum/Kanban)
Experience managing technical products and engineering-driven solutions
Strong understanding of:APIs, microservices, cloud platforms
SDLC and CI/CD practices
Key Skills & Competencies
Strong business + technical acumen
Excellent stakeholder communication and influence
Agile mindset with focus on continuous improvement
Ability to manage ambiguity and complex dependencies
Data-driven decision making and prioritization
If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.Please note that you must meet our posting guidelines to be eligible for consideration. Policy can be reviewed at this link.
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