Product Owner

Summary

Join Juvare, a SaaS company specializing in enterprise resilience solutions, as a Product Owner. You will organize and prioritize work for the Scrum team, gathering requirements from stakeholders and translating them into user stories. This role involves scheduling releases, coordinating sprints, and identifying user needs. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to manage product releases and influence product vision. The position is based in Fort Wayne, IN, Atlanta, GA, or remotely in the USA and reports to the Director of Product Management. Ultimately, you will contribute to the rollout of products that align with the company's vision. This is a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of software development and make a significant impact.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited university or college preferred or equivalent experience
• Experience writing requirements and developing process flows
• Experience in consulting, software development and implementations in a client facing role
• Demonstrated ability to understand complex software workflow platforms and collaborate with technical personnel
• Desire to understand the emergency and operational management mission of our clients and how our software solutions support its continual improvement
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills demonstrating collaboration and adaptability
• Ability to organize, plan and manage follow up action
• Familiarity with project management and/or software development tools (e.g., JIRA, Rally, MS Project, Confluence)
• A passion for technology, curiosity to learn new skills/technology with a fail-fast approach
• A passion to provide excellent value to clients

Responsibilities

• Work alongside clients and subject matter experts to develop business and system use cases, functional, non-functional and operational requirements
• Define epics, user stories, flow charts, system requirements and business rules to assist in the development of software
• Participate in design sessions lead by UX team to ensure that the solutions meet business needs
• Lead PI (Program Increment) planning, sprint planning and backlog refinement sessions to transform features into stories
• Participate in Agile ceremonies like sprint stand-ups, sprint reviews and retrospectives
• Provide support to software development and QA staff as needed
• Act as subject matter expert during discovery and requirement meetings
• Understand and be aware of Juvare information security policies and standards
• Work with our Project Managers managing work; assist with operational transition, internal and client training, knowledge transfer and SOP documentation
• Document the final as-built configuration following completion of implementation, as well as demo end-to-end solutions to clients for acceptance

Preferred Qualifications

• 2-3 years recent experience as an Emergency Manager for State/Local governments or working to support emergency managers in this role
• Familiarity with standard emergency management practices and ICS , FEMA Disa ster Assistance programs, and/or prior experience working directly with emergency management agencies
• Ability and willingness to travel 5% (average over course of a year)

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Life Insurance
• 401K with Corporate Match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Expansive Self-Paced and Virtual Training Options
• Unlimited PTO
• Community Volunteer Opportunities