Northern Trust is seeking an Associate Product Manager to ensure smooth, optimized, and successful execution of new product features and enhancements for the Global Family Office (GFO) team, supporting ultra-high net worth individuals and families
Requirements
- 1+ year experience with functional and technical story writing, acceptance criteria, refinement, and Agile practices preferred
- Azure DevOps
- Confluence
- MS O365 Suite
- Superior analytical skills
- Good communicator, written and verbal
Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with Product Manager and Development Team to deliver story quality, timing, assignment and volume to manage and prioritize Sprint backlogs
- Decompose features for each MVP into high-level functional and non-functional stories
- Write complete user stories and acceptance criteria which meet the Definition of Ready (DoR) and in a way that create best-in-class client- and partner-friendly omni-channel solutions
- Cohost Product Backlog Refinement sessions
- Prioritize stories within backlog with quant/qual data
- Ensure user stories meet the Definition of Ready (DoR) before socializing to the Scrum Teams
- Lead Sprint Reviews with key stakeholders to secure buy-in, ensure timely follow-up and closure on feedback and action items
Other
- Good facilitator
- Reliable and dependable
- Focused on moving the team forward
- Follow up on clarification
- Stay up to date on Scrum Team's status
- Encourage collaboration and communication
