CAT Digital is building a state-of-the-art platform to springboard a wide range of customer-focused applications and is looking for a Lead Technical Product Owner to help maximize the value of its products and the work of its scrum development teams.
Requirements
- Must have a strong understanding and proven experience in software development, including Java 17 or newer, RESTful APIs, databases, and AWS cloud development, with a focus on designing and developing cloud-native software solutions at scale.
- Experience managing product backlogs using Agile software tools such as Azure DevOps, JIRA, Mingle, VSTS, Team Services, Rally.
- Experience using GenAI tools like GitHub Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, etc.
- Knowledge of software engineering; ability to deliver new or enhanced fee-based software products.
- Knowledge of software product business knowledge: Ability to manage install base, current uses, future plans, and product vision.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the Development Team.
- Responsible for creating, maintaining and prioritizing the Product Backlog according to business value for the life of the project.
- Communicate Product Backlog priorities to the team.
- Act as the key decision-maker regarding what features the product will have.
- Responsible for the vision of what is to be built, and conveying that vision to the team.
- Collaborate with Lead Engineers on decomposition of epics and features into user stories that are small enough, or granular enough, to be achieved in a single sprint.
- Responsible for defect management and prioritization.
Other
- Experience as a technical product owner
- Previous experience working with or leading a technical team while simultaneously managing multiple projects.
- Experience working with onshore/offshore team model.
- This position requires the candidate to be based in Chicago, IL
- Relocation assistance is NOT available for this position
