At Ascensus, technology is more than just a solution, it powers the business that helps millions of people save for what matters—retirement, education, and healthcare.
Requirements
- Advanced with Microsoft Office applications
- Strong working knowledge of Agile and SDLC methodologies
- Demonstrated experience implementing and executing Agile principles with strong technical skills
- Knowledge and/or experience with Confluence, JIRA, Azure DevOps, and Aha!
- Experience in administering the aforementioned applications a plus
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in the assigned business domain: 401(k), IRA, 529, etc.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience as a Product Owner, or a Technology (Dev or QA) practice
Responsibilities
- Creates and maintains the Scrum Team Roadmap.
- Prioritizes and sequences the Backlog according to business value or ROI.
- Conveys the Vision and Goals at the beginning of every Release and Sprint.
- Collaborating with a Scrum team on new Feature development, requests including building and maintaining a Product backlog, contributing to/reviewing/approving user stories, sprint support, and UAT testing.
- Where appropriate, works closely with BAs and Technology to create Behaviors Driven Development (BDD) stories.
- Participates in the daily Scrums, Sprint Planning Meetings, Release Planning, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives.
- Inspects the product progress at the end of every Sprint and has complete authority to accept or reject work done.
Other
- Undergraduate degree in business or technology related fields
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment; high quality of work that adheres to all standards, regulatory and audit requirements
- Strong consultative and well-articulated communication and writing skills with the ability to interact and influence at all levels of the organization
- Demonstrated experience with facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, change management, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
- Naturally curious, detail oriented, with strong analytic, and research skills