Technical Product Owner

• Facilitate product backlog grooming sessions, ensuring the highest impact work is delivered soonest. Responsible for maintaining product technical roadmap and advocating prioritization at the right time for non-functional work.
• Communicate stakeholder goals and expected outcomes to the engineering/ Solution Architect/ Principal engineering team and write definition-of-ready user stories, incorporating architectural changes recommended by engineering.
• Has overall ownership of a defined capability or technical product area, including product value, cost of ownership, health, and non-functional requirements (reliability, scalability, usability, security, performance, etc.).
• Actively participate in planning sessions that form cohesive, iterative plans and ensure the team’s work creates the iterative value (e.g. supports the completion of MVPs/Epics in concert with other teams).
• Proactively resolve upstream dependencies and resolve conflict effectively across teams.
• Participate in team standups, and retrospectives, facilitates dialog with stakeholders during sprint reviews/product demos.

Required:

• 5 -6 years of experience as a Technical Product Owner
• Has a sound understanding of breaking down a problem/ ask to requirements. Understands the aspects of well-rounded requirements (functional/ non-functional)
• Able to cultivate trusted relationships with Business/BAT and Technology partners to foster teamwork and a shared understanding of the product vision, goals, and priorities.
• Lead sprint planning, story refinement, and feature elaboration sessions with business and technology stakeholders.
• Able to identify, monitor and communicate technical product health metrics and KPIs and advocates for product improvements with Business/Technology partners.
• Ability to manage allocation of team capacity to ensure appropriate levels are utilized for product health improvements and reduction of technical debt (e.g. integration and deployment of tooling, test automation, etc.)
• Knowledge of agility tools (e.g., Jira) and implement strategies to optimize team performance and achieve overall department objectives (e.g., manage story aging, manage WIP, epic size/throughput, etc.).

GalaxE, now Endava, is a professional IT services firm that specializes in platform-driven solutions and the use of automation to achieve enterprise business transformation and mission-critical change for some of the largest companies in the world. Using our proprietary solution set, GxFource®, we apply machine learning techniques and predictive analytics tools as part of a broad artificial intelligence strategy that provides effective impact and data-driven business transformation. 

Since its founding, GalaxE has been dedicated to advancing the benefits of technology. Recently, we have joined forces with Endava, to offer our employees global exposure and enhanced opportunities. As we continue that legacy and look to the future, a focus on business enablement through agile, cost-efficient, and effective integration of people, process, and technology anchors our success. We revolutionize change in the costs of doing business that transform companies and their ability to leap beyond the competition.

We value people and are committed to diversity and inclusion where our employees are made to feel comfortable and are encouraged to be authentic.

We are always looking for passionate, entrepreneurial-minded innovators and disrupters; game-changers that take ownership of the work they produce and bring it each and every day. Working with like-minded team members you will get a chance to discover, develop, and use cutting-edge technologies to transform the way we deliver creative business solutions.

Sound like you? Join us and find out for yourself what it means for you, and your career, to be part of the GalaxE team. Let’s build something, together.

*Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

** Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on actual job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of remaining stationary at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to lift to 15 lbs., as needed
• Must be able to work on-site (corporate/client offices), as needed (not applicable for 100% remote roles)
• Occasionally required to bend, kneel, crouch, and reach overhead.
• Hand-eye coordination necessary to operate computers and various pieces of office equipment. 
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, the ability to tolerate fluorescent lighting, and the ability to adjust focus.

Employees must be able to perform the physical requirements of the position satisfactorily and, if requested, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees requiring accommodations to perform the essential functions of their jobs, absent undue hardship.

For more information, please visit https://info.endava.com/galaxe-has-joined-endava