Product Owner Job at Gordian, Austin, TX

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  • Gordian
  • Austin, TX

Job Description

Please be aware that for this position, the candidate is required to be located in Brazil.


The Product Owner is responsible for guiding the development and delivery of product features across the entire product lifecycle. They act as a bridge between the business stakeholders and the development team, ensuring that the product meets customer needs and delivers value. The Product Owner is a crucial role in Agile development methodologies such as Scrum and Safe.

Key Responsibilities:

Translation: Work with the lead Product Manager and/or senior leader to translate future vision and requirements into clearly broken down epics and stories. Ensure that all team members understand and align with the product's goals.

Prioritization: Create and maintain the product backlog, a prioritized list of features, user stories, and tasks. Prioritize items based on business value, customer needs, and market trends.

User Story Development: Break down high-level product requirements into detailed user stories that can be understood and implemented by the development team. Ensure these stories are ready for implementation and meet strong agile/SAFE standards.

Backlog Management: Continuously groom and refine the product backlog, making adjustments based on feedback, changing priorities, and new insights.

Stakeholder Communication: Act as the primary point of contact between the development team and stakeholders. Communicate progress, changes, and updates regularly to both groups.

Acceptance Criteria: Define acceptance criteria for user stories to ensure that the development team understands what constitutes a complete and well-implemented feature.

Sprint Planning: Participate in sprint planning meetings to select user stories and tasks for the upcoming sprint. Work with the team to ensure they have a clear understanding of the work to be done.

Release Planning : Collaborate with the team and stakeholders to plan and prioritize releases, considering market needs and business goals.

Quality Assurance: Ensure the product meets quality standards by accepting or rejecting the work done by the development team during sprint reviews.

Feedback Integration: Gather feedback from stakeholders and end-users, incorporate it into the product backlog, and make adjustments as necessary.

Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks that could impact product development or delivery. This includes working closely with your release manager to ensure timelines are met, tough conversations are had, mitigation strategies are put into place, and transparency is taken to leadership for assistance when needed.

UI/UX alignment: work with your UX counterpart to ensure new features in the backlog have wireframes and UI designs ready to go as a critical step in sprint planning. This includes providing feedback on the designs and working with the UI team on design sprints as well as user acceptance testing.

Qualifications:

  • Fluent English.
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., business, computer science) or equivalent work experience.
  • Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment.
  • Experience in Product Management or as a Product Owner.
  • Experience with JIRA or other similar tools.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills.
  • Understanding of the industry, market trends, and customer needs.
  • Analytical and problem-solving abilities.
  • Strong organizational and time management skills.
  • Leadership and decision-making skills.

Certifications (optional):

  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
  • Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
  • Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)

The Accruent Product Owner plays a critical role in ensuring that a product or feature is developed with a focus on delivering value to the customer and the business. They act as a voice for the customer and are responsible for making key product-related decisions throughout the development process.


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Fortive Corporation Overview


Fortive’s essential technology makes the world stronger, safer, and smarter. We accelerate transformation across a broad range of applications including environmental, health and safety compliance, industrial condition monitoring, next-generation product design, and healthcare safety solutions.


We are a global industrial technology innovator with a startup spirit. Our forward-looking companies lead the way in software-powered workflow solutions, data-driven intelligence, AI-powered automation, and other disruptive technologies. We’re a force for progress, working alongside our customers and partners to solve challenges on a global scale, from workplace safety in the most demanding conditions to groundbreaking sustainability solutions.


We are a diverse team 18,000 strong, united by a dynamic, inclusive culture and energized by limitless learning and growth. We use the proven Fortive Business System (FBS) to accelerate our positive impact.


At Fortive, we believe in you. We believe in your potential—your ability to learn, grow, and make a difference.


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At Fortive, we believe in growth. We’re honest about what’s working and what isn’t, and we never stop improving and innovating.


Fortive: For you, for us, for growth.

Personal development and becoming the best you is all about growth and exploring new skills and opportunities – both in and out of the office. At Accruent, we call this Grow Without Limits, and we’re proud to offer each of our employees the resources, coaching and support necessary to achieve Growth Without Limits in their personal and professional lives. Explore where the path takes you. About Accruent At Accruent (a subsidiary or affiliate of Fortive Corporation), we strive to be on the cutting edge of the software world, providing purpose-built intelligent solutions that raise customer expectations, shift paradigms and transform the way businesses operate and achieve success.We aim to provide the same transformational growth for our 1,000+ employees which includes a vibrant office culture in major cities like Austin, London, and Amsterdam – and 10,000 customers in more than 150 countries – we know you’ll gain new experiences along the way. In our continued effort to help our teams Grow Without Limits, we provide all employees with the resources, coaching and support they need to reach new heights and experience true professional and personal development – and we do this because we believe it will help us grow as a global company in return.Every person can bring something incredible to the table, and we can always achieve more together. So, if you are courageous, adaptable, collaborative and interested in becoming the best you, we encourage you to join us for the ride – even if you don’t believe you have the exact experience to fill a particular role.Explore the path. Join Accruent. “We Are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Fortive Corporation and all Fortive Companies are proud to be equal opportunity employers. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristics protected by law. Fortive and all Fortive Companies are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment application process, please contact us at applyassistance@fortive.com. “

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