Sr. Product Owner / Product Delivery Lead

POSITION

Senior Product Owner / Product Delivery Lead

LOCATION

Philadelphia, PA

REPORTS TO

Director, Delivery

WHO WE ARE

Stuzo is the leading provider of personalized and predictive commerce solutions for retailers, powered by software products, software services, and insights platforms. Stuzo’s services include digital product strategy, product design, and product engineering.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Senior Product Delivery Lead to join our growing Services Delivery team. In this role, you’ll take on the scrum Product Owner responsibilities and work closely with engineering, UX/design, QA, and DevOps team members, work directly with clients and with internal stakeholders, to define, design, and delivery software solutions for some of the world’s largest brands. You’ll participate in the full product lifecycle, from ideation through strategy, design, engineering, delivery, ongoing innovation, and maintenance and support. You’ll work across technical and non-technical teams as a bridge between business outcomes and technology.

Stuzo values diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Stuzo supports Women Who Code and other organizations which work to support advancement of diverse workplaces in technology.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Manage the product development lifecycle from design/concepting to launch.

Work with Stuzo’s client services team, internal operations and technology stakeholders, and engineering teams to create all project-related documents containing scope, goals, deliverables, required resources, and schedule
Run Stuzo’s Agile design and engineering process, including sprint planning, standups, sprint demos and retrospectives, planning poker, and more
Manage product documentation and tasks using Confluence and Jira instance to ensure docs and tickets are clear, up to date, and aligned to the outcomes under your management
Work hand-in-hand with Stuzo clients, designers and engineering to define product technical requirements and build delivery plans, including resourcing breakdowns, burndowns (resource utilization over time), product budget management reports, and more
Be accountable for project results, schedule, margins, budget, and deliverables
Be accountable for preparing your team for client status presentations, review meetings, UAT sessions, delivery acceptance
Be maniacal about the details every day
Produce estimates required for each task in collaboration with Stuzo client services, design, DevOps, QA, and engineering teams
Keep an eye out for risk from all angles throughout the entirety of the product lifecycle and be and effective problem solver
Prepare effective written correspondence and present information to client and internal stakeholders
Provide consistent and comprehensive status updates/reports on project status

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

7+ years of technical project management or product owner experience with digital products, iOS/Android mobile apps, scalable web applications, and systems integration
Experience with agile (scrum/kanban) development methodologies
Experience managing and working with clients
Excellent presentation and interpersonal communication skills
Experience building gantt based project plans with roles, dependencies, milestones, etc.
Strong negotiation, organizational, and facilitation skills
Be a detail-oriented self-starter, capable of staying on track and pursuing solutions without supervision
The ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and handle multiple projects simultaneously
Be passionate about digital products and mobile technologies
Hands-on development experience a big plus (not required)