Motion recruitment has partnered with a Financial Services company and are seeking a Data Product Owner for a 6 months contract to hire. As a member of an Agile Scrum team, the Product Owner will work directly with the business and be responsible for building Product roadmaps and backlogs. Will direct and coordinate the product development and serve as a collaborative liaison between the Product Management and Product Delivery teams by prioritizing and evaluating work. Will maintain the product/team backlog, leading backlog prioritization of initiatives, aligning experiences across channels and touch points to ensure the best business results.

Duration 6 months CTH

Location: Irving, TX

Term Hybrid ( 2 days in the office, Tuesday and Wednesday Preferred).

This position requires a onsite interview and candidates in the Dallas area are given preference. Candidates MUST be open to convert to full time without requiring any Visa sponsorship.

About the Role - Required Skills & Experience

• 2-4 years of Product Owner experience on an Agile Scrum team.
• 2-4+ years of data experience including data warehouse, data roadmaps, data strategy, data pipelines, data management.
• Jira or Tableau experience.
• Azure DevOps experience (or AWS or GCP)
• Working knowledge of risk management, loss control management and coordinating vendor relationships
• Thorough understanding of Vision/Roadmap creation, Portfolio/Program/Team Backlog creation, refinement and prioritization
• Proficient understanding of XML/JSON based APIs, Cloud Technologies, Service Virtualization, Test Data Management, and Data Driven Decision making
• Working knowledge of the Agile/SAFe Lean enterprise concepts and best practices and how they are applied in the workplace
• Experience working within a matrix organization, collaborating with business stakeholders, user experience teams, project managers, product managers, developers and others
• Requires one of the following Agile Certifications:
• Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO)
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO-PO)
• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM)
• SAFe Agile Product Management (APM)

What You Will Be Doing

• Act proactively to consistently deliver on commitments with little supervision
• Analyze and communicate customer requirements to provide innovative solutions and recommend system, product and process enhancements
• Identifies, evaluates and introduces new approaches/technology to use in product development
• Explore alternative ways to view and solve problems to achieve results beyond what is required
• Leverage innovation tools, creative processes, and diverse cross-functional experts to generate ideas
• Focus on constantly improving processes, products, and services and exploring innovative ways to do the job
• Takes advantage of opportunities to try unique ways of doing things and tests promising ideas to find new solutions
• Asks provocative questions to understand current practices and the customer's experience before moving to problem solving
• Seeks to understand and experience the full array of stakeholders' (eg, internal partners, suppliers, customers) behavior, needs, concerns, and desires to unlock new opportunities for innovation
• Communicates potential benefits of new ideas to stakeholders
• Influences others by creating a participative, empowered environment to gain acceptance of ideas or plans using appropriate interpersonal styles and methods
• Takes immediate action when confronted with a problem or when made aware of a situation
• Work collaboratively with the Program/Product Managers to advise on the creation and partners to communicate product road map initiatives to the teams that result in great experiences for our customers
• Create novel solutions with measurable value for existing and potential customers (internal or external)
• Measure product performance using key information, processes and systems to ensure accountability for achieving business results