Share Email Opening Title Junior Product Owner  Description RCN Capital is seeking a Junior Product Owner to join our Technology team! This is a great opportunity to play a key role in providing guidance and leadership to our development team and work directly with company leadership to features and workflow efficiencies to achieve the vision we have to remain an industry leader in both lending and technology. The Junior Product Owner will be responsible for developing product visions based on market dynamics, data analytics, and industry insight. The individual will help establish a strategy for a suite of products' implementation through the road mapping of features and their releases in collaboration with both business and engineering stakeholders and client interactions. They will work with various departments across the organization and provide leadership during all phases of the product's life cycle, ensuring its successful release and adoption. Ideal candidates do not necessarily need to have experience as a Product Owner or in a Product Management environment. Someone who is goal-oriented, possesses an understanding of technology, specifically an understanding of API's, general programming syntax, database structures and the like, and has an interest in working within an entrepreneurial business environment would be a strong candidate. Primary Responsibilities: Define and document product roadmaps including major feature sets to be delivered, and timing of minor and major version upgrades Define and document detailed requirements (product requirements documents, user stories, PBIs or similar) in support of development efforts Develop and sustain deep understanding of how our applications are used and consumed by internal and external customers, including future enhancement requests and strategic differentiators of our services vs competitors Approve and oversee product releases, create release notes, user/developer documentation, and notify and train support teams Communicate regularly with product stakeholders to ensure their needs are met and requirements/goals are achieved Evaluate the expected ROI of specific feature sets or new products and compare to actual results if implemented As subject matter expert (SME), manage day-to-day operations of product(s), coordinate product maintenance/support efforts, and evaluate reported bugs for escalation and triage Assist key customers with onboarding/integration as necessary The position will also be responsible for: Customer and market research Business case development and justification to organizational leadership Collaboration with team members such as user experience designers, engineering, content curators, quality assurance, and project management Coordination of user and A/B testing, and the analysis of the results Ownership of the quality and user adoption of product releases Monitoring of product usage and needed enhancements/fixes   Position Requirements Skills: Solid grasp of developing applications including some combination of web applications, mobile applications, desktop applications and services or APIs The ability to manage the trade-offs between delivering products on time and on budget, while balancing the demands of user needs and project constraints Strong communication skills (verbal & written) Excellent organization, planning, and prioritization skills Excellent collaboration skills Aptitude for analytical reasoning Preferred Skills: Excellent cross-functional project management skills Knowledge of Agile/Scrum Methodologies User-Centered Design concepts Experience: Experience with software development is ideal Experience with Scrum or other agile development methodology, including prior experience as a Product Owner a plus Experience working in a product management environment preferred Working in a fast-paced, market-driven organization required Working within an entrepreneurial environment Strong leadership acumen Prior experience as a developer, tester or equivalent experience on a software engineering team also ideal Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Management Information Sciences, Engineering, Business/Economics required Schedule: Full Time Monday-Friday, 9:00AM to 6:00PM   Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time   Shift Days   Division RCN Capital   Exempt/Non-Exempt Exempt   Req Number ENG-21-00022   Location Hartford County - RCN   EOE Statement We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.   This position is currently not accepting applications. To search for an open position, please go to http://prolific1.appone.com

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