AGILE PRODUCT OWNER SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, AND JOB REQUIREMENTS
Published: Nov 21, 2024 – The Agile Product Owner possesses extensive business expertise in insurance sales, underwriting, and digital technology, with a proven ability to translate objectives into actionable plans and measurable outcomes. This role requires strong analytical skills through data review to generate insights, develop customer-centric strategies, and drive enhanced user experiences. The product owner also excels in Agile product ownership, managing complex projects, and leveraging tools like Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Tableau to deliver innovative solutions.
Essential Hard and Soft Skills for a Standout Agile Product Owner Resume
- Scrum
- Product Backlog Management
- User Story Mapping
- Release Planning
- Roadmap Development
- Agile Estimation
- Sprint Planning
- Kanban
- Jira
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Communication
- Leadership
- Problem-Solving
- Negotiation
- Collaboration
- Time Management
- Critical Thinking
- Conflict Resolution
- Adaptability
- Stakeholder Management
Summary of Agile Product Owner Knowledge and Qualifications on Resume
1. BS in Information Technology with 6 years of Experience
- Agile product owner experience relative to BI development, (preferably in a healthcare environment).
- Strong understanding of hospital information systems (EHR, ERP, MIS, etc.) and flow of information.
- Experience with healthcare business applications, including Epic, Infor/Lawson Kronos, and EPSi.
- Experience or training in human-centered design and/or design thinking.
- Strong understanding of operational, clinical, and financial opportunities within health systems and experience assessing or evaluating competing priorities based on value potential.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience making presentations across a wide range of audiences.
- Excellent judgment, critical thinking, problem-solving, abstract thinking, and decision-making skills.
- Proven track record of interacting professionally and effectively with individuals at all levels, including executives and physicians.
- Effective leadership skills and ability to listen, communicate, and motivate teams to achieve results.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Positive attitude and creativity when generating solutions.
2. BS in Computer Science with 5 years of Experience
- Experience as a Product Owner contributing to successful value delivery and agile methodology experience
- Significant knowledge of the agile frameworks and scaling models
- Hold Product Owner certification, and/or CBAP certification
- Experience contributing to strategic creation and building out of products, accelerating value delivery to customers
- Experience working with cross-functional teams to realize products, employing innovative mindsets and practices for product development
- Experience with JIRA, Azure Dev Ops (ADO), Confluence, or similar tools
- Excellent planning, organizational, analytical, and communication skills, both written and verbal
- Strong presentation, facilitation, and interpersonal skills, including coaching and mentorship qualities
- Excellent decision-making, problem-resolution, listening, and team-building skills
- Enthusiastic, energetic, determined, and positive – especially under pressure
3. BS in Management Information Systems with 4 years of Experience
- Experience with technical knowledge of software development
- Experience delivering technology-related services or offerings
- Experience working in a cross-functional, collaborative environment
- Ability to collect and analyze information solve complex problems rationally and make decisions on time
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in a consistent manner, fluent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Ability to make decisions quickly, sometimes based on incomplete information
- Able to manage projects, achieve project goals, and meet requirements effectively and on time
- Ability to bring different groups of people together to collaborate in a community setting
- Well-versed in agile product development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)
- Familiarity with different project management methodologies, tools, and defect-tracking systems
4. BS in Product Design with 2 years of Experience
- Experience and/or background in filling the role of Product Owner role in either Scrum or Scaled Agile Framework methodologies (with Scrum and/or SAFe certifications)
- Strong problem-solving, influencing, and critical-thinking skills with the ability to execute with limited information and ambiguity.
- Strong requirements elicitation, gathering, and documentation skills, at business, functional, and technical levels.
- Technical acumen with the ability to translate business needs into technical language and vice versa.
- Ability to manage customer requirements and scope discussions
- The ability to facilitate large groups (in person or over the phone) with little to no intervention.
- Ability to lead, guide, and drive early scope decomposition and architectural runway.
- Ability to collect and understand application solutions from the team and present them as options for business challenges
- Knowledge of project tools (with JIRA experience)
- Intermediate proficiency using Microsoft Office products such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and Visio
5. BS in Software Engineering with 3 years of Experience
- Business experience, ideally in insurance sales and underwriting
- Experience in digital experience/technology or customer-oriented experience with strong influencing skills and a collaborative partnership approach
- Experience reviewing reports and data to identify insights and hypotheses for testing and driving new and enhanced customer experiences
- Demonstrable experience translating business objectives into tangible plans, actions, and results
- Agile/product owner working experience
- Business acumen in Middle Large Commercial products and processes
- Comfortable dealing with ambiguity and developing new features, user stories, and processes
- Experience with Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, and Tableau
- Strong collaboration skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects/work-streams and to identify intersections and implications
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to understand audiences, tailor messages, and influence outcomes
6. BS in Computer Science with 9 years of Experience
- Agile development knowledge and experience
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to pay careful attention to detail
- Capacity to work well in groups and the ability to lead a team
- Ability to communicate regularly with key internal and external stakeholders often regarding critical/high-priority issues
- Ability to define and manage the team roadmap
- Proactive self-starter demonstrating a positive and willing attitude and excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience working as a Scrum Master with a Certified Scrum Master, SAFe Agile certification
- Understanding of AWS/Cloud technologies
- Proven experience managing multiple baselines across multiple environments
- Experience with collaboration tools, including Jira/Confluence and RocketChat
- Experience with ArcGIS or geospatial technologies