Technical Product Owner

This is a Full Time Job

*ONLY CANDIDATES WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN SQL AND SCRUM MASTER CERTIFICATE WILL BE CONSIDERED.

Technical Product Owner

Description:

MRC Data (formally Nielsen Music) is looking for a Technical Product Owner to join the Music team. MRC Data is the industry leader in measurement and analytics of key happenings within the Music industry. This position will be working with a team of developers/software engineers responsible for building next generation systems. This includes highly visible strategic global convergence projects as well as new product development in this fast changing domain. The Technical Product Owner will be a well rounded professional who can lead development lifecycle as efficiently as possible in the context of the business and technical requirements with direct accountability for the executing enhancement to downstream products such as Music Connect & Fireball.

Responsibilities:

• Leverage Agile best practices with the goal of delivering high quality products and value within the agreed-upon metrics, schedule, and scope
• Manage the backlog, prioritization and sequencing the epics/features based on the inputs from Product Leadership & Portfolio team
• Accountable for intake, sizing, prioritization, translation of stakeholder requirements into features / user stories so scrum teams can successfully execute the work - including acceptance criteria and testing.
• Lead agile ceremonies (Standups, Sprint Planning, Retrospective, Design, Demos, Backlog Grooming)
• Protect the scrum team from sprint scope change/unplanned task being pushed for current sprint
• Ensure alignment on scope across all stakeholders throughout the lifecycle of product development & create trackable project plan for key initiatives on roadmap.
• Coordinate with required stakeholders for issues resolutions and other communications..
• Must have a technical background to understand the ongoing tech work, current system design and limitations.
• Become technical expert in Music platform- with understanding of end-to-end systems architecture and data flow as well as key clients and use cases

Qualifications:

• Product Owner / Scrum Master / Project Manager Certification
• Experience in Agile/Scrum development practices is required
• Ability to effectively manage multiple competing initiatives
• Ability to listen and quickly distill information to recommend a course of action in driving project deliverables or client escalations
• Client-facing experience with the ability to translate between internal and external client needs
• Strong communication, persuasion, interpersonal, and presentation skills
• Relationship management skills to influence cross functional decisions and build an excellent working relationship with cross functional peers
• Experience working with geographically distributed teams