Product Owner at Dialexa

Do you love to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to attack monumental challenges? Solve big problems? Be the voice of the customer to the team? Can you translate strategic intent into fully elaborated requirements? Can you quickly revise your strategy when new information comes to light?  

Dialexa is expanding and growing our reputation for high-quality end­-to-­end technology product development.  As an ideal candidate, you will be able to work with the Product Manager to formulate and understand the product strategy and vision.  You will translate that vision to the multi-disciplinary product team by creating, prioritizing, managing, and executing on the product backlog.  You will drive and articulate product value delivery through the agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily scrum, demo and retrospectives seeking improvement through every PI/Sprint.

At Dialexa, we develop on a wide array of technology platforms and frameworks including mobile, web, Internet of Things (IoT), wearables, and embedded devices. We have an awesome culture that includes perks such as healthcare benefits, PTO, wellness programs, and much, much more. To learn more about Dialexa, please visit www.dialexa.com.

Things that will excite you 

• A challenging environment that requires collaborative problem-solving
• A constant effort to coordinate, plan, track and communicate between your team and your client stakeholders
• Collaboratively creating user stories and translating those into more structured project plans 
• Creating Acceptance Criteria based on an in-depth understanding of client needs and product vision
• Effective collaboration with designers, developers, product managers, and clients
• Serving as an advocate for continuous process improvement
• A high level of autonomy and responsibility in the success of a project

Expectations (the more the better - we want great talent!)

• Demonstrated experience utilizing a pragmatic approach for taking products from concept to customers across industries
• Demonstrated experience with both the outward-focused (market and customer) and inward-focused (design and build) aspects of product management
• Leadership Skills: high emotional intelligence, excellent conflict resolution and collaboration skills
• Communication skills. You must be able to effectively communicate your thoughts and ideas to both team members and clients
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to justify requirements and features
• High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously with minimal supervision
• A strong understanding of agile software development project management methodologies
• Demonstrated ability to deliver projects on-time, within budget, meeting client expectations
• Ability to break down complex work streams into manageable tasks to develop a full project life cycle work plan
• Experience interacting with stakeholders, product managers,  and customers in delivery of technical solutions
• A genuine interest in the latest technological developments in software and testing
• Authorized to work in the United States

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in business analysis, solutions development or a related field
• 2+ years’ experience with Agile development (Scrum, Kanban, LEAN, etc.) and within an agile project team (either agile by definition or agile in ability to perform cross-functional tasks quickly)
• PMP or Scrum Master Certification, preferred
• Consulting experience a plus
• Degree in product design or engineering or equivalent experience required 
• Experience as a remote worker with a home-based dedicated workspace (equipment such as a computer will be provided)
• Must be comfortable being online and available approximately between 9AM to 5PM CST
• Must be able to travel to Dallas, Texas or the client location as requested (at a minimum of once a quarter)

This is a remote eligible posting available everywhere in the United States except for Colorado.