Enterprise Application Consultant - Remote

Overview

Within the TN Dept of Education, there are large programs and projects that must be delivered in order to meet the strategic goals set forth by the Agency.  The Information Technology team drives the technical solutions supporting the Department creating holistic academic and non-academic supports for K-12 students across Tennessee.

Job Responsibilities

The role of a Product Owner will be to:

Essential Skills

·       Be able to influence and instruct team members in a matrixed reporting relationship.[1,5,6]

·       Strong command of Agile philosophies and principles that drive team productivity. [8]

·       Document and maintain the IT solution vision and IT landscape of products and services [2,3]

·       Facilitate product vision and requirements gathering within an Agile project framework. [8,9]

·       Ability to take a solution and decompose it down to manageable workable deliverables. [9]

·       Strong organization skills [4,5,8]

·       Strong estimation skills [4,5,8]

·       Strong prioritization skills [4,5,8]

·       Strong ability to pivot as business needs change [4,5,8]

·       Excellent people skills [1,6,7]

·       Takes direction well, challenges when necessary [7,9]

·       Ability to trace requirements to delivered functionality [7,9]

·       Lead by Example, Accountable and works Interdependently [1-9]

·       Collaborates well within the team without a strictly defined operating structure.[6]

Requirements

·       3-5 years’ experience in Requirements Gathering and Solution definition as a Product Owner.

·       3-5 years’ experience in Agile methodologies, including leading scrum ceremonies.

·       Desire to guide and develop a high performing scrum team

·       Experience in documenting solutions

·       Demonstrated experience working in multiple, simultaneous IT projects and multi-year program delivery.

·       Strong customer service mindset and relationship building competencies

·       Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to simplify the complex

·       Experience working in a contractor and FTE resources in a matrixed environment

·       Experience with JIRA and Confluence

·       Experience with State Government processes beneficial but not essential

Requirements