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Business Analyst

Looking for a passionate business product (future product owner) and team player who wants

to learn, contribute and have fun with the team. We are a friendly startup where we provide

opportunities to explore and learn a lot of things(new solutioning/technology/tools etc.,) in

building quality products using best-in-class technology.

● Understanding of Information Technology and business concepts

● Work with client to define high level requirements and capture their business needs

● Partner with the development team to understand and articulate the product vision of clients

● Collaborate with teammates to analyze and design the business requirements

● Analyze the as is situation and collaborate with clients

● Be an effective liaison between the client and the team to manage the product backlog and

keep an eye on the software delivery

● Well versed with Agile, Lean and Continuous delivery methodologies

● Must have exposure to functional testing

● Keep a track record for delivering impactful software with the collaboration of software

delivery team

Key Requirements:

● Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required

● Knowledge on Loans or Credits or Accounts or related areas

● Should have agile/scrum/kanban experiences like backlog creation EPIC, Stories

creation and Sprint

● Planning

Key Responsibilities

● Understand business requirements and create business specifications and solutioning

documents for the product

● Agile/Scrum - Epics, Story writing, Spring Planning (IPM), Retro, Backlog/Feature

management

● Understand how business operates and experience modeling business processes using

a different tools and techniques to ease requirement elicitation sessions

● Have a knack for resolving any conflicts as they arise

The ideal candidate will be familiar with the full software design life cycle. They should have experience in designing, coding, testing and consistently managing applications They should be comfortable coding in a number of languages and have the ability to test code in order to maintain high-quality code.

Responsibilities

• Design, code, test and manage various applications, Product Development
• Collaborate with the engineering team and product team to establish the best products
• Follow outlined standards of quality related to code and systems
• Develop automated tests and conduct performance tuning

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relevant field
• 6 to 10 years of experience working with .NET or relevant experience
• Must have experience in Product Development
• Experience developing web-based applications in C#, HTML, JavaScript, VBScript/ASP, or .NET, Angular 8+
• Experience working with MS SQL Server and MySQL Knowledge of practices and procedures for full software design life cycle
• Experience working in an agile development environment

Apply here: https://bit.ly/40GftaV

About Element5

Element5 is the world’s first Workflow Automation Solution purpose built for post-acute care. Element5 helps automate complex and repetitive tasks that enable teams to prioritize patient outcomes over administrative work, saving valuable time.

We’re fast-paced, supercharged, and led by industry veterans who have built several successful healthcare and IT products and now on a mission to improve care quality for millions of patients. We’re a two time CBInsights Digital Health 150 Honor Roll awardee and the 2022 Homecare Innovator of the Year. With $50 million in Series A and B funding, Element5 operates globally.

Element5 is looking for freshers to join our amazing team for the role of Associate Product Owner (APO). We’re looking for someone who is enthusiastic about technologies like AI & RPA, to elevate our current suite of solutions. The right candidate comes with a passion to build world class products, enthusiasm about learning to write clean code and leave a mark in healthcare technology. 

If you are looking for a place to kickstart your career to new heights and have the right foundation and attitude, we want to work with you. 

Job Description 

What is in it for you? 

• Put your name to a one-of-its-kind product that is revolutionizing a niche segment in healthcare. 
• Be a part of an aggressively growing organization with opportunities to learn new skills and sharpen existing ones. 
• Join in a culture that truly believes “every idea has merit in it” and bring your best innovation forward. 
• Experience working with a network of global teams and experienced leaders in healthcare
• Get mentored by some of the industry’s best and brightest. Element5’s team is built of radical individuals with armoires of achievements. 
• Experience the perks of working in an entrepreneurial environment and quickly grow your career trajectory. 
• Above average industry grade pay, various perks, and benefits to boot. 

What we ask you to bring with you 

• Bring your mojo and a passion for engineering and building tangible products
• Enhanced curiosity. Always be thinking about new ways to solve old problems
• The want to keep learning and building new skills 
• Be a problem solver, and help us identify new ways to solve old problems
• Qualification: BE,BBA,BCA,MCA,MBA. 
• Note: Only freshers from batches of 2022 and later are allowed to apply. Candidates must be based in Tamil Nadu.

What your role will look like 

• The product owner is accountable for each stage of the development process and the final product. 
• They take a primary role in inspecting and evaluating product progress through each iteration.
• The product owner makes the judgment call on the performance, deciding if the team needs to go back to the drawing board or if they can move on to the next steps.

What our interview process looks like: 

First, complete the Online Registration.

Round 1: Aptitude Round (Shortlisted candidates from the Registration, will receive the link for Online Test) 

Round 2: Online Assignment (Shortlisted candidates will be given a task to complete) 

Round 3: Virtual meet with our Technical panel (Via Zoom or Hangout meet) 

Round 4: Final level discussion 

Meet our expectations and you are in! :)

Meet our expectations and you are in! :)

• Minimum 8+ years of experience working in a IT environment of which 5+ years as a  product manager/Product Owner for a web/mobile product
• Experience working with business, technical and external stakeholders to elicit inputs to draft out roadmaps
• Excellent communication skills ( written, verbal, presentation) 
• ability to create and present product roadmaps 
• Ability to breakdown the roadmap into Epics, detailed user stories, create backlog items. 
• Must be able to communicate business requirements to tech teams 
• Must be able to work in a team and also independently 
• experience in mobile game design will also be considered Extremely good when it comes to understanding usability issues and creating mock-up screens High intelligence, ability to conduct 
• Coding languages (ex: Java, Reactjs)  is a plus
• strong market research and come up with a well-articulated business plan Should be in regular touch with the latest happenings in the technology world Outstanding 
• communication skills both oral and written 
• Demonstrated ability to analyze business issues across multiple domains 

What will you be doing at Enalo?

• Understand the problem statement and derive potential product solutions.
• Conduct market research, competitor analysis and user research.
• Collaborate with multiple teams to take the product forward.
• Participate in product strategy, build a roadmap and execute to bring products to life.
• Manage product requirement definition and feature identification for future initiatives, including documentation of prioritized feature sets and use cases.
• Lead the development and QA teams at the appropriate times to realise the goals of the product.
• Own scrum and all the related activities like sprint planning, and release.
• Create user stories and use cases for product features.
• Look for roadblocks and mitigate risks.
• Organize daily stand-ups, brainstorming and review sessions.
• Maintain backlogs and prioritize them effectively.
• Experience the product as an end-user and identify gaps to make the product better. And ensure users can see the value of the product!
• Craft product presentations and do demos.
• Define product metrics and speak through data.
• Be a driving force in assembling the resources necessary to ship high-impact products and features, and facilitate communication throughout the development process.
• Work with the release process and support teams to ensure that the product is released successfully and any issues in production are resolved quickly.
• Measure and analyse the success of a product or feature using internal tools as well as tools like Google Analytics
• Efficiently manage agile development of the product.
• Contribute to the product's 'Go To Market' Strategy.

Skills required :

• Strong familiarity with product development, user flows and UI experience.
• Proven ability to successfully manage all phases of the product development lifecycle.
• Expertise with web/mobile analytic tools.
• Excellent organizational, statistical, strategic thinking, problem-solving, analytical, written and oral presentation and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of agile management (Scrum).
• Ability to break the ground through research and data analysis.
• Good collaboration, design thinking and presentation skills.
• Affinity to marketing.
• Preferred experience in product development as an engineer
• Preferred experience in a product company
• Experience in building or working with an early-stage tech product startup would be a plus.
• Excellent organizational, statistical, strategic thinking, problem-solving, analytical, written and oral presentation and communication skills.
• Experience in B2B SaaS/Payments will be added advantage.

THIS IS FOR YOU, IF YOU:

1. Love technology and have an innate interest in coding and building products.
2. Aren’t afraid of taking ownership and accountability. You love challenges and won’t stop till you haven’t found a solution.
3. Possess knowledge of Software development industry best practices.
4. Have hands-on experience and expertise in the technical competencies needed for the job, so that you can work independently.
5. Are passionate about the travel/hospitality space and can understand the nuances of hotel operations.
6. Know how to have fun and smile often.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Identify potential product ideas/features based on market research and discussions with
   customers and other stakeholders.
2. Design and drive the roadmap for the product – vision & strategy, feature definition, and milestones.
3. Manage end to end product – from concept, to design, development, testing to deployment/launch.
4. Manage Product Backlog
5. Competitive Benchmarking
6. Define success criteria for products and review usage/metrics.
7. Be responsible for Product Improvement and Innovation based on technology and market trends, as well as customer needs and feedback.

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE:

1. B.E./B.Tech + MBA (preferred but not mandatory).
2. At least 10+ years of total experience with 5+ years of relevant experience.
3. Excellent communication skills (active listening, verbal and written) - ability to comprehend and translate vague requirements into clear, detailed documentation.
4. Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
5. Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills.
6. Solid understanding of technology. Preferably past experience working as an engineer.

1. To ANALYZE Business Requirements end-to-end & Documenting Requirements
2. Write Good User Stories (Preferably using INVEST techniques)
3. Specify acceptance criteria for features and user stories to ensure delivery of requirements that meet or exceed the business needs 
4. Create wireframe prototypes, Mockups and documenting them using Visio or similar tools
5. Document requirements by creating use cases, functional and requirement specifications documents
6. Collaborate with internal teams to ensure proper documentation of the product capabilities
7. Own the Product backlog, elaborating and prioritizing user stories to be included in the backlog 
8. Presenting the product capabilities, gathering requirements and identifying gaps 
9. Interface with clients and partners to understand business environments, current and future requirements; participate as a solutions expert
10. Roadmap prioritization, conceptualize new product features, and assist with competitive positioning

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Backlog ownership: Work with the development pod as Product Owner
• Execution: Providing vision and direction to the Agile development team, and other stakeholders and creating / managing requirements
• Prioritization: Plan and prioritize the product feature backlog and development for the product
• Flow: Ensure that the team always has an adequate amount of tasks to work on
• Collaboration: Work with Development Managers, Solution Architect, Delivery, and the development team(s) on estimation in order to deliver the project or program
• Technical: Work with Solution Architects to define the technical solutions and strategy for the product features
• Quality: Work with QAs to understand, document, triage and fix live issues or bugs
• Planning: Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories
• Expertise: Gain and maintain a deep understanding of cloud governance-based business processes and workload deployments providing focus and prioritisation to product development processes
• Product Management: Contribute to product strategy, proposition development, prioritisation and release planning 

Minimum Requirements:

• 5+ years of Product ownership or related experience, with a significant part of it working on Cloud and SaaS technologies
• Outstanding collaboration, communication, listening, presentation and leadership skills
• Comfortable being hands-on in a fast-paced, ambiguous and rapidly changing environment
• Strong champion of Agile product development and tooling
• Exceptional road mapping skills and product domain knowledge
• Deep analytical, problem solving and communication skills
• Highly organised with great project management skills
• Numerate and data driven decision-maker
• Self-starter, able to work with minimal guidance and adapt to changing requirements

Desired:

• Experience of different project management tools and methodologies
• Interest in new technologies and development processes
• Interest in SaaS & Cloud computing
• AWS, Azure or GCP certification preferred.

Primary Skills & Criteria [Mandatory]

• Technology Business Analyst
• Experience with Finance IT, EPM IT, ETL Processes
• Minimum Work Experience: 12+ years

Other Requirements [Good to have]

• Exposure to tools like Jira, Confluence, etc.
• Exposure to development and production support processes
• Exposure to EPM tools [e.g., HFM, FMDEE, etc.]
• Candidate should be able to lead and track technical developments/tasks independently and present status to management
• Candidate should be self-motivated and self-sufficient to work independently without much supervision
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Role Duties/Activities

The Technology “Agile Business Analyst” or “Business Analyst” is responsible for ensuring the team works within an Agile delivery method and that their backlog of requirements and analysis feed into Technology Projects and Programmes successfully.

This role will carry out some or all of the following activities:

• Assures delivery through the entire life cycle of the project of user requirements through to live
• Managing the capture, analysis, and documentation of business process (including IT processes)
• Designing solutions or change interventions
• Oversee change management activities which can include diverse tasks such as timeline planning to
• stakeholder engagement
• Manage or collaborate in change interventions such as training and communication
• Tracking and documenting progress and managing status reporting
• Managing implementation of solutions
• Risk identification, risk reporting and devising interventions to mitigating risks
• Budget management and forecasting
• Management of external service providers
• Support Technology teams to manage delivery proactively, balancing scope, schedule, resourcing, dependencies, communications, etc.
• Work with the Technology team and Product Owner to drive improvements in productivity through backlog management, maturity in the use of Agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, Lean), and corresponding management of dependencies
• Oversee the monitoring and reporting of progress, issues, dependencies, risks to the stakeholders
• Ensure adherence to standard controls and drives teams to achieve compliance and framework,
• capability management, Security controls and technology architecture designs

Primarily we look for below following criteria :

• Good requirement gathering / BA skills
• Experience of Agile framework
• Domain – BFS : Wholesale / Retail etc. 
• Data Analytics & AI, Digital Banking experience

Headquartered in Bangalore, our client is the world's first cross-border neobank that focuses on credit and banking requirements of those migrating from India to the US. This revolutionary startup helps you apply for a bank account and a high-limit credit card with minimal documentation and absolutely no application fee while you are still in your home country.

The company is truly simplifying the financial world by making global financial products easily accessible to global citizens. Their mission is backed by tier 1 VCs and they have already raised in excess of 55 mn dollars within the last one year.

As a Senior Product Manager, you will be responsible for managing and taking ownership of product end to-end including defining scope, developing requirements and product launch.

• Analysing customer needs/markets, competitive offering and user requirements in depth
• Coordinating with various functions to ensure product roll-out within defined timelines, understanding product priorities and implementing a product governance framework
• Conceptualizing innovative features, designing wireframes/ prototypes and documenting PRDs to enhance app usability
• Working collaboratively with various teams including marketing, business, UX, customer support and engineering teams etc.

What you need to have:

• MBA/ B.E from Tier 1 Colleges (IIM/ ISB/ IIT/ BITS)
• 8+ years of B2C product experience at a product company
• Prior experience in tech roles is a plus
• Comfort diving into data and deriving tangible insights
• Proven track record of shipping several high impact features end-to-end
• Fintech experience is a plus
• Prior startup experience is a plus    

As a Salesforce Product Owner, you will lead the product intake, backlog prioritization, strategy, and roadmap of the Salesforce platform. Furthermore, you will lead the team with discovery to create a development-ready story to be handed off to the development team. The company is looking for a candidate with Salesforce and Agile framework experience.

• The role requires strong leadership across multiple teams and departments, the ability to communicate with influence, and a technical aptitude
• The ideal candidate will have proven Salesforce product knowledge as well as the ability and experience to demonstrate how they have improved efficiencies in product management using their product expertise.

The Product Owner will work with business groups:

• To understand demand
• Collaborate with the business to develop detailed requirements
• High-level design and technical architecture
• They will also lead many of the Agile ceremonies and will ensure the team meets its goals on time and within budget.
• Managing integration across the platform is also a key role

This role is a strategic, senior-level individual contributor who will own a portfolio of products/initiatives as well; including:

• Owning reporting and analytics on product work,
• Establishing and maintaining metrics to measure the performance of work,
• Creating and sustaining relationships with other organizations (IT, industry teams, etc.),
• Facilitating working sessions/steering committees to drive performance and
• Communicating directly with Senior Leaders from different areas of the organization.

The position also serves:

• To define scope and benefits
• Create user stories
• Develop a roadmap
• Track budget performance
• Validate IT related design and development work
• Partner with the business to ensure end-user acceptance testing
• Monitor an initiative post-launch to ensure benefit realization.

Additional job duties/responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

• Identify and ability to negotiate with Vendors for IT Sub-contracting
• Working closely with key stakeholders and internal partners throughout the organization to gather requirements
• Creating, maintaining, and prioritizing the product backlog according to business value for the life of the project
• Developing & conveying the vision of what is to be built
• Acting as the key product feature decision-maker., maximizing the value of the product
• Communication of product backlog priorities
• Handoff of development-ready stories to the development team
• Assisting with the elaboration of epics, themes, and features into user stories that are small enough, or granular enough, to be achieved in a single sprint
• Decisions on release dates and content
• Participating in daily scrum, as needed
• Participating in sprint planning meetings, reveals, and retrospectives – inspecting the product progress at the end of every sprint to accept or reject the work that has been done by the development team
• Acting as the voice of the team, communicating status to stakeholders and internal partners

Basic Qualifications

• Four year Bachelor’s degree preferably in marketing, computer science, information systems, engineering, or related field
• 5+ years experience as a product owner
• 5+ years experience leading a technical team while simultaneously managing multiple projects
• 3+ years experience with the Agile methodology

Top candidates will also have:

• Salesforce development experience
• Salesforce Sales & Service Cloud experience
• Demonstrated ability to communicate to ensure a team’s success
• Strong accountability planning/organization and teamwork
• Highly developed interpersonal skills to deal with sensitive, emotional or potentially controversial situations.
• Experience managing projects using Agile software tools such as JIRA, Team Services, Rally
• Knowledge of the software development lifecycle
• Background in Information Technology

• Minimum of 9 yrs of experience as Business Analyst, 2 yrs exp as Product Owner
• Take the lead of scrum teams as the  Product Owner/Business Analyst
• Evaluating business processes, anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing and implementing solutions.
• Leading ongoing reviews of business processes and developing optimization strategies.
• Staying up-to-date on the latest process and IT advancements to automate and modernize systems.
• Conducting meetings and presentations to share ideas and findings.
• Performing requirements analysis.
• Documenting and communicating the results of your efforts.
• Effectively communicating your insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management.
• Gathering critical information from meetings with various stakeholders and producing useful reports.
• Working closely with clients, technicians, and managerial staff.
• Providing leadership, training, coaching, and guidance to junior staff.
• Allocating resources and maintaining cost efficiency.
• Ensuring solutions meet business needs and requirements.
• Performing user acceptance testing.
• Updating, implementing and maintaining procedures.
• Prioritizing initiatives based on business needs and requirements.
• Serving as a liaison between stakeholders and users.
• Managing competing resources and priorities.
• Monitoring deliverables and ensuring timely completion of projects.
• Exceptional analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
• The ability to influence stakeholders and work closely with them to determine acceptable solutions.
• Advanced technical skills.
• Excellent documentation skills.
• Fundamental analytical and conceptual thinking skills.
• Experience creating detailed reports and giving presentations.
• Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, and PPT.
• A track record of following through on commitments.
• Excellent planning, organizational, and time management skills.
• Experience leading and developing top performing teams.
• Providing vision and direction to the Agile development team and stakeholders throughout the project and create requirements 
• Ensure that the team always has an adequate amount of prior prepared tasks to work on
• Plan and prioritize product feature backlog and development for the product
• Define product vision, road-map and growth opportunities 
• Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy
• Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories
• Work closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROI
• Lead the planning product release plans and set the expectation for delivery of new   functionalities
• Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals
• Research and analyze market, the users, and the roadmap for the product
• Follow our competitors and the industry 
• Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends

Attention: We are looking for Immediate joiners!

Executive Summary

Are you looking to level up? The Senior Product Owner (Digital Transformation) role at FirstPrinciples and the partner that you will be staffed with is a multi-million-dollar digital transformation initiatives on web and mobile with one of the largest Luxury Home Builders in the United States.

About FirstPrinciples & The Role

FirstPrinciples is a Tech Holding company with a Venture Studio as part of its holdings. One part of the Venture Studio business at FirstPrinciples is about working with large enterprises on long-term digital transformation initiatives within their organization. The position that we are currently hiring for involves a multi-million-dollar digital transformation initiatives for one of the largest Luxury Home Builders in the United States. Our scope involves working as expert consultants to advice and execute on upgrading the IT & Tech different internal and stakeholder facing systems within their organization. We are working on both web and mobile platforms.  

Who is This For?

This is for an experienced Product Owner/Manager who is looking to take their career to the next stage by working on a large-scale initiative that will challenge and extend their current capacities.

At FirstPrinciples, we truly act as a Tech Strategic Consultant along with having the operational capacity to implement the suggested recommendations. This role is for someone who is able to provide recommendations to the client while having the ownership of the end deliverables. While we have technical leaders also staffed within this partnership, we are looking for someone who can talk the talk with senior engineers and tech architects and understand their recommendations and its implications.  

Requirements

• One of the following certifications (PRINCE2, CSP, CAPM, CBAP (BABOK), Agile, CSP, CSPO, PMPO)
• Experience in independently managing, End-to-End Business Analysis, Product Analysis, Project Management for complex IT Projects and Products / Apps
• Working with Client to understand provide Consulting or Business Solutions, Problem Solving Approach and Skills, Strong Analytical Skills, should be able to read between the lines
• Managing scope via release management and planning and creating User-Stories, Running Sprints Cycle and Experience working with a team of 15-20 resources
• Requirements Gathering, Requirements Analysis, Requirements Management, Requirements Elicitation, Requirements Matrix (RTMs)
• Experience in Developing Low-Level and High-Level Prototyping using Wireframes tools (using any of the latest wireframing tools, such as JustInMind, Adobe XD, MockFlow, etc)
• Ownership of the Product Backlog & Deliverables and developing the User Stories & Release Planning
• Experience in Writing and Maintaining Business Requirement Documents (BRD) or PRDs and Functional Specification Document (FSD), Software Requirements Specification (SRS)
• Should have experience in creating Project Budgeting, Creating Efforts Estimations (EE), Presentation Decks, and Clean Documentation 
• Experience in Writing Test Cases and Managing UAT and Deployment 
• Analysis: GAP, Fish-bone Analysis, RCA (Root Cause Analysis), MoSCOW
• Experience in Consulting clients on Problem Statements V/s Solution Building based on AS-IS and TO-BE
• Experience converting Business Cases to Technology case and Building Products from scratch thus Translating Business Requirements into Software Requirement Specifications
• Interacting with the Technical team to ensure Delivery and Implementation of the Software Solution/Projects
• Client Relationship Management, Excellent at English Speaking, and Written Communication
• Understanding of Change Management, Risk Management and Project Management

Management Skills

1. Excellent Written and Oral Communication Skills and Etiquettes
2. Excellent Presentation Skills 
3. Experience in working with Onshore and Offshore Teams and Experience handling Cross-Functional Projects, Resources and Clients
4. Experience dealing with Pressure and Meeting strict Project Deadlines
5. Leadership and Motivational Skills to ensure the Work is being done by the Resources on time and within the specified budget
6. Conflict and Resolution Management
7. Prior experience in operations management - good to have 
8. Experience working with US Clients

TechStack & Platform

1. MEAN Stack (Web)
2. Native iOS & Android (Mobile)
3. AWS

• Gathering business and functional requirements.
• Developing requirements documents: goal model, functional modeling, business process, customer interactions/wireframes; writing high-level user requirements (Epics and User Stories) and Process flows/analysis in JIRA
• Preparing use cases and formal requirements documentation.
• Analyzing and simplifying the requirement scenarios and be able to write prerequisites, Acceptance Criteria. Work closely with the business and technology to gather & write end to end business testing requirements and acceptance criteria.  
• Ensuring that releases are getting completed as per timeline and quality by working closely with the product delivery team and keeping daily track of progress.  
• Coordinate UAT activities prior to new product releases and client onboarding events including tracking of defects and progress of resolution.
• Escalation of issues in a timely manner.
• Ensure adherence to audit, SLA and operational standards.
• Demonstrations of new functionality to business and technology users.  
• Work in tandem with the Documentation team to produce user manual and system documents.
• Work closely with the support team to ensure timely knowledge transfer  
• Providing analysis and support for the project management, application development, and QA teams throughout the development lifecycle.
• Acting as a liaison between the technology department and other business units.
• Working on RFI or RFP proposals. Participating in process studies or pre-sales process of responding to RFI, RFP, and proposals.
• Leading business and technical analysis sessions to support new development efforts to meet current and projected business needs.
• Quickly understanding the business issues and data challenges of clients organization and industry.
• Providing expertise on the system's capabilities/limitations as it relates to business goals.
• Preparing impact and opportunity assessments regarding the cost/benefit of proposed projects.
• Aligning stakeholders on business requirements, system requirements, program functions, and strategy.

• 4 + years of hands-on experience with software applications as a BA
• Proficient with tools like Jira, Confluence, Wiki, Ms-Word, Excel, and Visio, etc. 
• Have a good experience of the Agile Process(SCRUM) 
• Can validate, refine and optimize solution option models, Through analysis of options, can select the option with the greatest business benefit bearing in mind the customer's & product objectives
• Can form a recommendation or recommendations, with justification, to the decision making authority/s, Applies effective influencing strategies to enable Decisions.
• Is able to take fresh views and avoid rigid thought patterns, Is prepared to investigate and challenge the unknown, Applies common sense and doesn't go over the top
• Comprehends end to end business life cycle and stated/unstated needs of the customer in order to provide value  
• Shows a good understanding of the domain and visualize new features and requirements from industry best practice and document them for technical implementation  
• Is clear and concise and writes in a format which is focused on the reader, avoids unnecessary detail, Documents are presented in a professional format with good spelling and grammar, clearly identifying any missing or incomplete content.  
• Demonstrates active listening and values others input/expertise, diversity of views/opinions and responds appropriately.   

The ideal candidate is a self-motivated, multi-tasker, and demonstrated team-player. You will be a lead developer responsible for the development of new software products and enhancements to existing products. You should excel in working with large-scale applications and frameworks and have outstanding communication and leadership skills. 

Responsibilities

• Writing clean, high-quality, high-performance, maintainable code
• Develop and support software including applications, database integration, interfaces, and new functionality enhancements
• Coordinate cross-functionally to insure project meets business objectives and compliance standards
• Support test and deployment of new products and features
• Participate in code reviews
• Technical Lead experience exploring other open source frameworks and technologies and integrating with project

Qualifications

• 5+ years of development experience at least two or more of the following languages (Python, Ruby, javascript and Java)
• Expertise in object oriented design and design patterns
• Experience releasing highly scalable enterprise products full lifecycle
• Experience mentoring and training others on complex technical issues
• Experience with implementing algorithms to solve complex real world problems
• Solid coding practices including good design documentation, unit testing, peer code reviews
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• A proven ability to learn and adapt to new, complex development environments with deep dive analytical skills
• Strong object-oriented programming skills, knowledge of design patterns, and an uncanny ability to design intuitive module and class-level interfaces
• Experience in algorithm design and problem solving
• Experience leading small teams of engineers
• Experience with technologies like MongoDB, DynamoDB is highly desirable
• Experience developing full stack web applications using Perl, Java, Python or PHP
• Experience in any of the top JavaScript MVC frameworks, like Backbone, Angular, Ember, Spine or Knockout
• Passion for creating efficient, scalable, highly usable web interfaces
• Candidates from  Product Start-up companies would be highly preferred.

Senior Product Owner (Digital Transformation)

Executive Summary
Are you looking to level up? The Senior Product Owner (Digital Transformation) role at FirstPrinciples and the partner that you will be staffed with is a multi-million dollar digital transformation initiatives on web and mobile with one of the largest large Luxury Home Builders in the United States.

About FirstPrinciples & The Role

FirstPrinciples is a Tech Holding company with a Venture Studio as part of its holdings. One part of the Venture Studio business at FirstPrinciples is about working with large enterprises on long-term digital transformation initiatives within their organization. The position that we are currently hiring for involves a multi-million dollar digital transformation initiatives for one of the largest Luxury Home Builders in the United States. Our scope involves working as expert consultants to advice and execute on upgrading the IT & Tech different internal and stakeholder facing systems within their organization. We are working on both web and mobile platforms. 

Who is This For

This is for an experienced Product Owner/Manager who is looking to take their career to the next stage by working on a large scale initiative that will challenge and extend their current capacities.

At FirstPrinciples, we truly act as a Tech Strategic Consultant along with having the operational capacity to implement the suggested recommendations. This role is for someone who is able to provide recommendations to the client while having the ownership of the end deliverables. While we have technical leaders also staffed within this partnership, we are looking for someone who can talk the talk with senior engineers and tech architects and understand their recommendations and its implications. 

Requirements

• One of the following certifications (PRINCE2, CSP, CAPM, CBAP (BABOK), Agile, CSP, CSPO, PMPO)
• Experience in independently managing, End-to-End Business Analysis, Product Analysis, Project Management for complex IT Projects and Products / Apps
• Working with Client to understand provide Consulting or Business Solutions, Problem Solving Approach and Skills, Strong Analytical Skills, should be able to read between the lines
• Managing scope via release management and planning and creating User-Stories, Running Sprints Cycle and Experience working with a team of 15-20 resources
• Requirements Gathering, Requirements Analysis, Requirements Management, Requirements Elicitation, Requirements Matrix (RTMs)
• Experience in Developing Low-Level and High-Level Prototyping using Wireframes tools (using any of the latest wireframing tools, such as JustInMind, Adobe XD, MockFlow, etc)
• Ownership of the Product Backlog & Deliverables and developing the User Stories & Release Planning
• Experience in Writing and Maintaining Business Requirement Documents (BRD) or PRDs and Functional Specification Document (FSD), Software Requirements Specification (SRS)
• Should have experience in creating Project Budgeting, Creating Efforts Estimations (EE), Presentation Decks, and Clean Documentation 
• Experience in Writing Test Cases and Managing UAT and Deployment 
• Analysis: GAP, Fish-bone Analysis, RCA (Root Cause Analysis), MoSCOW
• Experience in Consulting clients on Problem Statements V/s Solution Building based on AS-IS and TO-BE
• Experience converting Business Cases to Technology case and Building Products from scratch thus Translating Business Requirements into Software Requirement Specifications
• Interacting with the Technical team to ensure Delivery and Implementation of the Software Solution/Projects
• Client Relationship Management, Excellent at English Speaking, and Written Communication
• Understanding of Change Management, Risk Management and Project Management

Management Skills

1. Excellent Written and Oral Communication Skills and Etiquettes
2. Excellent Presentation Skills 
3. Experience in working with Onshore and Offshore Teams and Experience handling Cross-Functional Projects, Resources and Clients
4. Experience dealing with Pressure and Meeting strict Project Deadlines
5. Leadership and Motivational Skills to ensure the Work is being done by the Resources on time and within the specified budget
6. Conflict and Resolution Management
7. Prior experience in operations management - good to have 
8. Experience working with US Clients

TechStack & Platform

1. MEAN Stack (Web)
2. Native iOS & Android (Mobile)
3. AWS
   
   
   

• Take the lead of scrum teams as the Product Owner
• Providing vision and direction to the Agile development team and stakeholders throughout the project and create requirements
• Ensure that the team always has an adequate amount of prior prepared tasks to work on
• Plan and prioritize product feature backlog and development for the product 
• Define product vision, roadmap, and growth opportunities 
• Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics, and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy
• Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories 
• Work closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROI 
• Lead the planning product release plans and set the expectation for delivery of new functionalities 
• Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals 
• Research and analyze market, the users, and the roadmap for the product 
• Follow our competitors and the industry 
• Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends

• Previous overall working experience of 8-14 years, including 3-5 years working as a Product Owner. 
• Bachelor’s in Engineering 
• In-depth knowledge of Agile process and principles 
• Outstanding communication, presentation, and leadership skills 
• Excellent organizational and time management skills 
• Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills 
• Creative thinker with a vision 
• Attention to details