Product Owner

Product Owner 3

Location: Peoria, IL

Candidate Requirements

· Years of experience required

· Degrees or certifications required

· Top 3 Skills

· Disqualifiers/Overqualifications

· Performance indicators Education & Experience Required: - Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 5-7 years exp. - No degree but with 8-10 years exp in this capacity is good as well.( IT, cloud software background is ideal) Skill Descriptors Business Analysis: Knowledge of business analysis and the set of tasks, techniques and tools required to identify business needs; ability to recommend solutions that deliver value to stakeholders. Level Working Knowledge: • Analyzes the value of a business and its functions through the value estimation of assets. • Applies the prerequisites to a project before starting the business analysis process. • Collaborates with stakeholders, development teams, testing teams, etc., to deliver business solutions. • Documents the business case to justify the requirements of time and resources of a project. • Utilizes diverse analysis tools and methodologies to group different business activities based on shared characteristics or similarities. Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and

techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment. Level Extensive Experience: • Differentiates assumptions, perspectives, and historical frameworks. • Evaluates past decisions for insights to improve decision-making process. • Assesses and validates decision options and points and predicts their potential impact. • Advises others in analyzing and synthesizing relevant data and assessing alternatives. • Uses effective decision-making approaches such as consultative, command, or consensus. • Ensures that assumptions and received wisdom are objectively analyzed in decisions. Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors. Level Extensive Experience: • Reviews others'' writing or presentations and provides feedback and coaching. • Adapts documents and presentations for the intended audience. • Demonstrates both empathy and assertiveness when communicating a need or defending a position. • Communicates well downward, upward, and outward. • Employs appropriate methods of persuasion when soliciting agreement. • Maintains focus on the topic at hand. Software Change Request Management: Knowledge of software change request management; ability to manage software product change requests from customers, prospective customers, vendors, and internal staff. Level Extensive Experience: • Describes methods for estimating costs for request fulfillment. Caterpillar: Confidential Green • Defines responses for non-standard or unsupported change requests. • Contributes to the design and development of request process flow and templates. • Clarifies description, components affected, need, cost estimate, risk, resources, status. • Manages all aspects of the change request process. • Researches new tools and techniques for monitoring product efficacy. Software Engineering: Knowledge of software engineering; ability to deliver new or enhanced fee-based software products. Level Working Knowledge: • Identifies considerations for product integration with multiple platforms and systems. • Works with development or delivery of a software package or component. • Describes phases, activities, deliverables and processes for a specific methodology. • Works with structured documents for developing features, functions, plans and schedules. • Describes software design practices, technologies, and considerations. Software Problem Management: Knowledge of strategies, practices and tools for resolving software problems; ability to manage software problems in installed software products. Level Working Knowledge:

• Documents resolution progress and provides feedback to customers. • Describes issues and consideration for resolving problems involving other products or vendors. • Works with tracking and resolving common types of problems for a product or product group. • Describes actions, tools, and procedures for problem reporting, solving, and resolution. • Cites examples of unusual problems; follows proper notifications and escalation procedures. Software Product Business Knowledge: Knowledge of and experience with the business aspects and operation of a software product; ability to manage install base, current uses, future plans, and product vision. Level Extensive Experience: • Participates in enhancing the sales process and expanding sales opportunities. • Collects, documents, and maintains product functional requirements; makes recommendations. • Supports and participates in major installations and customizations. • Maintains and disseminates information on customer use and experiences. • Has knowledge of all advanced business features and functions of the product. • Relates experiences with unusual or non-traditional uses; assesses opportunities and challenges. User Acceptance Testing (UAT): Knowledge of UAT activities, tasks, tools and techniques; ability to design, implement and evaluate acceptance tests for end-users. Level Extensive Experience: • Compares and contrasts features and benefits of major acceptance testing frameworks. • Critiques user acceptance plans for appropriateness and completeness. • Develops approaches for acceptance testing following legal or contractual agreements. • Monitors end-users in defining the testing environment and acceptance criteria; explains the importance of being actively involved in test designs and other testing phases. • Applies user acceptance testing in typical software development scenarios. • Consults on test strategies, components, processes, plans and approaches during the user acceptance testing process. Disqualifiers/Red Flags/Overqualifications: - Consistent job hopping/ choppy tenure - If candidate is not local but open to relocation on their dime and being there in office day 1, please make that clear on the resum