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Department OverviewMotorola’s Software Enterprise organization is a fast-paced organization at the front line of driving growth throughout Motorola Solutions. The Command Center Software team is building public safety solutions that bring the capabilities of the suite together into a single, user-centered workflow and help public safety manage data across their operation.
Job Description
The product owner is responsible for the ownership and managing of the backlog for their assigned value stream(s), contributes to the product roadmap, and understands customer and market needs for the PremierOne product. The product owner works in partnership with the product manager and relies on their technical knowledge and background to define user stories and acceptance criteria, engage with assigned Engineering teams, and groom the backlog. The ability to deeply understand technical architecture, define engineering behind features, and translate high-level customer functional requirements into technical for development is a crucial skill. In addition, the ability to describe the impact of technical requirements on customers, non-technical sales, and support resources is a must.
This position will be responsible for filling the agile product owner role for the PremierOne product. In this role, the product owner champions the needs of the user, customer, and other stakeholders throughout the development process to ensure that what is delivered meets the goals, objectives, and desired outcomes of the project. To be successful, one must manage multiple projects simultaneously, at various stages of their development, from idea to completed feature.
Responsibilities
Develop strong relationships with UI/UX teams and work in close partnership with research and design colleagues
Actively involved in initiative and epic refinement as an integral member of the Product Management team
Responsible for building, editing, and maintaining the team backlog, including user stories, defects, and research spikes
Review and prioritize the backlog as part of the preparatory work for release and sprint planning, including coordination of dependencies with other POs
Contribute to the roadmap
Involved in release planning, reviewing vision, and content presentations to assigned engineering team(s)
Collaborate with the team to detail user stories with acceptance criteria
Maintain the proper flow of features, user stories, and acceptance criteria in the backlog
Agree on accepted story completion, including validating that the story meets acceptance criteria and that it complies with the Definition of Done (DoD)
Understand the scope of needed research spikes and collaborate with Engineering to assist with decision-making and sequencing of the critical technological infrastructures
Collaborate with the team and any other stakeholders in the team demo
Lead and participate in the appropriate agile ceremonies
Basic Requirements
Bachelor's Degree
4+ years of progressive experience in business analysis, product ownership, product planning, product management, or engineering
Agile/Scrum experience
Technical Knowledge of Enterprise Hardware Platforms.
Firm understanding of software design, user interaction, and user interface design
Deep technical knowledge in software development methodologies
Technical skills and knowledge of on-prem or cloud services and development
Align with the enhanced focus on prioritizing and developing important aspects of mission-critical products, such as availability, reliability, and stability
Excellent communication skills - both verbal and written
Polished presentation skills for internal and external audiences
Proactive, enthusiastic attitude toward challenging problems
Capable of quickly evaluating and prioritizing new projects alongside customer feedback
Strong ability to take complex user requirements and distill them into a format that is intuitive and clear to developers as well as non-technical staff
Ability to research and analyze project requirements from various stakeholders
Build consensus among stakeholders
Ability to work independently and as part of a diverse team spread across multiple continents in a fast-moving environment
Ability to multi-task among various assignments
Understanding of product management and product ownership principles
Fluent in English
Desired Skills
Experience utilizing product and project management tools such as Aha!, Jira, and DevOps
Experience within the Public Safety industry is a plus
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Travel RequirementsNone
Relocation ProvidedNone
Position TypeExperiencedReferral Payment PlanNo
EEO Statement
Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.
We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.