Key Skills and Qualifications:
- Process Improvement: Documenting & improving processes will be integral to success.
- Organization: Will need to be extremely organized in the face of fast-shifting priorities. Ability to document, track, and communicate improvement ideas across a variety of audiences.
- Experience: 2+ years as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or similar role, preferably within a tech or software development environment.
- Project Ownership: Proven ability to independently drive projects from concept to completion, ensuring timely delivery and quality standards.
- Agile Methodologies: Understanding of Agile and Scrum frameworks, with hands-on experience managing backlogs and leading sprints.
- Communication: Excellent communication skills with the ability to manage a variety of stakeholders, from technical teams to high-level business leaders.
- Detail-Oriented: Ability to balance short-term deliverables with long-term goals while maintaining high standards of quality and documentation.
- MVP Mindset: Advocate for MVPs, ensuring the team delivers quick value without sacrificing future scalability.
- Process Improvement experience leading teams through defining the process, highlighting problems, documenting and prioritizing improvements, and tracking improvements to completion.
- Experience in a startup-like environment with high visibility and fast-paced development cycles.
- Background in software development or a solid understanding of development practices (storyboarding, user stories, product UI/UX).
- Familiarity with software development methodologies and tools, such as Scrum and Kanban boards.
- Communication & Collaboration: Ability to work with a diverse group of internal customers, bridging the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Adaptability & Learning: Willingness to quickly learn new skill sets and methodologies to tackle unexpected challenges.
- Problem-Solving: A proactive mindset with the ability to find creative solutions to roadblocks or technical issues.
- This job offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of internal tools, contributing directly to business success with high visibility and impact.
location: Maple Grove, Minnesota
job type: Contract
salary: $38.45 - 43.45 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
- Process Improvement Change Management: leading teams through defining the process, highlighting problems, documenting and prioritizing improvements, and tracking improvements to completion.
- Process Improvement: Documenting customer processes and providing improvement ideas. Continuously seek opportunities to improve the development and delivery process for better outcomes.
- Full Product Ownership: Own the end-to-end lifecycle of internal tools and applications, from initial concept and MVP creation to delivery and ongoing improvements.
- MVP Development: Champion the MVP methodology, ensuring the product is "good enough for now" while maintaining the long-term vision and minimizing rework.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as the primary interface between internal customers, business stakeholders, and the development team to gather requirements, prioritize features, and align the product with business goals.
- Backlog Management: Maintain, prioritize, and refine the product backlog, ensuring it aligns with both customer needs and company objectives.
- Communication & Transparency: Provide clear communication to stakeholders, managing expectations and updating progress, timelines, and challenges.
- Adaptability: Respond quickly to changing requirements or demands with a proactive attitude toward problem-solving.
qualifications:
- Experience level: Experienced
- Minimum 2 years of experience
- Education: Bachelors
skills:
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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, an incentive and recognition program, and 401K contribution (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
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