Delivery Product Owner - Midvale, UT, Houston, TX or Phoenix, AZ

Zions Bancorporation is one of the nation’s premier financial services companies operating as a collection of great banks under local brands and management teams in high-growth western markets. Zions is regularly recognized by American Banker as one of the “Best Banks to Work For” and as having a top banking team in its list of “The Most Powerful Women in Banking.” Our customers consistently vote us as the best bank in our local markets., We value our employees, and we are committed to search out, recognize and create fulfilling opportunities for outstanding people within our organization, rewarding them for their contributions to our success. We recognize that banking is a “local” business, and that to be successful, we must have very strong ties to the communities we serve and strong relationships with our customers. 

With benefits starting on day one, 12 bank holidays, profit sharing and company-matched 401(k) contributions, Zions is dedicated to being an employer of choice in our communities. At Zions, the possibilities are endless. You bring the talent; we bring the opportunity. 

Responsibilities:

·        Responsible to represent vision and customer needs to the team, answering questions and facilitating conversations needed to get the work done.

·        Responsible for providing context for, prioritizing and accepting the work demoed by the agile team, specifically ensuring the right value is delivered.

·        Actively participates in team ceremonies as a proxy for the customer/business.

·        Continuously engages with the business, technology and other key stakeholders to stay informed, nurturing strong and trusting relationships and increasing business knowledge to represent product vision, which includes technical enablers and managing technical debt.

·        Creates, owns and manages the team backlog, constantly collaborating with customers and the team to ensure work items are refined and prioritized.

·        Provides story detail and prioritizes via iteration planning and backlog refinement ceremonies. Collaborates with the team for demos and team retrospectives.

·        Accepts stories based on acceptance criteria and customer intent.

·        Identifies & prioritizes enabler work that could otherwise halt the velocity of the team.

·        Works closely with product management and technology to understand incoming features, program visions, program roadmaps and to help represent these to the team.

·        Exemplifies agile principles, encourages good practices, encourages and assists team in maturing.

·        Helps to identify and raises obstacles and allows the team to self-organize.

·        Understands and promotes the scrum process and values as tools for successful, predictable value delivery.

·        Champions mindset changes and belief re-sets required to affect the desired business results.

·        Encourages transparency to the organization to help grow trust.

·        Helps identify organizational impediments and works with the leadership team to create effective strategies to overcome them.

·        Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

·        Bachelor's degree in information systems, mathematics, computer science or a related field and 6+ yrs experience contributing to the strategic creation & building out of products, accelerating value delivery to customers, working with cross-functional teams to realize products, employing innovative mindsets & practices to product development (design-thinking, lean startup approach, MVP, rapid prototyping, frequent feedback cycles, customer centricity).

·        Experience as a Product Owner within a large enterprise utilizing scaling practices, building complex solutions using teams of teams, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) & agile methodology experience required. A combination of education and experience may meet job requirements. 

·        Advanced working knowledge of the agile frameworks & scaling models, Agile Values and Principles and the Scrum Methodology including iteration planning, backlog refinement, daily stand ups, iteration reviews and system demos, iteration retrospectives, PI Planning, Demos, Inspect & Adapt Workshops, Scrum-of-Scrums, PO Sync and ART Sync.

·        Strong understanding of the broader product development lifecycle in large enterprise settings.

·        Strong presentation, facilitation and interpersonal skills.

·        Strong decision making, problem resolution, listening and team building skills.

·        Strong planning, organizational, analytical and communication skills, both written and verbal.

·        Ability to work with various levels of leadership. Strong working knowledge in multiple agile practices: Scrum, XP, Lean, Kanban, XDD, Scrum@Scale, Nexus, SAFe, etc.

·        Ability to provide efficient, timely, reliable and courteous service to Agile COE customers and stakeholders.

Location:

• Position can be located in Midvale, UT, Houston, TX or Phoenix, AZ.

Benefits: 

·        Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance - START DAY ONE! 

·        Life and Disability Insurance, Paid Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

·        Health Savings (HSA), Flexible Spending (FSA) and dependent care accounts

·        Paid Training, Paid Time Off (PTO) and 11 Paid Federal Holidays, and any applicable state holidays

·        401(k) plan with company match, Profit Sharing, competitive compensation in line with work experience

·        Mental health benefits including coaching and therapy sessions

·        Tuition Reimbursement for qualifying employees enrolled in an accredited degree program related to the needs of the business, maximum of $5,250 per calendar year, employees are eligible for the program upon hire

·        Employee Ambassador preferred banking products