Product Owner

Role: Product Owner
Location: Seattle, WA (Onsite)
Duration: Contract
Work Authorization: (H1B/H4 EAD/L2 EAD/USC/GC)
Client: Cognizant
Mandatory: Product Owner, Experience in the airlines industry
Experience: 11 to 13 Years

Job Description:

Must-Have Skills:

1. Strong product management skills (Backlog grooming, prioritization, refinement, roadmap building).
2. Excellent communication skills with proven past experience of working with business stakeholders.
3. Experience in the airlines industry.
4. Experience of working in integration or merger engagements (Good to have).

Responsibilities:

1. Strong product owner skills including backlog grooming, refinement, prioritization, feature/user stories creation, sprint planning, lead & contribute agile ceremonies.
2. Keep a close track of the sprint deliverables. Work with the team and deliver features as per the milestones, lead sprint demo.
3. Manage technology projects or multiple technical and Line of Business workstreams within the broader project or program. Develop, implement, and monitor deliverables across cross-functional teams.
4. Provide insight on best practices and common obstacles based on prior experiences.
5. Communicate project status and issues regularly to stakeholders, including leaders, team members, and senior managers.
6. Build and maintain effective relationships. Proactively foster communication between internal and external project stakeholders. Influence key decisions across stakeholder groups.
7. Proactively identify, manage, and mitigate risks and any related issues on technology projects. Communicate solutions on key issues or projects to management and stakeholders to obtain their input and buy-in as appropriate.
8. Participate in special projects and perform other duties as assigned.
9. Have consulting acumen to support business development and practice development initiatives by creating mindshare artifacts in the airlines and travel space.
10. Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
11. Minimum of eight years of related work experience as a product owner.
12. Undergraduate degree in a related field (Computer Science, Engineering) required.
13. Airline domain knowledge is a must.
14. Good understanding of data, Delta Lakehouse, data platforms, databases, and queries.