Product Owner in United States

Summary This position is located in the Railroad Retirement Board’s Bureau of Information Services;Enterprise Applications. The incumbent will be responsible for managing the product backlog, communicating the vision, prioritizing needs, acting as the liaison between teams and stakeholders, evaluating feedback at each iteration. This job announcement may be used to fill one or more vacancies. This is a bargaining unit position. This position is represented by the Council of AFGE Locals in the Board. Responsibilities As a Product Owner, you will: Represent RRB customers and internal users and maximize the value of the solutions created within the scope of modernization efforts to improve customer service and streamline business processes across the agency. Collaborate with the stakeholders and Business Analysts to prioritize the product backlog, ensuring that the most valuable and critical features are developed first. Collaborate with stakeholders to create a vision and roadmap of the solutions align with the agency’s strategic goals and priorities and repeatedly communicates the products vision with a variety of stakeholders, including customers, business users, and the development team. Provide additional context around the products vision by creating and sharing a product roadmap that provides a high-level, strategic visual summary outlining the vision, priorities, and direction for the solution over time. Prioritize needs to balance scope, budget, and time, weighing priorities and making trade-offs according to the needs and objectives of stakeholders. Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, sprint reviews, sprint retrospectives, and product backlog refinement. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Minimum Qualifications for GS-14 level: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in the Federal service that demonstrates leading software development projects in Agile/Scrum methodology; running scrum ceremonies including requirements gathering, product increment planning, backlog refinement, feature prioritization, daily stand ups, sprint reviews, sprint demos, and sprint retrospectives. Product owner experience developing IT applications; managing a product through all phases of the product development lifecycle utilizing project management tools. In addition, all applicants qualifying based on experience must have IT-related experience demonstrating each of the four competencies listed below. Applicants must demonstrate possession of these competencies within the body of the resume; no separate statements addressing them are required. 1. Attention to Detail – Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail. 2. Customer Service – Works with clients and customers (that is, any individuals who use or receive the services or products that your work unit produces, including the general public, individuals who work in the agency, other agencies, or organizations outside the Government) to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available products and services; is committed to providing quality products and services. 3. Oral Communication – Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. 4. Problem Solving – Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Education THERE IS NO EDUCATION SUBSTITUTION FOR THIS POSITION. Additional Information This announcement will close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on the date the first 150 applications are received or 7/17/24, whichever comes first. Reasonable Accommodation (RA) Requests: If you believe you have a disability (i.e., physical or mental), covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended that would interfere with completing the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, you will be granted the opportunity to request a RA in your online application. Requests for RA for the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments and appropriate supporting documentation for RA must be received prior to starting the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments. Decisions on requests for RA are made on a case-by-case basis. If you meet the minimum qualifications of the position, after notification of the adjudication of your request, you will receive an email invitation to complete the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments, based on your adjudication decision. You must complete all assessments within 48 hours of receiving the URL to access the USA Hire Competency Based Assessments if you received the link after the close of the announcement. To determine if you need a RA, please review the Procedures for Requesting a Reasonable Accommodation for Online Assessments here: https://help.usastaffing.gov/Apply/index.php?title=Reasonable_Accommodations_for_USA_Hire INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PLAN (ICTAP): ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority for competitive service vacancies. You must be determined to be well-qualified for the vacancy to be eligible for special selection priority. After submission of an acceptable application which meets ICTAP eligibility, you will be determined to be well-qualified for a vacancy if your rating places you in the best qualified category. ICTAP eligibles must submit proof of eligibility for special selection priority, such as: a separation notice; an agency certification that you cannot be placed after injury compensation has been terminated; an OPM notification that your disability annuity has been terminated; or a Military Department or National Guard Bureau notification that you are retired under 5 U.S.C. 8337(h) or 8456. You must also submit a “Notice of Personnel Action” (SF-50) notating your current position, grade level, and duty location, and a copy of your most recent Performance Rating. Click here for more information on ICTAP. If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/59 you are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act; the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency.