Big Data Applications Technical Product Owner - Minnetonka, MN

The Big Data Applications (BD Apps) Product Owner will be responsible for functioning as a voice of the customer within and between BD App Development teams. The role will help deliver on product strategy and vision, acting as a business engineer rationalizing the use of data, interacting with/embedded within the product delivery teams throughout the Agile delivery process ensuring coordination and delivery of marketable functionality, and engage with key stakeholders to define, document, and prioritize features. The goal of the team is to deliver BD Apps as a platform and as solutions that meet the needs of UHC, Optum and the market.  
 
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This candidate must have great communication, documentation, and presentation skills, positive energy, able to help identify, facilitate, and drive a business solution to completion, along with the technical competency to ensure the correct outcome.  
 
Primary Responsibilities:

Write user stories
Manage application product roadmap and ensure strategic alignment with the greater product vision (Core Product)
Work with/within BD Apps agile development teams to identify and support core competencies and key functionality
Support BD Apps Technical Project Manager by acting as a liaison between BD Apps development teams to help reduce redundant efforts, increase reuse of existing components, and identify opportunities during App design phase to ensure components are built in such a way as to support external marketability
Financial tracking for individual BD Apps as assigned
Understand key business objectives and strategy of the product
Prioritize all stories to ensure work focuses on those with maximum business value that align with product strategy
Develop detailed requirements, stories and acceptance criteria for the development teams
Play an active role in sprint planning to ensure the requirements are tracked and delivered on time and within scope
Participate in systems requirements definition, testing, training, implementation, and product rollout
Defines a Minimum Viable Product

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or the equivalent
5+ years of product ownership, project management, or analysis within a large matrix organization.
The ability to take a role in translating customer needs into product design documentation including user stories, product capabilities and market requirements
Ability to write user stories
Manage application product roadmap and ensure strategic alignment with the greater product vision (Core Product)
Demonstrated understanding of business Intelligence, business analytics, data warehousing, data acquisition, or some combination of data and technical platforms
Proven organizational skills with customer empathy and ability to work with ambiguity and changing priorities 
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