Job Details
Xylem |’zīləm|
1) The tissue in plants that brings water upward from the roots;
2) a leading global water technology company.
Xylem, a leading global water technology company dedicated to solving the world’s most challenging water issues, is the leading global provider of efficient, innovative and sustainable water technologies improving the way water is used, managed, conserved and re-used. Our international team is unified in a common purpose: creating advanced technology and other trusted solutions to solve the world’s water challenges. We are committed to creating an organization of inclusion and diversity, where everyone feels involved, respected, valued and connected, and where everyone is free to bring their authentic selves and ideas.
If you are excited and passionate about helping us #letssolvewater, we want to hear from you!
Job Summary
Our way of developing our products are by following the agile mindset from Scrum and Kanban. We work in cross functional teams and in close cooperation with our stakeholders. We have empowered teams and expect them to take the full delivery responsibility. We currently have team members of all experience levels and many nationalities, as we believe diversity in teams boosts creativity.
The main purpose and mission of the Agile Product Owner is to, together with the agile product management team, identify needs from stakeholders/projects/solution areas, prioritize features in the program backlog, guide the work flow and develop product roadmaps. In this position, you will collaborate closely with other Product Owners, System Architects, Release Manager, Release Train Engineers, different stakeholder and of course the scrum teams. You will be responsible for covering a set of solutions/functions which will be developed by 1-2 scrum teams.
In this role, you will create an efficient and trustful day-to-day operation. You have proven experience from similar roles. It is important that you have an innovative and creative mind-set in order to inspire and challenge your organization. You also have a true can do attitude, a strong quality focus and a personal drive to reach the objectives and targets set for your teams & products, understanding how these contribute to our vision, strategy & roadmap.
We believe this is a position for a person that has the ability to work under demanding conditions and to create a successful working climate in these situations. As a person, you have a broad technical know-how combined with very good people skills, communication skills, organizational skills and a strong belief in agile methods. You have a strong ability to inspire, develop and motivate individuals and teams.
Essential Duties/Principal Responsibilities:
• Agile leadership and a deep understanding of what it means to conduct oneself as a servant leader
• Actively builds and works with cross-functional teams, and coordinate across departments to motivate development team members to deliver according to both internal and external deadlines
• Responsible for overall risk management as it relates to the project and the decisions made regarding system selection and implementation
• Actively seeks methods to enhance overall efficiency and performance. This can mean taking a more active role in day-to-day work within the project lifecycle such as Jira task prioritization or identifying cost-saving opportunities or business process changes at the organizational level
• Communicates between team members and departments during the project lifecycle to present findings to stakeholders
• Keeps open lines of communication with all clients to ensure that expectations are set development and delivery schedules are in line with both team’s needs
• Facilitates discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution while also getting the work done without coercion, assigning, or dictating the work
• Facilitates and implements appropriate metrics and tracking of all work
• Assists with internal and external communication, improving transparency, and radiating information
• Ability to work as a part of a self-organizing scrum team in which you determine your tasks on a daily basis – that includes handling multiple tasks at the same time and working in a lively environment
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work with different departments like IT and Product Management
• Exploring and analyzing business needs and turn them into development work
• Prioritize incoming work for the development team to balance short and long-time gains
• Long-term work on systems vision
• Advise and engage business organization and process owners in system usage
• Executing Iteration plans within a long-term Release plan
• Ensuring the team achieves the release goals and velocity within the scaled agile framework
• Responsible for identifying issues and unblocking the developers
• Responsible for leading sprint planning sessions, User Story decomposition to tasks that fully achieve the Definition of Done
• Working closely with stakeholders to drive requirements collection and the creation of release and sprint plans
Key Relationships:
Product Management, SICOE and SWCOE’s, Sales and direct customers, Operations, Product development teams, Legal, Finance, Strategy, Regional- and Local Product Managers, Communications, Vertical Marketing, Managing Directors, Sales, Technical/Applications Support
Qualifications
• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or Engineering from an accredited institution, or combination of education and equivalent work experience.
• A minimum of 5 years previous experience in software development, Scrum master or agile coach certification a must.
• Demonstrated experience working in an international environment in a matrix organization
• Demonstrate excellent computer, communication, presentation, management and analytical skills. Be able to resolve difficult technical and business issues. Be a self-starter with high motivation to achieve goals.
• Strong interpersonal, teamwork and problem-solving skills in order to effectively work with customers, business partners, staff and management from a variety of skill levels as well as different authority levels.
• Ability to understand technical issues and understand impact on projects, and effectively communicate these issues and impact to direct reports as well as other project stakeholders.
• Flexibility in terms of dealing with changing priorities and dealing with multiple projects simultaneously.
Preferred Qualifications
• Scrum master or Agile Coach certification
• Green Belt Certification
• Fluent in English; multi-lingual capabilities desirable
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong project management skills with proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
• Be a self-starter with high motivation skills
Additional Information
• This position must be located in the continental United States. Office location varies.
• As required to fulfill the duties listed above. Other travel as needed or required by the company
• Travel: International and Domestic travel required, up to 50%
• Misc: Exposure to undesirable field elements at mines, treatment plants, industrial facilities or contractors’ site when travelling
The estimated salary range for this position is $100,000 to $115,000. Starting pay is dependent on multiple factors, such as skills, experience and work location, and is not typically at the top of the range. At Xylem we offer a competitive compensation package with a generous benefit package, including Medical, Dental, Vision plans, 401(k) with company contribution, paid time off, paid parental leave and tuition reimbursement.
Disclaimer: The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this position. It shall not be viewed as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Xylem reserves the right to modify this job description or require that other tasks be performed as required by the business or job circumstances. (for example, but not limited to, personnel changes, technical developments, business needs, etc).#LI-SW2
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