Technical Product Owner - remote

SpinDance, a leader in custom Internet of Things (IoT) software development, is looking for a Technical Product Owner to join our growing team. As a Technical Product Owner, you’ll have the opportunity to guide our teams and customers in building the next generation of connected software systems. If you enjoy managing software projects and helping customers achieve their vision, you’ll love working at SpinDance.

Holland, MI

What You’ll Do:

• Lead the Agile Scrum process for our teams and the customer to achieve the project and business goals.
• Management of product vision, roadmap and value ensuring alignment among various stakeholders.
• Setup of tool to be used in user story and technical task management
• Change management and communication to Stakeholders
• Tracking open issues with Stakeholders and working to resolution
• Backlog ownership
• User story creation, clarification, and readiness
• Management of backlog priority
• Management of releases
• Acceptance of completed stories
• Understanding company business objectives and value to ensure alignment with the work our development team is completing
• Involvement in Scrum ceremonies to confirm priorities and provide feedback
• Primary communicator between Stakeholders and Scrum Team
• Inspection and evaluation of progress in each iteration and course correcting when necessary
• Educate and close the knowledge gap on the software development process for our customers.
• Identify opportunities for improvement within the Delivery process to drive efficiencies and better interaction between all parties.
• Work closely with the Scrum Master to communicate technical options to Stakeholder
• Contribute to our culture through coaching our teams, communicating truth to our customers, and making sure our development team is delivering every day.

What We’re Looking For:

• 5+ years experience in delivering or developing technical software solutions.
• Desire to function as a consultant to our customers to drive them to build the optimal solution for their business.
• Product Owner experience is preferred, but not required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to navigate difficult situations and drive alignment across the teams.
• Experience in managing people or teams, as the Technical Product Owner will be responsible for coaching the entire team on ways to meet our goals.
• Someone who loves the culture of a small company and enjoys working on every part of the project life cycle: project kickoff, execution, testing, and closure.
• Ability to gather feedback, identify trends, interpret issues, and build back into our procedures for continuous improvement.
• A desire to learn, and share what you’ve learned through a variety of avenues.
• Strong interpersonal skills: teamwork is very important to us.

Here’s what we offer:

• A competitive salary.
• A fun, caring team who holds ourselves accountable for results, and values a healthy work/life balance.
• Flexible hours and locations. As knowledge workers, we understand the need for balancing community and collaboration with deep focus. We use Scrum to manage projects and Slack to stay connected, and we trust our team to work where they want when they want.
• We work hard on creating an office environment you want to come to.
• Standard 40 hour work weeks. We understand the best work comes from reasonable schedules sustained over months and years, not death marches. There are times where more work is necessary, but in general we aim for 40 hour weeks.
• Great healthcare and dental insurance.
• Paid vacation and time off.
• 401k with a matching contribution of 100% on the first 3% of your eligible earnings and an additional 50% on the next 2% of your eligible earnings that you defer in the 401k plan.
• Ongoing professional development, including books, conferences and certifications.
• A paid day once a year to volunteer at the non-profit organization of your choice.
• Regular snacks and lunches. We bring in breakfast food every Monday and have team lunches catered frequently.
• Ability to work remote full time, or as the need arises.

Interested? Let’s Talk.

If you want to learn more, drop us an email at careers@spindance.com. Make sure to include the following:

We’ll get back to you within a week to continue the process.