Job Description
Why UKG
At UKG, the work you do matters. The code you ship, the decisions you make, and the care you show a customer all add up to real impact. Today, tens of millions of workers start and end their days with our workforce operating platform. Helping people get paid, grow in their careers, and shape the future of their industries. That's what we do.
We never stop learning. We never stop challenging the norm. We push for better, and we celebrate the wins along the way. Here, you'll get flexibility that's real, benefits you can count on, and a team that succeeds together. Because at UKG, your work matters—and so do you.
Product Manager / Product Owner
Job Description
UKG is looking for a Product Owner who can take the lead of scrum teams as the Product Owner, providing vision and direction to the Agile development team and stakeholders throughout the project and create requirements.
Activities
Ensure that the team always has an adequate amount of prior prepared tasks to work on
Plan and prioritize product feature backlog and development for the product
Work with Product Managers to define product vision, roadmap and growth opportunities
Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy
Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of the user stories
Work closely with Product Management to create and maintain a product backlog according to business value or ROI
Provide an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals
Follow our competitors and the industry
Keep abreast with Agile/Scrum best practices and new trends
Provide functional demonstrations of products
Assist in drafting and editing product-related documentation
Work with cross functional teams in support of product launch
Qualifications
3-5 years experience interpreting, formalizing and communicating business and/or product requirements in a business analyst role
Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills - Do you like puzzles
Superior written and oral communication skills with the ability to collaborate with multiple teams/stakeholders with strong organizational and analytical skills
Ability to work both independently and in team-oriented structures
Ability to travel domestically and abroad to remote engineering teams.
One Or More Of The Following Is Also Desired
Enterprise SaaS software solution experience
Commercial product management experience or similar
Experience working with Agile or Agile Scrum methodologies
Preferred Qualification – Certified Scrum Product Owner Certification.
US Payroll experience a plus
Company Overview
UKG is the Workforce Operating Platform that puts workforce understanding to work. With the world's largest collection of workforce insights, and people-first AI, our ability to reveal unseen ways to build trust, amplify productivity, and empower talent, is unmatched. It's this expertise that equips our customers with the intelligence to solve any challenge in any industry — because great organizations know their workforce is their competitive edge. Learn more at ukg.com.
UKG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, including the recruitment process.
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