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We are seeking a sharp, innovative Product Owner (Technical Product Manager) that can understand and prioritize end user, strategic, and market requirements and transform them into shippable code that is delivered on a regular basis.
Responsibilities include:
Aggregating input from all stakeholders to form a description of the prioritized requirements for Skype Labs features and applications.
Working with our end users, engineering team, product marketing team, PR team, operations and support teams and executives to define and rank the strategic and day to day backlogs.
Prioritizing features according to market value.
Defining user acceptance tests.
Working with the team on a day-to-day basis and during release and iteration planning.
Accepting or rejecting work results.
Representing the interests of the business and end users in development team discussions.
The ideal candidate will have the following experience and attributes:
Significant experience as a product owner, product manager or program manager in a successful commercial, software environment. Will consider broad software experience such as developer, architect, development manager, or technical sales.
Prior, successful experience in an Agile development environment such as Scrum, XP or Lean
Experience in writing and delivering user stories.
Directly participated in multiple new product development efforts.
Proven track record of successfully working with engineering to deliver high-productivity, customer-focused software by providing design leadership, functional specifications, prototypes, feature/issue prioritization, documentation, and test plan reviews.
Success working directly with stakeholders through various channels for requirements gathering, roadmap discussions, feature/issue assistance, and support cases.
Demonstrated cross-functional leadership skills.
Ability to influence and gain buy-in for initiatives.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Apply here - jobs@skype.net
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