Product Owner

The Product Owner for the Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Digital Platform is responsible for managing and prioritizing the Agile Team’s backlog, decomposing Epics/Features, writing user stories, and collaborating with Scrum Masters and Product Line Architects to ensure delivery on functional requirements and business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• The HSE Digital Platform Product Owner is a persistent team member of an Agile Digital Delivery team supporting the HSE Digital Platform.

• The Product Owner is responsible for providing functional input into the management and prioritization of the Agile Team’s backlog, ensuring that functional requirements and timelines are being met in accordance with the functional needs. 

• The Product Owner serves as the connection between the Product Managers/Business Capability Owners and the DevOps team to ensure that the DevOps team delivers on the goals and business objectives of the HSE Digital Platform product lines. 

• The Product Owner decomposes Epics/Features, writes user stories and is accountable to ensure functional acceptance criteria are met.

• The HSE Digital Platform Product Owner is a persistent team member of an Agile Digital Delivery team supporting the HSE Digital Platform.

• The PO collaboratively works with Scrum Master and Product Line Architects to lead and remove barriers for the delivery team and manage dependencies between Agile Teams.

Required Qualifications:

• Experience collaborating with Scrum Masters, Product Line Architects, and Agile Teams to remove barriers and manage dependencies.

• Ability to decompose Epics/Features, write user stories, and ensure functional acceptance criteria are met.

• Experience liaising between organizational functions and DevOps teams to align goals and business objectives.

• Skill in managing and prioritizing Agile Team backlogs to meet functional requirements and timelines.

• Solid technical HSE knowledge with expertise in OE/HSE disciplines, processes, workflows, and data usage.

• Strong digital acumen, effective communication skills with IT and HSE SMEs, and familiarity with Azure DevOps (ADO).

Selection Criteria

Technical HSE Knowledge:

Demonstrated OE/HSE expertise across a broad range of HSE disciplines. Thorough understanding of HSE processes, workflows and corresponding data collection and usage.  Clear understanding of HSE organizational goals.

Digital Acumen:

Ability to communicate effectively with both IT and HSE SMEs. Understanding of the IT Operating Model. Demonstrated use of agile processes. Awareness of Azure Dev-Ops (ADO).  Willingness to grow theirs and others digital acumen.

Build Relationships:

Demonstrated effective communication skills, problem solving and decision-making skills. Fosters inclusive, positive relationships. Demonstrated experience collaborating within and outside the function. Ensure inclusive treatment of others. Share information & resources. Promote healthy debate. Seek input to solve problems.

Leadership & OE Culture

Understands OE requirements specific to current role.

Follows procedures, seeks understanding of hazards, and verifies necessary safeguards are in place and sufficient. Challenges norms and stops work when an unsafe condition or act may result in undesirable event or if there if the task is unclear. Understands how to apply Human and Organizational Performance principles to minimize error-likely situations in the performance of their work. Understands reporting requirements for incidents, near misses and potential noncompliance.

Who We Are:

As the world’s leading sustainability consulting firm, ERM is uniquely positioned to contribute to the environment and society through the expertise and energy of our employees worldwide. Sustainability is what we do, and is at the heart of both our service offerings and how we operate our business. For our people, our vision means attracting, inspiring, developing and rewarding our people to work with the best clients and on the biggest challenges, thus creating valuable careers. We achieve our vision in a sustainable manner by maintaining and living our ERM values that include Accountability, Caring for our People, Client Focus, Collaboration, Empowerment, and Transparency. 

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