Friday, August 29, 2014

EchoStar - Product Owner

Summary: 
Dishanywhere.com is looking for a Senior Product Owner who will be responsible for managing all feature requests for the site and the backend support for Dishanywhere.com mobile clients. 

Responsibilities: 
Tracking and communicating the product release plans, including working with external customers to ensure their requests are being pushed to production per design and requirements. Creating spike, design, implementation and acceptance test stories for all incoming requests and tracking development points to manage resource availability.  Coordinating efforts between the design, development and QA, in addition to other development groups will be required to keep release plans on track.  Scheduling and driving meetings with cross-functional teams will be a regular responsibility.  Manage intake process for all Dishanywhere.com web and mobile clients’ support requests from multiple sources and track all implementation stories to drive a fast-paced production release  

Basic Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university or equivalent experience 2+ years experience  working in an agile environment 3+ years experience with direct customer interfacing 2+ years experience working with external partners 2+ years experience working with internal partners Preferred Qualifications: 
Previous experience with satellite-TV products or online video streaming Experience with JIRA, Pivotal Tracker and other development tracking tools Exceptional communication and documentation skills Subject Matter Expert for major products or initiatives Experience with driving projects with multiple cross-functional teams and customers