Product Owner- CrossCore Capabilities Team

Experian is the world’s leading global information services company, unlocking the power of data to create more opportunities for consumers, businesses and society. We are thrilled to share that FORTUNE has named Experian one of the 100 Best Companies to work for. In addition, for the last five years we’ve been named in the 100 “World’s Most Innovative Companies” by Forbes Magazine.

Experian is looking for a Product Owner to join our Global Identity and Fraud team, which is a part of our Decision Analytics business. You will work with our full stack scrum team to drive product development of  best-of-breed point solutions that operate behind the CrossCore platform. If you are passionate about owning the product backlog, organizing sprint content, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet sprint goals, then we would love to talk with you.

As a Product Owner, much of your time will be spent writing requirements, participating in the Agile development ceremonies, leading backlog refinement sessions, helping scrum teams with timely decisions on priorities on day-to-day basis and planning out roadmaps. More specifically, you’ll be working with our Product Managers as well as several internal cross-functional stakeholders to understand opportunities to improve integrations and focus on deriving solutions to given business problems.

Your primary responsibilities include –

• Product owner of one or more scrum teams
• Work with Product Manager to understand the business problem, voice of customer and identify the capabilities to add to the product
• Produce a healthy backlog by grooming prioritized features into user stories
• Define sprint goals, and manage scope and deliverables of a release
• Define acceptance criteria and drive iteration goals via prioritized stories
• Lead design deep-dives, grooming sessions and coordinate with internal cross-functional stakeholders to gather integration and operational requirements
• Lead backlog preparation for program increment planning
• Accept user stories at the end of sprint and facilitate internal stakeholder communication about project status and releases
• Review and support product documentation activities 

• 3-5 years of experience as a Business Analyst, Product Owner or Product Manager (with a focus on building and working with high quality data assets)
• Strong technical aptitude, problem solving with an understanding of API and platform services
• Experience with microservices and service oriented architecture
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) is preferred – or otherwise demonstrated knowledge of Agile methodologies
• Expertise using JIRA and Confluence to capture and prioritize release requirements  
• Required: Bachelor's Degree, ideally in a role-relevant field
• Desired: Pragmatic Marketing or similar product management certification  

Nice to have:

• Fraud or digital identity experience
• Experience with software-as-a-service solutions
• Mobile and digital application experience

PERKS

• All full-time positions are bonus eligible 
• You’ll be surrounded by great minds, a high talent strategic hub 
• Our Global Identity and Fraud Team is working fully remote for now, but when we return to the office perks include:
  • A beautiful office location with views of North Scottsdale and the surrounding mountains

  • We order lunch in every Monday 

  • Cold brew coffee on tap, along with assorted beverages and snacks 

  • Pool, ping pong and foosball tables 

  • A relaxed dress code 

Experian is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. Our goal is to create a thriving, inclusive and diverse team where people love their work and love working together. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion is essential to our purpose of creating a better tomorrow. We value the uniqueness of every individual and want you to bring your whole, authentic self to work. For us, this is The Power of YOU and it ensures that we live what we believe.