QTC Management, Inc. Looking for Product Owner Stf at Atlanta , GA Full Time

Are you an experienced Product Owner looking to use your talents to make a difference?

 At QTC, we seek Product Owners with an entrepreneurial spirit to work as key members of our Agile Scrum teams.  We create and apply new technologies in a team environment that is fun, creative and supportive.  Best of all, the applications we create have a direct impact on the lives of our nation’s veterans!

Remote candidates may be considered for this role with preference for candidates who are located or are willing to be located near San Dimas, CA;  Austin, TX; San Antonio, TX; Nashville, TN; Reston, VA; or Malvern, PA.

At QTC, the nation’s largest provider of disability and occupational health examination services, we are PASSIONATE about our country’s veterans, UNITED as a team and INSPIRED to make a difference.

To provide high-quality, timely, and customer-focused medical examination service solutions, we honor our core values of integrity, innovation, agility, collaboration, inclusion and commitment. We celebrate diverse thinking and welcome contributions from all.

We offer meaningful and engaging careers to support you and your career goals, all while nurturing a healthy work-life balance, and we are proud to provide an employment package that attracts, develops and retains the best talent:

• Competitive compensation and quarterly bonuses
• Tuition reimbursement
• A 50% company match of your pre- and post-tax contributions up to 6% of your salary, including immediate vesting of company contributions
• Generous paid time off (minimum of 14 days/year), as well as 9 paid holidays
• Access to flexible benefits, including health and wellness programs, long and short term disability, an employee assistance program, employee referral bonuses, credit union access and flexible spending accounts
• An inclusive and ethical work place

In this rewarding role, you will:

•  Own your customer problems end-to-end by creating the vision, setting strategic directions, and delivering key product outcomes.
•  Partner with engineering, design, marketing, sales and customer success teams to build solutions that increase customer satisfaction
•  Use product analytics to understand how customers use the product, and help guide decisions on future improvements and optimizations
• Create, manage, prioritize and communicate Product Backlog Items (PBI’s) i.e. user stories ensuring that the most valuable work is actioned by the team (prioritized and refined)
• Facilitate Product Backlog refinement sessions when and with various attendees as required to ensure a healthy availability of ready PBI’s that satisfy the creation of Product Goal supporting Sprint Goals
• Propose sprint Goals and related PBI’s for whole team negotiation during Sprint Planning events

 Ideally, you will have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related discipline w/ 9 years of relevant professional experience (Additional experience may be considered in lieu of degree)

• Working knowledge with Microsoft SharePoint, Office (Word, Excel), MS Project, Visio and PowerPoint
• Working knowledge of Agile Scrum
• Certified Scrum Master and/or Certified Product Owner preferred
• Working knowledge of application programming, database, system design and well as web-based and client/server architectures.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Team Foundation a plus
• Ability to successfully pass National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) background investigation

NOTE: This position has multiple levels; candidates will be “leveled in” based on years of experience at time of hire”.

This job description supersedes all prior job descriptions and is intended to describe the general content and essential requirements for the position listed above. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of requirements, duties and responsibilities. Management reserves the right to add or change the duties of this position as required at any time.

QTC Management Inc. is a VEVRAA Federal contractor and an Equal Opportunity Employer. The company has an ongoing commitment to affirmative action and the creation of a workplace free of discrimination, harassment and retaliation. The company recruits, hires, trains, and promotes individuals in all job titles without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, people with disabilities protected under law, and protected veteran status.

Licenses & CertificationsPreferredSkillsPreferred

• Written Communication
• Verbal Communication
• Customer Service
• Executing Multiple Tasks
• Interpersonal
• Organization
• Analytical

BehaviorsPreferred

• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

MotivationsPreferred

• Flexibility: Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals
• Work-Life Balance: Inspired to perform well by having ample time to pursue work and interests outside of work
• Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help
• Goal Completion: Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)