Product Owner - Human Centered Design

Location: Mounds View, MN
Salary: W2 ONLY
Description: Our client is currently seeking a Product Owner that has focused heavily on Human Centered Design or Design thinking. This role is a contract to hire position that is projected to convert full-time after 6 months.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Adopt approaches to deeply empathize with the customer such as conducting early-stage interviews with end-users about their needs to develop this in-depth knowledge of end-to end business processes and challenges within functional area.
• Leads or participates in customer-focused idea generation.
• Experience with facilitation tools and techniques such as Design Thinking (Human Centered Design) or Lean Sigma. Leads design thinking workshops and may facilitate sessions including determination & application of appropriate tools and techniques.
• Develop interim deliverables to define the opportunity for value capture and articulate the possibilities of new technology to capture that value.
• Lead or participate in solution selection and prototyping efforts working to identify solutions that allow for scaling and customer centric solutioning.
• Analyze & interpret data to inform recommendations/next steps.
• Support stakeholders in their decision-making by presenting the different (functional and solution) design alternatives and their impact in a clear way.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Proven professional experience in Design Thinking/Human-Centered Design methods, Agile and SCRUM.
• Expertise in various business analysis / product owner methodologies, including data analysis, uses case development, story writing, and user acceptance testing and product documentation
• Demonstrable operation as a hands-on lead BA on large scale technology or complex cross-functional projects. ???Operational experience or knowledge with HR processes and systems.
• Critical thinking and analytical problem-solving skills.
• A proven track record of delivering software/technology, ideally using agile methodologies
• Bachelors Degree Required

Contact:
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