Agility Product Manager

The Product Owner works on an Agile Team representing customer and business interests through the definition and prioritization of stories in the team backlog that provide sequential deliverables that satisfy the larger program features and solutions. The Product Owner works with Product Management and stakeholders to understand the Features and with the Scrum Master and Agile Team to develop smaller, incremental stories and iteration deliverables based on those Features.

Will work with other Product Owners and stakeholders to define and prioritize stories and determine dependencies. Owns the team backlog so that the solutions effectively address program priorities.

• Understands and supports prioritized Portfolio and Value Stream work by collaborating with Solution Architect, Business Architect, Product Manager and stakeholders to breakdown features into user stories
• Manages the delivery of business value by owning the team backlog, defining stories, establishing story acceptance criteria and leading story refinement for preparation of iteration planning and program increment planning
• Provides input and feedback to Epic Owners on new and existing epics, understands stakeholder and customer needs
• Reviews and accepts user stories throughout the iteration as developed functionality is completed by the team (develop on cadence)
• Works with other Product Owners and the Product Manager to determine impacts and interdependencies with other teams, programs or value streams
• Acts as customer advocate for team questions and seeks out opportunities to connect the team with end users, stakeholders and customers to develop and improve their understanding and empathy of end user needs
• Interacts with stakeholders during iteration demos, or individually, to show the most critical aspects of a solution and negotiate the reality of systems solutions
• Collaborates with Product Manager to provide input to the Program Vision and Roadmap
• Collaborates with Product Manager, Release Management, stakeholders, and team to define and plan for releases (Release on Demand)
• Participates in the iteration demo and retrospective meetings to inspect and adapt the product or solution for the next iteration and the team’s process for improvements in how they work to build solution increments
• Works with the team to ensure features, stories, and tasks are entered, maintained, and tracked in required Agile tooling solutions
• Performs other duties as assigned

Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math is required. In lieu of a degree, a combined total of 11 years of relevant, demonstrated experience is required, including at least four (4) years working as a key member of a project team developing business processes, solutions, creating business requirements and delivering business capabilities, and seven (7) years of demonstrated functional SME experience, with at least three (3) years working as a key member of a project team developing business processes or solutions.

A minimum of three (3) 30‑week increments (≈30 weeks) working as a Product Owner or Product Manager on an Agile project team is preferred. Experience in an Agile environment and applying SAFe scaling is preferred; knowledge of Agile and Lean values/concepts and SCaaF framework is required. Demonstrated solution‑based thinking, strong influencing skills, and technical subject‑matter expertise are required.

Experience working as a project lead responsible for breaking down complex projects into solutionable deliverables across organization‑wide projects or system design, and strong ability to tailor communications of complex concepts to all levels in an understandable manner.

The compensation range provided is a reasonable estimate of the current starting salary range for this role across all potential locations.

6,286. USD Monthly

Health, vision and dental insurance, retirement plan, and tuition reimbursement.

Fed Ex Logistics provides freight forwarding, import and export services that allow companies to reach markets worldwide. They help customers of all sizes solve shipping logistics globally with comprehensive international ocean and air freight forwarding, surface transportation, distribution, customs brokerage, trade advisory services, and advanced e‑commerce solutions.

Fed Ex Logistics is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans/Disability. Fed Ex Logistics will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the FAIR Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHOO) for the City of Los Angeles. Fed Ex Logistics will not rely on the wage history of a prospective employee from any current or former employer when determining wages for such an individual.