First Factory seeks a passionate Product Owner to help us achieve our internal and external product development goals while inspiring teams to deliver results.
**About First Factory**:
We are a software development company with over two decades of experience, boasting a dynamic team of 200+ professionals actively engaged in diverse projects across various industries. We invite you to join us on this journey as we continue to thrive and embrace fresh challenges.
**Qualifications**:
**Main Responsibilities**:
- Develops, owns, and executes product roadmaps, working with internal and external customers to analyze the needs and align to strategic goals
- Manage the product backlog and prioritize based on requirements, strategy, and business objectives.
- Drive the development of new features throughout the entire SDLC
- Monitor and evaluate product progress at each stage of the process
- Develop mitigation strategies for problem areas and escalate to key stakeholders
- Ensure that project documentation is created and is maintained
- Liaise with the product team and end-user to deliver updates
- Provide leadership to the development teams to meet coding standards, estimation targets, and client expectations
- Conduct informal and formal feedback sessions for team members on their path to reaching career goals
- 3 years of experience as a Product Owner in Software Development Environments
- Experience being the main point of contact for stakeholders and managers
- Experience with Agile development methodologies
- Exceptional communication skills - written, oral, and presentation skills
- Able to build consensus with staff at all levels of the organization
- Employee or peer management experience is required
- Ability to work with multiple projects and stakeholders
- Ability to think strategically, conceptually as well as analytical
**Some of our b**enefits**:
- ** Work From Home**
We believe in hybrid work. While the office is open five days per week, most employees enjoy working predominantly from home.
First Factory proudly offers free private medical and dental insurance for our Costa Rican team members.
- ** Time off**
Enjoy your time away from work. Our vacation policy grants extra PTO after 2 years of employment. Our team never misses a national holiday and has their birthday off.
Special events are important for you; take time off to attend your graduation, weddings, and more.
- ** Continuous Learning**
We want you in for the long term. We hire individuals passionate about learning and offer many tools for professional development and growth. We provide a $500 educational reimbursement so you can reach your learning and professional goals.
- ** Medical & Dental Insurance**
First Factory is proud to offer free private medical and dental insurance for our Costa Rican team members.
Learn about our culture and more benefits here.