WFM Staff Product Owner (Integrations)

About TJX:

TJX is a Fortune 100 company thatoperatesoff-price retailers of apparel and homefashions. TJX India - Hyderabad is the IT home office in the global technology organization of off-price apparel and home fashion retailer TJX,establishedto deliver innovative solutions that help transform operations globally. At TJX, we strive to build a workplace where ourAssociates'contributions are welcomed and are embedded in our purpose to provide excellent value to our customers every day. At TJX India, we take a long-term view of your career. We have a high-performance culture that rewards Associates with career growth opportunities, preferred assignments, and upward career advancement. We take well-being very seriously and are committed to offering a great work-life balance for all our Associates.

What you will discover:

• Inclusive culture and career growth opportunities

• A truly Global IT Organization that collaborates across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, clickhereto learn more

• Challenging, collaborative, and team-based environment

OurOrganization:

The Global Workforce Management Delivery organizationis responsible fordelivering technology solutions to drive growth, enable efficiency, and improve the associate experience for a cross functional set of Global users. We innovate across all TJX banners to ensure first-class workforce management process for our associates, modernlaborbudgeting and planning models, enable streamlined communication and collaboration cross functionally,facilitateenhanced productivity and much more!

We are on a mission to modernize our solutions, which include extending our solutions globally and exploring rationalization opportunities and employeeself service/ mobile solutions. We aspire to align with our global partners to deliver high value products and streamlined experiences to our associates. Our commitment is to lead the way, empowering our team to drive efficiencies, grow skills, and deliver great solutions.

Responsibilities:

Staff Product Owneris Responsible fordefining Team Product Backlog of User Stories including backlog prioritization, refinement, and creation of acceptance criteria along with agreed upon definition of done. Has a proficient knowledge ofSAFeprinciples, Kanban, and Scrum including embracing agile principles and applyingleanagile mindset. Demonstrates critical thinking skills like Analytical, Problem Solving, Open-minded, creativity, etc. Sr. Product Owner is an expert in at least one Product/Domain area that guides, informs, and provides insight on product enhancements, maintenance, and efficiencies needed. Product Owners at this level can support the delivery of assigned Product Increment (PI)objectives.

• Responsible for defining team product backlog of features, including backlog prioritization, refinement, and creating of acceptance criteria

• Partner with the Product Manager to understand priorities and PI features and supports driving the Product Increment (PI)objectiveat the Team Level

• Drives Iteration Goals and content via prioritized features and user stories

• Product/Domain expert that guides, informs, and provides insight on what product enhancements, maintenance and efficiencies/remediation are needed

• Ensures the technical integrity of the solution

• Product decision maker including Functional and NFRs; accepts User Stories and Iteration Increments

• Conducts impact analysis foroptimalproduct delivery

• Ensures team risks and dependencies areidentifiedand managed

• Collaborator of dependencies with the team, ProductManagerand other teams foroptimaldelivery outcomes

• Use of metrics to assess team progress and areas for improvement

• Leverages various Agile processes and planning tools

• Supports DevOps and Security best practices

• Instrumental role in the preparation of the system demo as well as producing the system demo

• Attends and activelyparticipatesin Release Train Ceremonies: PI Planning, System Demo, ART Sync, and Inspect & Adapt when part of an ART

• Attends and activelyparticipatesin Team Agile Ceremonies

• Ensures feedback from System Demos Retrospectives and I&A workshops are taken back to teams forpossible inclusionin future continuous improvement activities

• Enable the team to be empowered and self-regulated

Minimum qualifications:

• 9+ years of experience as a Product Owner in a technology environmentsupporting large complex project/product implementations, working directly with business owners toidentifyand prioritize their needs.

• Proven knowledge of agilemethodology, scrum,SAFe, and agile tools (JIRA/Confluence)and working as part of an ART (Agile Release Train)

• Experience with working withcomplex integrations in a retail environment, particularly workforce management, involving multiple applications and integration methods

• Excellent communication, presentation, and leadership skills.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Adapt to a fast-paced environment, managing multiple projects simultaneously and making informed decisions quickly

• Ability to collaborate well with a wide variety of peopleincluding,but not limited to, product managers,engineersandstakeholders

• Experience in defining/prioritizing a team backlog of user stories including acceptance criteria.

• Experience ofanalyzingcross functional business processes and defining integrated user stories

• Experience inmanaging dependencies and shifting priorities in and across sprints /PIs.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, tailoring to all audiences.

• Excellent critical thinking skills anddemonstratedability to proactively manage stakeholder expectations

• Degree or certification in IT or a related field

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in aSAFeIT delivery model

• Product Owner / Product Manager Certification (POPM) preferred

• Knowledge of DevOps and Security best practices a benefit