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Product Owner - Backend

AT DISH
DISH

Product Owner - Backend

Denver, CO

CO Salary Range: USD 87,900.00 - 103,400.00 per year

Company Summary

DISH, an EchoStar company, has been reimagining the future of connectivity for more than 40 years. Our business reach spans satellite television service, live-streaming and on-demand programming, smart home installation services, mobile plans and products and now we are building America's First Smart Network™.

Today, our brands include EchoStar, Hughes, DISH TV, Sling TV, Boost Mobile and Gen Mobile.

Department Summary

Our Technology teams challenge the status quo and reimagine capabilities across industries. Whether through research and development, technology innovation or solution engineering, our people play vital roles in connecting consumers with the products and platforms of tomorrow.

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Job Duties and Responsibilities

This Product Owner will be working within the Retail Wireless team in our Dish Grand Central office located in Denver, CO. You will be working in a collaborative and fast-paced environment spanning the Retail Wireless team and broader Dish organizations.

High-level job responsibilities:
  • Ensure the product's vision is aligned with business goals.
  • Gain buy-in from stakeholders on all major decisions and strategies regarding product functionality and process.
  • Iteration planning and subsequently working with the development team to identify and break down the tasks required for the iterations while providing clear instructions and deliverables.
  • Manage, organize, communicate and track sprint and project releases.
  • Ensure our projects' success: on time, on budget, meeting team members' expectations, and meeting projects' goals.
  • Consider the organizational impact of decisions made regarding service interface and data modeling
Day-to-day job responsibilities:
  • Perform Scrum Master and PO tasks to facilitate and/or participate in the necessary Scrum ceremonies, possibly including Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Review, Sprint Demo, and Sprint Retrospective
  • Act as the liaison between engineering teams and product stakeholders
  • Evangelize your product vision and roadmap across to gather feedback and drive better cross-company transparency and alignment
  • Decompose product and service features into workable user stories
  • Continually prioritize and groom product backlogs for cross-functional, full-stack integration teams. Liaison between requests for new functionality and development team.
  • Coordinate cross-team delivery, manage dependencies, and define best practices
  • Share and evangelize the work completed, product backlog, and Scrum team metrics
Skills, Experience and Requirements

High-level Qualifications:
  • Technical knowledge of microservice/serverless application development
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills and working knowledge of enterprise solution architecture principles
  • Self-starter and ability to figure out a complicated environment


Specific Qualifications:
  • 4 years of enterprise product ownership experience
  • Technical knowledge of RESTful APIs
  • AWS or other Cloud experience
  • Technical knowledge of queue based systems is a plus
  • Experience creating web applications with HTML/CSS/JS is a plus
  • Experience supporting Android and iOS apps is a plus
Salary Ranges

Compensation: $87,900.00/Year - $103,400.00/Year
Benefits

We offer versatile health perks, including flexible spending accounts, HSA, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, career opportunities, and a flexible time away plan; all benefits can be viewed here: DISH Benefits.

The base pay range shown is a guideline. Individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, and competencies; compensation is based on the role's location and is subject to change based on work location. Candidates need to successfully complete a pre-employment screen, which may include a drug test and DMV check.

The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.

Client-provided location(s): Denver, CO, USA
Job ID: Dish-87423
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • FSA
    • Life Insurance
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Pet Insurance
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Adoption Leave
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Four-Day Work Week
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Company Outings
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Sabbatical
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Profit Sharing
    • Stock Purchase Program
    • Relocation Assistance
  • Professional Development

    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Internship Program
    • Work Visa Sponsorship
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Learning and Development Stipend
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Lunch and Learns