Company Description: Apexon is a digital-first technology services firm backed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Everstone Capital. We specialize in accelerating business transformation and delivering human-centric digital experiences. For over 17 years, Apexon has been meeting customers wherever they are in the digital lifecycle and helping them outperform their competition through speed and innovation.

Product Owner- New Jersey- Fulltime or Contract

Role in Project

Project/Work Details

We are looking for a strong product owner who has experience 8-10 years in the IT industry.

• Serve as the primary IT subject matter expert and Product Owner for the assigned information system(s).
  • Provide support to all stakeholders including working with technical team members in triaging system problems.
  • Support system administration activities including, client and user setup, and business rule configurations for the assigned information systems.
  • Plan and participate in the scheduling and deployment of systems.
  • Meet with various stakeholders including decision makers, system owners and end users to understand their business models/needs and gather requirements for new solutions.
  • Analyze the requirements and translate them into project vision, project deliverables, business process flows, system models, detailed requirements specifications and sample data as per Client’s standards, policies and procedures.
  • Lead design sessions in prototyping new systems for the purpose of enhancing business processes, operations and information process flow.
  • Prepare or oversee the preparation of user stories and specifications, functional design specifications, and data interface agreements.
  • Review the documented specifications with stakeholders and ensure the approvals are obtained.
  • Ensure compatibility and interoperability of various information systems.
  • Assist testing team in development of appropriate test plans, conditions, cases and scripts while ensuring their traceability to documented requirements.
  • Participate in testing to verify information systems meet the documented requirements.
  • Develop User Guides and Training materials and assist in providing training to stakeholders and clients as required.
  • Assist in the preparation of marketing materials and in delivering product demos as required.

Tools & Technologies

• Health care, Pharmaceutical or life science industry experiences.
  • Experience in Unified Modeling Language (UML).
  • Knowledge of VSTS, Jira or similar User Story management suites.
  • Knowledge of Visio or other diagramming software a plus.
  • Knowledge of entity relationships and ability to query databases using SQL.
  • Knowledge of MS SQL and .Net applications and development
  • Software training experiences.
  • Software testing experiences.

Other skills

• Ability to evaluate business processes from a business and technical perspective.
  • Expertise in gathering requirements, analysis and documentation.
  • Proven experience in overseeing the design, development, and implementation of software solutions, systems, or products.
  • Experienced with software development methodologies/life cycles and associated processes.
  • Experienced with object-oriented concepts, modeling, practices and procedures.
  • Excellent analytical, mathematical, logical and creative problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Excellent listening and interpersonal skills with ability to develop good working relationships.
  • Keen attention to detail.
  • Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
  • Strong customer service orientation.
  • Experience working in a team-oriented and collaborative environment.
  • Well versed in Microsoft Office productivity tools such as Outlook, Word, Excel, Access and/or PowerPoint.

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