Secret Location’s Digital Preschool division is an empowered product team which values communication, collaboration, and fun. Our primary goal and purpose is to create preschool apps that boost meaningful screen time for children, parents, and caregivers. As part of the larger eOne and Hasbro family, our digital brand portfolio includes the widely popular preschool app World of Peppa Pig, which has claimed the #1 spot in its category in over 20 countries since launch, as well as superhero hit PJ Masks: Hero Academy.
As a Junior Product Owner for the World of Peppa Pig app, you are responsible for the complete production cycle associated with the application, including scheduling, resourcing, and reporting. You are responsible for managing a team of talented designers, developers and QA analysts to successfully deliver on the product OKRs and product roadmap as outlined by the World of Peppa Pig Product Manager.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Manage Scrum / Agile Framework and corresponding documentation.
- Facilitate regular sprint ceremonies and other ad hoc team meetings.
- Project Management tracking of all application work based on product OKRs and changing Product Manager priorities.
- Work with the Product Manager to plan and prepare prioritized backlog items that would be ready for team input and refinement.
- Set up Asana tickets in the backlog that includes detailed requirements, specifications and timelines for the production team, ensuring technical feasibility.
- Manage all scheduling, resourcing, scope, changes and risks related to the product’s deliverable initiatives.
- Monitor and control project deliverable progress and stakeholder feedback
- Manage project blockers or impediments, escalating where necessary
- Exercise servant leadership by serving team members while achieving goals set by the business.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, business partners and stakeholders when needed and ensure communication is clear and consistent.
- Monitor and track progress of project plans and provide regular visibility to project status by preparing status reports from gathering, analyzing and summarizing relevant information.
- Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors assigning tasks and communicating expected deliverables.
- Assist and monitor QA is being done according to the project plan.
- Log, monitor and handle project issues, analyze & recommend viable alternatives and report and escalate to management as needed.
- Process contractor timesheets and manage monthly budget reconciliation
- Uphold Division Culture Principles within the team through honest communication, respect and support of others, and fun!
Skills that would be awesome to have:
- Scrum Master certification
- Experience with team facilitation, managing projects and/or products including communicating to stakeholders
- Experience with Scrum and Agile methodologies including writing User Stories and Acceptance Criteria
- Familiarity with Asana, MS Office suite and Confluence.
Qualifications:
- 1+ year working on an Agile Team
- Passion for games, collaboration, and having fun!
- Be a proactive problem-solver, anticipate issues and be two steps ahead of the team at all times.
- Be a team player and assist other teammates where needed
- Candidate must reside in Ontario
- Hybrid work environment, with office based in downtown Toronto.
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