Epic Owner

Role Purpose

The Epic Owner is responsible for managing the scope and schedules of an Epic through to delivery with an Agile-centric approach to prioritization and value delivery. The Epic Owner is further responsible for guiding individual epics from identification through to approval. After the epic is approved, the Epic Owner works with Agile Teams to initiate the development activities necessary to realize the epic’s business outcome hypothesis. After the initiation, the Epic Owner may have some ongoing responsibilities for stewardship and follow-up. As the features and capabilities that define the epics are incorporated into the Solution, the Epic Owner returns to other duties or takes responsibility for other emerging epics. Typically, an Epic Owner works with 1-4 epics at a time (based on the scope/size of the epic) that falls within their area of expertise and current business mission.

Role Description

• Primary responsibility for introducing the merits of the epic – added value
• Work with stakeholders and subject matter experts to define an epic
• Formulates and elaborates on the epic and analyses its cost and impact by collaborating closely with other groups in the portfolio
• Define, prioritise and deliver the epic as per the core benefits and outcomes and create a Lean business case and present for approval.
• Participate in PI Planning, System Demo, and Solution Demo, whenever there is critical activity related to the epic.
• Establish the epic delivery plan during PI Planning
• Collaborate with Product and Solution Management and System and Solution Architects/ Engineering to decompose the epic into features and capabilities and help prioritize these backlog items in their respective program and solution backlogs.
• Work with Agile Teams that perform research spikes, create proofs of concept, mock-ups, etc
• Coordinate and synchronise epic-related activities across delivery teams and business units
• Communicate with stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risk and drive relentless improvement
• Proactively manage dependencies, overcome obstacles and help teams deliver effectively
• Encourage collaboration between teams
• Accountable for delivering the epic
• Assist tracking the execution of features and capabilities

Qualifications and experience

• Degree in business sciences, information, or technology field
• Certified Agile and/or SAFe practitioner
• +3 years’ experience in an Ecommerce, start up or innovation lead environment with a proven record of accomplishment in an epic and/or agile delivery approach
• Experience in business analysis or related technical field with exposure to deployment of formal business analysis methods and tool (application development, technical product owner, deployment/implementation, and infrastructure)
• Experience dealing with stakeholders during the development life cycle –
• Familiarity with ITIL v2 or 3

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