Product Owner – Research Administration, SaaS

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the product backlog, ensuring that priorities are transparent, actionable, and aligned with product goals.

• Convert customer feedback, institutional requirements, and product strategies into user stories, acceptance criteria, and actionable requirements.

• Collaborate with engineering and design teams to clarify requirements and facilitate effective delivery.

• Work alongside Product Management to refine priorities, assess opportunities, and validate product outcomes.

• Engage in release planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and other Agile ceremonies.

• Advocate for customer and user needs within the delivery team.

• Gain insights into research administration workflows and identify enhancements for user experience.

• Balance the needs of customers, technical aspects, business priorities, and delivery constraints.

• Utilize product data, customer insights, and other information to guide prioritization and assess outcomes.

• Contribute to the continuous enhancement of product development processes and team performance.

• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Design, and customer-facing teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• Over 3 years of experience in product ownership, business analysis, software delivery, or a related role.

• Professional experience in research administration within a software organization, university, research institution, laboratory, sponsored programs office, or similar environments.

• Strong grasp of Agile software development methodologies and backlog management.

• Experience in translating intricate workflows, customer feedback, and business needs into user stories, acceptance criteria, and actionable requirements.

• Ability to work collaboratively with engineering, product, design, and customer-facing teams.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Capability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail and overall product objectives.

• Experience working effectively with distributed teams.

• Familiarity with SaaS or enterprise software tailored for higher education, research institutions, or complex organizations.

• Understanding of research administration, grant management, ERP, HRIS, financial, or other enterprise systems.

• Awareness of compliance and administrative requirements faced by research institutions.

• Proficient in using product management, backlog management, and collaboration tools.

• Comfortable working with product data and metrics to aid prioritization and decision-making.

• This role is remote within the United States.

• Occasional travel may be required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Base salary range of $110,000 to $125,000.

• Comprehensive employee benefits package.

• Health programs.

• Retirement programs.

• Equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination protections.

• Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities and pregnant individuals.

• Commitment to pay equity.

• AI-assisted recruitment evaluations reviewed by human recruiters.