Product Owner, Technology

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

📋 Description

• Oversee the development and execution of initiatives that align with the IT roadmap for the Enterprise Reporting team.

• Establish the product vision, along with business and technology roadmaps, features, and user stories.

• Manage and prioritize the product backlog based on business value and customer insights.

• Ensure that products fulfill quality standards, compliance mandates, business goals, and stakeholder expectations while adhering to resource and budget limits.

• Facilitate enterprise reporting, analytics, dashboards, and data delivery solutions.

• Collaborate with Enterprise Reporting leadership and internal business stakeholders to define and prioritize initiatives.

• Guarantee that reporting solutions are accurate, timely, compliant, user-friendly, and scalable.

• Define and validate product requirements, features/epics, and user stories.

• Plan and execute product development sprints and releases in collaboration with product teams and business owners.

• Review and accept product deliverables to ensure they meet acceptance criteria and quality standards.

• Manage the overall product lifecycle.

• Execute current sprints and prepare for upcoming sprints.

• Establish team velocity and project future efforts.

• Coordinate with BA, development, and QA leads to achieve sprint goals.

• Manage sprint priorities in alignment with the product roadmap.

• Support the rollout of new features and conduct demonstrations for stakeholders.

• Identify dependencies and manage sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.

• Communicate potential risks to sprint goals and remove any obstacles.

• Create metrics-driven project dashboards for technology workstreams.

• Collaborate with the EPMO reporting team to enhance JIRA as the primary source of truth.

• Mentor and guide less experienced professional contributors.

• Perform other assigned responsibilities.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in computer science, business, logistics, or a related field is preferred.

• A combination of education and experience may substitute for the Bachelor’s degree requirement.

• At least five years of experience as a product owner, product manager, business analyst, or in a similar role within a digital product development setting.

• PMI, PMP, PMI ACP, or CSM certification or equivalent is preferred.

• Knowledge of ITIL is preferred.

• Experience supporting enterprise reporting, business intelligence, analytics platforms, or data-focused technology teams.

• Strong understanding of agile methodologies, tools, and best practices, including Scrum, Kanban, Jira, and Trello.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership abilities.

• Capability to manage multiple stakeholders and balance conflicting expectations and priorities.

• Strategic, creative, and analytical mindset.

• Ability to translate customer requirements into product specifications, features, and user stories.

• Familiarity with software development life cycle models and expert knowledge of Agile and traditional Waterfall project management principles and practices.

• Significant experience working with vendors and offshore resources.

• Sufficient technical background to lead development teams and evaluate complex product risks and challenges.

• Experience with Release Management and business engagement for new feature launches.

• Strong knowledge of JIRA is preferred.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills are essential.

• Highly organized and detail-oriented; capable of thriving in a fast-paced, metrics-driven environment.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, Wiki, collaborative cloud-based tools, and various third-party software applications is required.

• Commitment to upholding company values.

• Ability to operate standard office equipment and keyboards.

• Availability to work Monday through Friday during the business week.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Life insurance

• AD&D insurance

• LTD insurance

• 401(k) with employer match

• Competitive compensation

• Pleasant work environment

• Monday to Friday business-week schedule