Lead Product Owner

Universal Technical Institute • Phoenix, AZ

20h • $110,000 - $126,000 • Remote

About The Position

Overview We are seeking a Senior Product Owner to lead our Collaboration Product team within UTI. The team has responsibility for our communication, coordination, content creation, and information sharing solutions for internal and external use. Major components include our Intranet, SharePoint, Power Automate based workflows, and various email and texting systems. This role is responsible for developing the strategy and roadmaps for these areas and drives our efforts to revamp how we use these capabilities across the company and leverage it to improve day-to-day collaboration and productivity. Candidates should have a strong background in intranets, SharePoint, Power Platform, enterprise collaboration platforms, and experience managing products/solutions within a product driven organization. This position manages a team of resources and candidates must have previous people management experience within an IT and/or product organization. Pay Range: $110,000 - $126,000 What We Offer: Competitive Insurance : Health, vision, and dental coverage for you and your dependents Health Plan Enrollment : Eligibility starts first of the month following completing one full month of employment Paid Time Off : Competitive paid time off programs for employees (Vacation, Sick, Flexible) Retirement Matching : 50% match on the first 6% of your contributions after 90 days Paid Parental Leave : 4 weeks of paid leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents to bond with a new baby Pet Insurance : Competitive coverage for your furry family members through ASPCA Tuition Waiver : Enjoy a tuition waiver after 6 months of employment for you AND your immediate family offered at UTI and Concorde campuses

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Computer Science, or related field (required)
• Five (5) years of experience as a Product Manager, or Product Owner in an Agile environment (required)
• Strong background with Intranets
• Strong background with SharePoint and Power Platform
• Strong experience managing Product and Solutions within a product driven organization
• Experience managing a team and must have previous people management experience in IT or Product
• Strong expertise in Agile/Scrum frameworks, prioritization, and product delivery (required)
• Experience with Agile tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, Rally) (required)
• Skilled in managing complex products in a large enterprise setting
• Strong expertise in Agile/Scrum frameworks, prioritization, and product delivery
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and negotiation skills
• Background of delivering products that create measurable customer and business value
• Communicate, think, learn, and reason
• Use computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to process transactions, store documents, enter data, or perform assigned tasks
• Safely ambulate and/or maneuver when on-site at Company locations
• Demonstrate and utilize active listening, inductive reasoning, information ordering and category flexibility
• Ability to use good judgment, problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and manage sensitive information with discretion
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment where deadlines are essential and multiple projects are worked simultaneously
• Ability to gain, understand and apply information and data as it relates essential functions of the position
• Ability to foster long-term relationships with stakeholders
• Ability to influence product strategy at senior leadership levels and across organizational boundaries

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading digital transformations or large-scale enterprise product initiatives (preferred)
• Understanding of UX/UI design principles, customer journey mapping, and analytics (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product Managers and business leaders to define product strategy, roadmap, and long-term vision
• Lead and manage multiple products across teams, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives
• Translate complex business needs into actionable efforts and requirements
• Prioritize initiatives by balancing customer value, business outcomes, technical dependencies, and risk
• Drive cross-functional collaboration between design, engineering, architecture, and business stakeholders
• Ensure Agile teams deliver high-quality product increments that meet performance, scalability, and usability standard.
• Represent the product in stakeholder meetings, steering committees, and executive updates
• Track and report product KPIs, measure business outcomes, and adapt strategy based on insights
• Mentor and coach junior Product Owners, Business Analysts, and team members to build product management capability
• Champion Agile and product management best practices across the organization
• Establish/maintain a high-performance team of professional, motivated and engaged staff utilizing effective training, performance management and career-development activities while leading them to achieve established business results and performance metrics
• Recognizes and rewards employee contributions and achievements
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Competitive Insurance : Health, vision, and dental coverage for you and your dependents
• Health Plan Enrollment : Eligibility starts first of the month following completing one full month of employment
• Paid Time Off : Competitive paid time off programs for employees (Vacation, Sick, Flexible)
• Retirement Matching : 50% match on the first 6% of your contributions after 90 days
• Paid Parental Leave : 4 weeks of paid leave for both birthing and non-birthing parents to bond with a new baby
• Pet Insurance : Competitive coverage for your furry family members through ASPCA
• Tuition Waiver : Enjoy a tuition waiver after 6 months of employment for you AND your immediate family offered at UTI and Concorde campuses

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees