Product Owner Senior

Universal Technical Institute • Phoenix, AZ

12h • $110,000 - $126,000 • Remote

About The Position

The Product Owner Senior plays a strategic and leadership role in defining and delivering high-value digital products and enterprise solutions. Acting as the voice of the business and customer, they are accountable for shaping the product roadmap, prioritizing outcomes, and guiding multiple Agile teams in delivering solutions that drive measurable business impact. With deep domain expertise, strong stakeholder management skills, and a focus on customer value, the Product Owner Senior not only manages product backlogs but also mentors other Product Owners and contributes to the overall product strategy.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, or related field (required)
• Five (5) years of experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or Product Manager 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, backlog management, and product delivery (required)
• Experience with Agile tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, Rally) (required)
• Skilled in managing complex products or multiple backlogs in a large enterprise setting
• Strong expertise in Agile/Scrum frameworks, backlog management, and product delivery
• Excellent stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and negotiation skills
• Background of delivering products that create measurable customer and business value
• Able and willing to: 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)
• Strong understanding of UX/UI design principles, customer journey mapping, and analytics (preferred)
• Background in data-driven decision-making and product performance measurement

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product Managers and business leaders to define product strategy, roadmap, and long-term vision
• Lead and manage multiple product backlogs across teams, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives
• Translate complex business needs into epics, features, and user stories with clear acceptance criteria
• 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

• Tuition Waiver : Enjoy a tuition waiver after 6 months of employment for you AND your immediate family offered at UTI and Concorde campuses
• 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
• Competitive Insurance : Health, vision, and dental coverage for you and your dependents
• Pet Insurance : Competitive coverage for your furry family members through ASPCA
• Health Plan Enrollment : Eligibility starts first of the month following completing one full month of employment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees