Senior Product Owner - Ecosystem

Allegis Group•Hanover, MD

11h

About The Position

The Senior Product Owner, Ecosystem, orchestrates how Allegis Group manages vendor-provided capabilities that connect to the Connected experience and core enterprise systems. The role creates a unified product view across external platforms and internal capabilities, ensuring vendor investments are evaluated, onboarded, integrated, governed, and evolved to maximize business value and user experience. It owns ecosystem product strategy, roadmap, and cross-functional orchestration, while formal decision rights remain with the appropriate business, coalition, technology, procurement, and finance owners. The role reports to the Connected Product organization and requires in-office presence at least two days per week. The position works as an integrated partner across Product, UX, IS Delivery, Architecture, Procurement, Finance, coalitions, Operating Companies, and vendor partners. Its core areas include build-versus-buy recommendations; vendor onboarding and integration; vendor roadmap and value management; and proactive renewal, switching, or replacement planning. The role coordinates vendor partners such as Salesforce, Gong, Seismic, and Sense, without assuming contract execution or technical delivery ownership. The role partners with Finance and Procurement on business cases, vendor value assessments, renewal planning, and funding recommendations. It provides product recommendations based on enterprise value, adoption, cost, risk, user experience, and roadmap fit; contract execution, spend management, and commercial risk remain owned by Procurement and Finance. It also supports coalitions, Operating Companies, and the Transformation Office with prioritization and funding decisions.

Requirements

5–8 years of experience in product management, product ownership, platform management, or digital product development, preferred; or 5+ years of relevant experience in staffing, recruiting, sales, talent solutions, or enterprise services.
Strong product strategy, roadmap, prioritization, and outcome measurement capabilities.
Ability to lead through influence and orchestrate decisions across teams with distinct accountabilities.
Working knowledge of SaaS/vendor lifecycle management, enterprise integrations, commercial renewals, and platform roadmaps.
Strong analytical, financial, presentation, and executive communication skills.
Ability to translate technical, commercial, user experience, and business considerations into clear recommendations.
Executive presence, diplomacy, sound judgment, and comfort navigating ambiguity and competing priorities.
Exceptional organization, dependency management, and attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing SaaS platforms, vendor ecosystems, enterprise integrations, renewals, or build-versus-buy evaluations.
Experience working across Product, UX, technology delivery, architecture, procurement, finance, and business stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
Experience working across multiple Operating Companies.

Responsibilities

Define and maintain product strategy, capability roadmap, and backlog for the Connected vendor ecosystem, aligning vendor platform roadmaps with enterprise product and experience priorities.
Orchestrate build-versus-buy evaluations with IS Delivery, Architecture, UX, Finance, Procurement, coalitions, and Operating Companies; develop evidence-based recommendations while respecting established decision rights.
Lead product planning for vendor onboarding and integration to help realize the expected value of investments.
Create a consistent approach to managing vendor capabilities, dependencies, integrations, risks, adoption, and outcomes across platforms connected to core systems.
Partner with UX to deliver a coherent end-to-end experience across platforms and reduce unnecessary system fragmentation for internal users.
Integrate vendor roadmaps into the broader Connected roadmap, identifying capabilities included in contracted packages, available as add-ons, or requiring internal development.
Coordinate value management with Finance and Procurement by defining expected outcomes, adoption measures, cost/value indicators, and evidence to demonstrate return on vendor investments.
Establish a forward-looking renewal and replacement calendar with sufficient time to evaluate renewal, renegotiation, switching, or retirement before contractual deadlines.
Develop recommendations for vendor renewals or changes, considering business value, user experience, technical feasibility, integration impacts, cost, risk, migration effort, and timing.
Engage senior stakeholders and Operating Company partners to clarify business goals, build consensus, and support coalition and OpCo decisions.
Clarify ownership and accountability across Product, UX, IS Delivery, Architecture, Procurement, Finance, coalitions, Operating Companies, and vendor partners.
Use research, analytics, experimentation, adoption data, service performance, and stakeholder feedback to prioritize opportunities and measure outcomes.
Communicate ecosystem strategy, roadmap, trade-offs, decisions, risks, and performance to executive and cross-functional audiences.
Serve as the central product coordinator for vendor partners, including Salesforce, Gong, Seismic, Sense, and other platforms integrated with Connected, without assuming contract execution or technical delivery ownership.
Promote proactive, collaborative decision-making and ensure the appropriate partners are engaged at the right time.
Partner with Finance and Procurement on business cases, vendor value assessments, renewal planning, and funding recommendations.
Provide product recommendations based on enterprise value, adoption, cost, risk, user experience, and roadmap fit; support prioritization and funding decisions with coalitions, Operating Companies, and the Transformation Office.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision plans
Hospital plans
401(k) Retirement Plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions
Company-paid Basic Life and AD&D insurance; voluntary Life and AD&D coverage for employees and dependents
Company-paid short- and long-term disability
Health and Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HSA and DCFSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Tuition Assistance
PTO, Allegis Group Paid Family Leave, and Parental Leave
Bonus eligible