Senior Product Owner - Ecosystem

Allegis Group•Hanover, MD

1d•$96,100 - $193,200•Hybrid

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 coordinates build-versus-buy recommendations, vendor onboarding and integration, vendor roadmap and value management, and proactive renewal, switch, or replacement planning. Working across Product, UX, IS Delivery, Architecture, Procurement, Finance, coalitions, and Operating Companies, this role owns the ecosystem product strategy, roadmap, and cross-functional orchestration. Decision rights remain with the appropriate business, coalition, technology, procurement, and finance owners. The position reports into the Connected Product organization and operates with strategic judgment, influence, and autonomy. At least two days per week of in-office presence is required.

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 the product strategy, capability roadmap, and backlog for the Connected vendor ecosystem, aligning external platform roadmaps with enterprise product and experience priorities.
Orchestrate build-versus-buy evaluations with IS Delivery, Architecture, UX, Finance, Procurement, coalitions, and Operating Companies, developing evidence-based recommendations while respecting established decision rights.
Lead product planning for vendor onboarding and integration so new capabilities are implemented to realize expected investment value.
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 and identify 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 needed to demonstrate return on vendor investments.
Establish a forward-looking renewal and replacement calendar that provides time to evaluate renew, renegotiate, switch, or retire options before contractual deadlines.
Develop recommendations for vendor renewals or changes that consider 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 such as 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; contract execution, spend management, and commercial risk remain owned by Procurement and Finance.
Support coalitions, Operating Companies, and the Transformation Office with prioritization and funding decisions.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage
Hospital plans
401(k) Retirement Plan with pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions
Company-paid Basic Life and AD&D insurance, with 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
Time off and leave, including PTO, Allegis Group Paid Family Leave, and Parental Leave
Bonus eligibility