Senior Product Owner (Remote)
About The Position
The Senior Product Owner drives business value by building, managing, and maintaining product backlogs in collaboration with IT teams. The role represents the business to the team, defines business value and project scope, establishes acceptance criteria, and helps shape product direction through feature creation, user-story writing, and collaborative innovation sessions such as Joint Application Development (JAD). The position leads product backlog definition with Business Analysts, Architects, Technologists, subject-matter experts, and business owners. It develops product roadmaps, turns product vision into epics and features, partners with Business Analysts to create user stories, and reviews and prioritizes backlogs with business owners. The Product Owner determines acceptance criteria and may accept or reject development-team deliverables, and is accountable for the success of the product or component within their purview. The role also guides Business Analysts in breaking down the Minimum Viable Product into user stories, advises the Scrum Master on grooming-session improvements, and engages clients, business partners, stakeholders, and customers as needed. It supports agile delivery and team development through coaching, mentoring, and fostering a feedback culture. The position has no direct reports but may guide and mentor less experienced staff and lead matrixed resources.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Product Management, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field; alternatively, four additional years of relevant work experience in addition to the required work experience.
- Six years of experience in IT and business analysis, business development, solutions development, systems analysis, technical design/development, or implementation, or four years of Product Owner experience.
- Knowledge of business and management principles.
- Strong ability with Microsoft Office Suite.
- Knowledge of project planning and life-cycle development.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to recognize, analyze, and solve a variety of problems.
- Proficiency in Jira and Confluence.
- Must be eligible to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
Nice To Haves
- Previous healthcare experience.
- Advanced degree.
- FEP (Federal Employee Program) knowledge.
- Certified Scrum Product Owner certification.
Responsibilities
- Define product backlogs in collaboration with Business Analysts, Architects, Technologists, subject-matter experts, and business owners.
- Develop product roadmaps and use them with the product vision to create epics and features.
- Work with Business Analysts to create user stories that accurately reflect desired product capabilities.
- Build and review product backlogs with business owners to determine business value and priorities.
- Define acceptance criteria and accept or reject development-team deliverables.
- Be accountable for the success of the product or component within the role's purview.
- Guide Business Analysts in breaking down the Minimum Viable Product into user stories and share expertise in writing effective user stories.
- Provide the Scrum Master with input on improvement opportunities for grooming sessions.
- Engage clients, internal and external business partners, stakeholders, and customers as needed to educate them and provide relevant product information.
- Support culture change to improve delivery agility.
- Coach team members who are new to Scrum and Agile practices.
- Support team building and development by using individuals' abilities and skills and fostering a feedback culture.
- Mentor Product Owners.
- Assist in guiding and mentoring less experienced staff and potentially lead a team of matrixed resources.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Various incentive programs and plans.
- 401(k) contribution programs and plans.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
