Senior Technology Product Owner

Adtalem Global Education • Columbia, SC

127d • $70,696 - $124,230

About The Position

As a Senior Technology Product Owner, you will help to define the vision of the portfolio and products we create; drive the planning, prioritisation and execution of backlogs and deliver new features that support our strategic goals. You coach Technology Product Owners on understanding the relevant end to end business processes, underlying business capabilities and related journey maps and strategies that elevate both student and colleague experiences. You will be expected to understand, assess, and decompose prioritized initiatives into Portfolio and Product roadmaps. Working closely with your key stakeholders to ensure our planning closely aligns with overall business goals and objectives and with a mindset of driving focus to maximize value for both colleagues and customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
• Nine (9) plus years of Product Management/Product Ownership/Technical Business Analyst experience in an Agile, SaaS Technology environment.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to interact with all levels within the organization and work in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to manage a variety of business, IT and vendor resources.
• Experience of working within an Agile environment, across multiple initiatives and circa 10+ teams.
• Proficient with Agile Product Management, Business Analysis and Business Process Mapping practices and tools.
• In-depth knowledge of Agile methodologies, frameworks, and tools (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, ADO, JIRA, Confluence).
• Strong analytical skills to resolve issues and determine effective business and alternative IT solutions.
• Agile and innovative mind-set with the tenacity to adapt and thrive in a constantly changing environment.
• Capability to influence and instill credibility in sponsors, peers and subordinates.
• Certified Scrum Product Owner or related Product Owner / Product Manager.
• SAFe Scrum Master Certification.

Responsibilities

• Leading and collaborating with Technology Product Owners, Digital Product Managers and peer group colleagues as well as other IT stakeholder groups towards finalizing short, mid and long terms initiative and product roadmaps aligned to business priorities and value.
• Collaborate with architecture, engineering, and service management teams to ensure the overall roadmaps are balanced to ensure a scalable, user experience optimised, stable, and performant technology products.
• Define methodology for the analysis and response to target metrics and value post-delivery, including recommended improvements.
• Nurture and build relationships with senior colleagues across all business functions that are impacted by the assigned product and initiative portfolio.
• Facilitate business process mapping and product mapping work sessions.
• Work in partnership with applicable product vendors to understand vendor product roadmaps and ensure timely feature/product upgrades.
• Maintain the quality and integrity of all new product introduction and existing product enhancements.
• Responsible for progressing all deliverables to 'done' status and meet acceptance criteria.
• Build peer group Technology Product and Portfolio community, identifying and acting upon opportunities for learning and development.
• Support definition of objectives, definition of success metrics and articulation of business outcomes for assigned initiatives.
• Use approved tools and methodologies to manage workloads, communicate progress, and ensure timely completion of deliverables.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all policies and standards.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance
• 401k Retirement Program + 6% employer match
• Participation in Adtalem's Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy
• 12 Paid Holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Educational Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees