Senior Product Owner

Role overview Turn product strategy and customer and business needs into prioritized, delivery-ready work for assigned technology products. The Senior Product Owner manages the backlog and makes day-to-day decisions about scope and acceptance, partnering with product leadership, business stakeholders, analysts, and developers to balance value, user needs, technical feasibility, and delivery capacity.

Responsibilities - Translate roadmap goals into clear work items, expected outcomes, requirements, and acceptance criteria. - Maintain and prioritize the backlog, making timely scope and feature decisions within agreed objectives. - Partner with users, stakeholders, analysts, developers, and product leaders to resolve questions and dependencies. - Participate in Agile planning, refinement, and reviews; support sprint goals and assess completed work against criteria. - Coordinate feature acceptance, user feedback, and readiness, then use adoption and delivery data to inform improvements. - Use approved AI tools to support analysis and documentation, validate generated work, and protect sensitive information.

Requirements - Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience. - At least 7 years in product ownership, product management, business analysis, or support of operational business platforms. - Experience owning backlogs and translating strategic priorities into actionable requirements and acceptance criteria. - Knowledge of Agile delivery and the software lifecycle, including requirements, testing, releases, and ongoing support. - Familiarity with tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira, and collaboration tools such as Confluence and Microsoft Teams. - Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder skills, including the ability to lead remote meetings and drive decisions.

Nice to have - CSPO, PSPO, or another Agile certification. - Experience with user acceptance testing, process maps, functional specifications, APIs, integrations, and data flows. - Practical knowledge of AI tools and effective documentation practices.

Benefits and work setup - Annual pay range: $85,000–$105,000, based on factors including experience and location. - Benefits include paid personal and sick time, 11 holidays, medical, dental and vision coverage, life insurance, HSA/FSA, employee assistance, educational assistance, and a matched 401(k). - Monday–Friday schedule, 7 a.m.–4 p.m. Central Time; occasional travel averaging approximately 5–10% may be required.