Contract Product Owner

Job Description:

• Establish collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders to assess and recommend Agile practices and business and technical solutions
• Lead cross-functional delivery teams to deliver business outcomes
• Drive product vision while considering downstream impacts of new features across programs
• Develop, monitor, manage, and report integrated IT project plans, milestones, and deliverables
• Support triage and resolution of critical project issues and scope changes
• Prepare and deliver verbal and written project-status communications for internal and client teams
• Influence stakeholders at all organizational levels and implement recommended changes
• Perform hands-on project work, including analysis, design, process engineering, and change management
• Adapt to diverse client engagements, including consultative senior-management advising and highly visible technical projects

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, MIS and/or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5 years experience in an Agile product ownership or project/program management role, preferably with full development life cycle experience
• 3 years experience with Scrum and/or Kanban frameworks
• Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) experience
• Experience in digital product management or agile product coaching
• Demonstrated track record of successfully managing large and complex consulting engagements
• Ability to assess user requirements, identify omissions and gaps, and design optimal solutions
• Creative thinking and innovative solutions to complex technical/business problems
• Ability to establish immediate credibility with clients, build consensus, and achieve goals through influence
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Must be authorized to work directly for any employer in the United States without visa sponsorship

Benefits:

• Generous PTO
• Health coverage
• Disability insurance
• Paid family leave
• Remote and hybrid workforce support with daily flexibility (CapFlex)
• Certification and tuition support
• Digital on-demand learning courses
• Mentorship and skill development paths
• Mental health and well-being platform with 1:1 care, group support sessions, and self-serve resources (Modern Health)
• Fertility and family-forming coverage, including adoption, surrogacy, fertility treatments, and pregnancy (Carrot Fertility)
• Company-paid personalized lifestyle benefits stipend (Fringe)
• Employee Resource Groups
• Philanthropic partnerships and pro-bono project opportunities
• 401(k) matching with no vesting period