Associate Product Owner

• Assist the Senior Product Owner in maintaining the team-level roadmap and communicating progress to stakeholders
• Help manage the Jira backlog by drafting User Stories and Tasks with clear Acceptance Criteria
• Participate in design sessions and UX reviews
• help create basic mockups or flowcharts to visualize how features should work
• Attend daily stand-ups and sprint ceremonies, helping the team stay organized and unblocked during two-week iterations
• Cultivate a deep understanding of internal users by gathering feedback and analyzing how they use our applications
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) sessions, document bugs, and assist in the final validation of features before they go live
• Help draft 'how-to' guides and release notes to ensure users are excited and prepared for new features

• Recent or upcoming graduate with a Bachelor's degree (Technical or Business concentrations preferred, e.g., MIS, CS, Business Analytics, or Engineering)
• Previous internship experience in a corporate environment, ideally within a tech, product, or project management capacity
• Exceptional written and verbal skills
• you can explain a 'why' just as well as a 'how.'
• Exposure to (or a quick ability to learn) Jira, Confluence, or similar project management tools
• An ability to take a big problem and break it down into logical, smaller steps
• A genuine interest in how software is built and a desire to become an expert in the Appian platform
• Comfort with fast-paced environments and a willingness to pivot priorities as business needs change
• While you don't need to code, you should be comfortable discussing technical concepts with engineers

Familiarity with Agile or Scrum methodologies is a plus

• Health coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with free mental health support
• Life and disability insurance
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Retirement/pension plan
• Wellness dollars
• Tuition reimbursement
• Family-forming benefits