Senior Technology Product Owner Job at Adtalem Global Education (Columbia)

Job Description

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.

Job Responsibility

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
Coach Technology Product Owners on understanding the relevant end to end business processes, underlying business capabilities and related journey maps and strategies
Understand, assess, and decompose prioritized initiatives into Portfolio and Product roadmaps
Work closely with key stakeholders to ensure our planning closely aligns with overall business goals and objectives
Lead and collaborate 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
Collaborate with architecture, engineering, and service management teams, to ensure the overall roadmaps are balanced
Define methodology for the analysis and response to target metrics and value post-delivery
Nurture and build relationships with senior colleagues across all business functions
Facilitate business process mapping and product mapping work sessions
Work in partnership with applicable product vendors to understand vendor product roadmaps
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
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, ensure timely completion of deliverables
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards

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 owning one or more products in an Agile, SaaS Technology environment, or other equivalent methodology
Strong leadership and interpersonal communication skills
Ability to interact with all levels within the organization and work in a fast paced environment with many initiatives
Ability to manage a variety of business, IT and vendor resources including managing vendor deliverables based on agreed contracts and statements of work
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 and manage multiple competing priorities and initiatives
Capability to influence and instill credibility in sponsors, peers and subordinates by meeting initiative milestones, deadlines and budget
Certified Scrum Product Owner or related Product Owner / Product Manager
SAFe Scrum Master Certification

What we offer

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
Eligibility to participate in an annual incentive program

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