About the position
The role focuses on managing a portfolio of IT products while acting as a Product Owner. It involves driving product strategy, aligning IT solutions with business needs, leading cross-functional (fusion) teams, and ensuring continuous improvement through performance metrics and user feedback. The position requires strong collaboration with business stakeholders, IT leadership, and vendors.
Responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of IT products and applications, ensuring alignment with business objectives for internal and external users
- Act as Product Owner across the full product lifecycle (planning \t development \t release \t optimization)
- Collaborate with business SMEs, IT teams, vendors, and external agencies to define scope and identify IT solutions
- Create, maintain, and prioritize product backlogs and long-term roadmaps
- Oversee product releases, deployment readiness, performance tracking, and risk management
- Define and monitor KPIs and ensure compliance with federal and IT governance standards
- Manage vendor relationships, SLAs, interoperability issues, and service delivery performance
- Handle IT product financials including budgeting, cost tracking, and reporting
- Lead cross-functional fusion teams and ensure effective collaboration across departments
- Allocate resources, monitor team performance, and support team members
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, reviews, backlog grooming, user story development)
- Use user feedback and performance data to refine features, acceptance criteria, and delivery priorities
- Work with Executive Technology Officers (ETOs) to align product development with enterprise strategy
- Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships and ensure consistent communication
Requirements
- Project Management (scope, budget, timeline, resources) \t 5+ years
- Product Ownership / Portfolio Management \t 2+ years
- Requirements Elicitation & Documentation \t 5+ years
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) knowledge \t 5+ years
- Vendor Management & Collaboration \t 5+ years
- Agile methodologies (Scrum, backlog prioritization, sprint planning) \t 3+ years
- User story creation and product backlog management
- Release planning and delivery management
- High-quality documentation (project plans, BRDs, user stories, process maps, reports) \t 5+ years
- Understanding of IT governance and compliance frameworks
- Strong stakeholder communication (technical + business + leadership level) \t 5+ years
- Ability to manage expectations and present product strategy
- Team leadership and cross-functional coordination
- IT Vendor Management \t 3+ years
- Budget planning and financial oversight
- Performance metrics tracking and data-driven decision making