AI Product Owner
Eversource Energy · Westwood, MA · 4 wk ago
HybridInformation Technology$65/hrContract
Responsibilities
- Own assigned product or capability area within the Product Enablement portfolio.
- Translate strategic business priorities, user needs, and operating model requirements into product plans, features, and backlog items.
- Define and maintain a prioritized product backlog based on business value, risk, dependencies, readiness, and enterprise alignment.
- Develop and refine epics, features, and user stories with clear business context and acceptance criteria.
- Partner with delivery teams to support planning, backlog refinement, testing readiness, release coordination, and execution decisions.
- Work across business, Enterprise AI, IT, Data, architecture, cybersecurity, and operations teams to align on priorities, dependencies, and delivery sequencing.
- Support product vision, roadmap development, and release planning for assigned products and capabilities.
- Ensure product work aligns with intake, governance, compliance, architecture, and enterprise platform standards.
- Communicate product priorities, roadmap updates, delivery progress, business impact, and key risks to stakeholders and leadership.
- Define and monitor success measures, adoption indicators, and performance metrics for assigned products.
- Gather user and stakeholder feedback and translate insights into product improvements and backlog priorities.
- Support launch readiness, stakeholder adoption, and continuous improvement across the product lifecycle.
- Escalate material risks, unresolved decisions, and delivery blockers in a timely manner.
Requirements
- 5 or more years of experience in product ownership, product management, business analysis, program delivery, or a related role.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Experience working in Agile delivery environments with responsibility for backlog management, prioritization, requirements development, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Experience translating business needs into structured product requirements and executable delivery plans.
- Experience working across multiple stakeholder groups, including business and technical teams.
Qualifications
- Strong product ownership and prioritization skills.
- Strong stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, and decision-making skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Ability to balance strategic business goals with technical constraints and delivery realities.
- Strong AI skills and knowledge.
- Ability to lead through influence in complex, matrixed environments.
- Familiarity with enterprise governance, intake, and delivery processes.
- Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, or similar tools preferred.
- Experience with enterprise platforms, data products, AI-enabled solutions, or regulated utility environments preferred.
Pay
Pay Rate: $65.00 - $72,00/hour (on W2)
Schedule
Daily Schedule: Monday - Friday