IA-DOM-DOIT-TS3- Product Owner/Portfolio Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of IT products and applications, ensuring successful completion and alignment with business needs for both internal and external users
• Serve as a Product Owner to guide products through all lifecycle stages, ensuring efficiency, quality, and alignment with strategic goals
• Create and prioritize product backlogs and maintain roadmaps that align with long-term IT strategies and changing user and state needs
• Oversee product releases, ensure readiness for deployment, monitor performance, gather feedback, and manage risks affecting delivery or budget
• Collaborate with business and IT leadership to define and track performance metrics, ensuring all products and processes meet state, federal, and IT governance requirements
• Manage relationships with vendors and service providers, overseeing performance, resolving issues related to interoperability, and ensuring adherence to service level agreements (SLAs) and availability targets
• Oversee product IT financials, including budget planning and monitoring, while providing leadership with regular updates on product status, risks, and strategic roadmap progress
• Lead and manage cross-functional fusion teams, ensuring effective collaboration among IT, vendors, and business units to deliver solutions that align with business needs and budget constraints
• Facilitate agile meetings and lead sprint reviews, leading user story development, ensuring team alignment on priorities and presenting outputs to stakeholders
• Use feedback and metrics to identify product needs and collaborate on acceptance criteria, testing, and feature delivery
• Collaborate with Executive Technology Officers (ETOs) and product teams to prioritize and manage product development efforts, ensuring alignment with agency needs and effectively transitioning products to enterprise services
• Build and maintain strong relationships with client/business teams, establishing regular communication and fostering trust to ensure successful collaboration and issue resolution

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in IT project management, product ownership, or portfolio management
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously and delivering high-quality results
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and experience facilitating agile practices
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build and maintain strong relationships with diverse stakeholders
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Knowledge of IT governance principles and best practices
• Experience with financial management and budgeting
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and vendors