Senior Business Product Owner - Remote (USA)

About the role

The Business Product Owner is accountable for maximizing the business value delivered by a dedicated, fixed capacity, cross-functional team (Pod). Operating within Medtronic’s Agile, product-aligned operating model, the Business Product Owner represents business and customer needs, translates strategic priorities into a clearly ordered backlog, and partners closely with the Pod to deliver incremental, measurable outcomes through continuous delivery and feedback loops.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain a single, prioritized Product Backlog aligned to business objectives, customer needs, and value drivers
• Translate business problems, opportunities, and desired outcomes into clearly defined features and user stories with acceptance criteria
• Continuously refine and reprioritize backlog items based on value, risk, dependencies, and fixed Pod capacity
• Makes timely, transparent trade-off decisions to maximize business value delivery within the team's capacity
• Define and communicate clear business outcomes and success measures for backlog items and releases
• Partner with the Pod to deliver work incrementally, enabling early validation of value and fast feedback
• Validate delivered outcomes against expected benefits, operational improvements, or customer impact
• Use insights from delivery metrics and stakeholder feedback to guide future prioritization and product direction
• Serve as the primary business point of contact for product priorities, scope, and value decisions
• Engage stakeholders through regular reviews, demonstrations, and feedback sessions
• Balance competing stakeholder needs using value-based prioritization rather than scope commitments
• Ensure expectations are aligned with Pod capacity and delivery realities
• Work day-to-day with the Pod to clarify intent, priorities, and acceptance criteria
• Participate actively in Agile ceremonies and planning events to support shared understanding
• Enable the Pod to focus on delivery by providing clear priorities and fast decision-making
• Foster a collaborative, outcome-focused working relationship built on trust and accountability
• Ensure backlog priorities remain aligned with broader product, portfolio, or value-stream direction
• Identify and actively manage dependencies with other Pods, teams, or initiatives
• Proactively surface risks, constraints, and trade-offs to support informed decision-making
• Adjust priorities as conditions change while maintaining delivery stability

Requirements

• Minimum Requirements: Bachelor’s degree with relevant professional experience, or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years of relevant experience, OR 5+ years of relevant experience with an advanced degree
• Nice to Haves: Experience building a product for a financial organization for medical device industry or related regulated industry
• Demonstrated experience serving as a Business Product Owner, Product Owner, or product-aligned role in an Agile environment
• Proven ability to translate business needs into clear, prioritized backlogs
• Strong decision-making skills with experience balancing value, risk, and stakeholder expectations
• Effective communication and collaboration skills across business and technology partners
• Experience using metrics and feedback to drive prioritization and continuous improvement
• Experience working in a product- or value-stream-aligned operating model
• Familiarity with Agile delivery in complex or regulated environments
• Experience supporting Transform, Grow, and Run work within a single team
• Comfort collaborating across multiple teams and stakeholder groups

Qualifications

• Must Have: Bachelor’s degree with relevant professional experience, or equivalent practical experience
• 7+ years of relevant experience, OR 5+ years of relevant experience with an advanced degree
• Nice to Haves: Experience building a product for a financial organization for medical device industry or related regulated industry
• Demonstrated experience serving as a Business Product Owner, Product Owner, or product-aligned role in an Agile environment
• Proven ability to translate business needs into clear, prioritized backlogs
• Strong decision-making skills with experience balancing value, risk, and stakeholder expectations
• Effective communication and collaboration skills across business and technology partners
• Experience using metrics and feedback to drive prioritization and continuous improvement
• Experience working in a product- or value-stream-aligned operating model
• Familiarity with Agile delivery in complex or regulated environments
• Experience supporting Transform, Grow, and Run work within a single team
• Comfort collaborating across multiple teams and stakeholder groups

Skills

• Business Value & Backlog Ownership
• Value-Driven Delivery & Outcomes
• Stakeholder Partnership & Feedback Loops
• Pod Collaboration & Enablement
• Alignment & Dependency Management

Benefits

For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers.

Pay

$140,000.00 - $210,000.00

Schedule

Not specified