Technical Product Owner

Technical Product Owner

Diversified Services Network, Inc. (DSN) is seeking a full-time Technical Product Owner to join our team in your choice of our Peoria, IL or Chicago, IL locations. We offer a hybrid work model, full benefits, PTO, 401k, and more! If you're looking to grow your career within an extremely reputable, stable Fortune 100 company - let's talk!

Position Overview

The Technical Product Owner partners closely with the Scrum Team to maximize the value of the product and the work of the Development Team. This role owns the product vision and Product Backlog for larger, more complex, high-value projects, ensuring everyone understands priorities and helping the team meet the objectives of each sprint.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the product vision and communicate it, along with sprint goals, to the team at the start of every sprint
• Create, maintain, and prioritize the Product Backlog according to business value for the life of the project
• Serve as the key decision-maker on product features, release dates, and release content
• Collaborate with Lead Engineers to decompose epics and features into user stories granular enough to complete in a single sprint
• Negotiate business requirements and timelines with Product and development teams
• Lead the Daily Scrum, sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives, and sprint demos
• Inspect product progress at the end of each sprint and accept or reject completed work
• Manage and prioritize defects
• Represent the customer and engage with stakeholders throughout the organization, acting as the voice of the team when communicating status externally
• Model Scrum values, understand the framework and each team member's role, and champion the growth of the agile community within the organization

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree
• 8–10 years of experience as a Technical Product Owner or in a comparable role
• Business Analysis: Ability to identify business needs and recommend solutions that deliver value to stakeholders
• Decision Making & Critical Thinking: Ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment
• Effective Communication: Ability to clearly transmit, receive, and interpret ideas, information, and needs
• Software Engineering: Ability to deliver new or enhanced fee-based software products
• Software Product Business Knowledge: Experience with the business aspects of a software product, including install base, current uses, future plans, and product vision

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading or working with a technical team while managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Proven software development experience, including Java 17 or newer, RESTful APIs, databases, and AWS cloud development, with a focus on designing and developing cloud-native solutions at scale
• Experience managing product backlogs in Agile tools such as Azure DevOps, JIRA, Mingle, VSTS, Team Services, or Rally
• Experience working within an onshore/offshore team model
• Experience using GenAI tools such as GitHub Copilot or Microsoft 365 Copilot

Benefits

Salary expectations: 135,000-145,000 per annual