Ascend Learning · 15 hours ago
Technical Product Owner
Gilbert, AZ
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
3+ years expAscend Learning is a leading healthcare and learning technology company that connects a powerful portfolio of brands serving students, educators, and employers. They are seeking a Technical Product Owner who will drive business requirements into agile teams, ensuring effective execution of technical product development to meet customer needs.
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Responsibilities
Understand market needs and transform business requirements into features and user stories with clear acceptance criteria to convey specific functionality from an end-user perspective
Engage with Technical Product Managers and business product owner as needed to gather and understand customer needs and requirements, incorporating feedback into the backlog
Prioritize and manage backlogs, maintaining a well-prioritized list of features and user stories; use feedback from user engagement to adapt/modify requirements, features, prioritization of features, and product performance
Modify/change product features and requirements in response to new information on markets/customers from Product Managers
Conduct work prioritization and work sequencing and manage sprints and development of new features / products. Continuously map back to integrated roadmap milestones to ensure alignment on delivery
Track and manage product development to ensure alignment with established product requirements and market / user feedback
Support development teams in grooming the backlog during sprint planning by clarifying user stories and setting priorities
Oversee performance against success criteria, including customer perspective and UAT/OT
Drive alignment through effective and consistent communication
Deliver consistent and clear release notes
Support and drive documentation that supports both the delivery of capabilities that meet customer needs and enable training and implementation of capabilities
Articulate risk and mitigations early and often
Drive decision making on tradeoffs through clear understanding of business need, technical options and viable options
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in related fields, such as Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science or other areas combined with relevant work experience
Experience working in an agile environment is strongly preferred
Minimum of 3+ years of combined experience in a combination of project management, consulting, Agile development or information technology (project management alone is insufficient)
Experience working in a dynamic environment, with need to adapt to changing priorities, market dynamics, and evolving business needs and guide teams accordingly
An exceptional communicator and collaborator, adept at working across different functions and diverse cultures
Ability to successfully translate business requirements into features and user stories, and manage/ prioritize a feature backlog
Effective communicator and collaborator able to breakdown complex business problems into logical and deliverable work that can easily tie back to business themes and priorities
Ability to ensure that the vision for 'how a product needs to perform for a customer' is embodied in the design of the product, including for technical specifications
In-depth understanding of Agile methodology (tools, processes, roles)
Ability to understand minimum viable product requirements and prioritize accordingly
Exhibits strong leadership, team-building, and communication skills
Strong project management skills, including ability to manage deadlines, prioritize assignment of tasks, and identify issues and mitigate/manage risks
Strong digital acumen and understanding of digital technologies
Previous experience in sales and operations roles
Benefits
Flexible and generous paid time off
Competitive medical, dental, vision and life insurance
401(k) employer matching program
Parental leave
Wellness resources
Charitable matching program
On-site workout facilities (Leawood, Gilbert, Burlington)
Community outreach groups
Tuition reimbursement
Company
Ascend Learning
At Ascend develop industry-leading online learning tools that help people enter, sustain and succeed in their careers.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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unknown2017-04-14Acquired
Leadership Team
Lissy Hu
Chief Executive Officer
Greg Sebasky
Chairman of the Board
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