University of Idaho ยท 5 days ago
Technical Product Manager, Financial Aid
The University of Idaho is dedicated to supporting students through financial aid services, and they are seeking a Technical Product Manager for Financial Aid. This role involves coordinating the planning, design, and development of software applications while working closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the success of financial aid technology solutions.
Higher Education
Responsibilities
Understand and represent user needs
Define a vision and roadmap for a product
Align stakeholders around the vision for the product
Prioritize product features and capabilities
Manage a product backlog
Oversee development stages and evaluate progress
Serve as a liaison between department stakeholders and the Office of Information Technology development team
Collaborate across teams to empower independent decision-making
Administer applications
Provide high level reporting to departments across the university
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Three years working with software applications in a technical or functional support role
Prioritizing work and ensuring projects and workloads are completed on time
High School Diploma or equivalent
Preferred
Five or more years of experience working with software applications in a technical or functional leadership role
Bachelors degree in Business, Management of Information Systems, Information Technology, or a related field
Agile Certification (e.g., Product Owner, Scrum Master or similar)
ITIL Certification
Translating business to technical requirements and vice versa
Working as part of a project team
Collaborating with stakeholders across functional areas
Experience with Ellucian Banner ERP, Scholarship Universe, SoftDocs, Slate, Tableau, Oracle
Agentic AI or AI development
Agile Methodologies such as managing a product backlog and writing user stories
Command line, shell scripts, python
Using enterprise reporting tools such as Power BI, Argos or SQL Developer
Understanding the relationships between ERP, CRM, CMS, third-party solutions, relational databases
Source Code Control / Versioning tools (e.g., Git)
Company
University of Idaho
Since 1889, the University of Idaho has been a place that expects more from itself, more from its students, more from knowledge and more from life.