Vertex Inc. · 3 days ago
IT Product Owner - Finance
United States
Full-time
Remote
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years exp
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Responsibilities
Develops understanding of the business processes supported by the team’s products.
Ensures the product vision is well-defined.
Creates and refines user stories by articulating the business problem and value, defining acceptance criteria, and effectively prioritizing and managing the product backlog.
Works with development team to review requirements, provide clarification and guidance during implementation.
Provides transparency into product roadmaps and release plans.
Manages change to the product and assists with assessing impacts to value, releases, budget, and schedules from evolving scope.
Defines test plans and scenarios and collaborates across IT and the business to define and execute test plans to ensure product quality.
Supports production implementation of new products and features, including participation in knowledge transfer to the support team.
Adopts agile methods and tools within the SAFe agile framework as implemented within Vertex.
Participates in Agile ceremonies as appropriate.
Engages with key stakeholders to gather and prioritize needs.
Maintains open communication and fosters strong relationships with business stakeholders and IT colleagues to support effective collaboration in service to Vertex objectives and priorities.
Drive the adoption of new products and features by supporting user training and change management efforts.
Continuously monitors and evaluates performance and stability of our business application solutions, in partnership with the Operations and Support team, to identify areas of improvement.
Regularly analyzes user feedback, usage data, and support and performance trends to identify opportunities and recommendations for product enhancement and optimization.
In partnership with Enterprise Architecture, ensures that the business application portfolio for their product area is fit for purpose and rationalized to eliminate redundant or unneeded applications and functionality, to attain greater efficiency, reduce cost and unnecessary technical complexity.
Provides input on or develops delivery processes, and procedures in coordination with other leaders to deliver improved service and greater cost efficiency.
Provides input to forecasting, planning, and budgeting processes for their area of responsibility.
Participates in other projects or duties as assigned.
Qualification
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Required
Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Finance, Business Administration or related field.
Two (2) plus years of experience in IT or business role responsible for application and product strategy, design, and delivery.
Two (2) plus years of experience in business applications relevant to the Vertex application landscape (Salesforce, Workday, integrated business applications).
Demonstrates business acumen, understanding of business processes, and knowledge of IT processes and standards.
Understands how to support Vertex business strategy through appropriately prioritizing, planning, and delivering on business application needs.
Ability to elicit, influence and gather clear requirements and work jointly with the business to document in specifications or user stories.
Possesses clear communication skills both written and verbal and is comfortable facilitating effective meetings and presenting to various stakeholder audiences.
Strong analytical skills and passion for analyzing IT products, trends and new technologies, and the ongoing evolution of application capabilities of Vertex’ SaaS applications.
Ability to develop relationships across business and IT stakeholders as needed to accomplish objectives.
Strong knowledge of the functionality of Salesforce, Workday, integrated business applications and integrations as applicable to area of responsibility, at a level sufficient to enable defining and designing effective, high-quality solutions to business needs.
Proven ability to stay on task, overcome obstacles, meet deadlines and milestones, and deliver work by agreed upon dates.
Ability to drive results virtually with distributed global teams.
Pursues continuous learning in areas critical to success in the job role, learning from subject matter experts, colleagues, and formal training.
Collaborates across IT and business in a transparent way, exhibiting willingness to share information, and ability to connect people within and across teams.
Knowledge of Kanban, Scrum, and SAFe Agile framework and ways of working.
Proficiency in JIRA, Smartsheet, Microsoft Office products, Confluence, and other tools used to support analysis, create deliverables, and track status.
Company
Vertex Inc.
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1,001-5,000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$345M2024-04-23Post Ipo Debt· $345M
2020-07-29IPO· nasdaq:VERX
Leadership Team
David DeStefano
Chairman & CEO
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