Job Title: Technical Product Owner
Location: Peoria, IL or Chicago, IL
Job Type:W2
Expected hours per week: 40 hours per week
Schedule: Hybrid
Pay Range: $75 to $78 per hour
Job Description:We are seeking an experienced
Technical Product Owner to lead product strategy and delivery across multiple software services. This role will partner closely with engineering teams, business stakeholders, and customers to define product vision, prioritize the product backlog, translate business needs into actionable user stories, and maximize the value delivered by development teams.
The ideal candidate combines strong
business analysis and product ownership experience with an understanding of modern software development, cloud technologies, APIs, and Agile/Scrum practices.
Key Responsibilities- Own and communicate the product vision, goals, priorities, and roadmap to engineering teams and key stakeholders.
- Create, maintain, and prioritize the product backlog based on business value and customer needs.
- Serve as Product Owner for large, complex software initiatives supporting multiple services.
- Partner with lead engineers to break down epics and features into well-defined user stories that can be completed within a sprint.
- Gather, analyze, and negotiate business requirements with product and development teams.
- Determine feature priorities, release content, and release timelines.
- Lead Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily Scrum, backlog grooming/refinement, retrospectives, and sprint demos.
- Review progress at the end of each sprint and accept or reject completed work based on requirements.
- Manage and prioritize defects throughout the product lifecycle.
- Serve as the voice of the customer and maintain strong communication with internal and external stakeholders.
- Communicate team progress, priorities, risks, and overall product status.
- Promote Agile and Scrum best practices across the organization.
- Work closely with two engineering teams of approximately 7 to 10 developers each while supporting multiple services.
Required Qualifications- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree.
- 8 to 10 years of relevant experience in product ownership, business analysis, software product management, or a similar capacity.
- Strong knowledge of business analysis, including requirements gathering, identifying business needs, and recommending solutions that deliver stakeholder value.
- Experience working within software engineering and software development environments.
- Strong understanding of software products, including current functionality, future plans, product vision, and lifecycle management.
- Demonstrated ability to make informed decisions, analyze complex situations, and prioritize competing business needs.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work effectively across technical and business teams.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders and engineering teams.
Preferred Qualifications- Previous experience as a Technical Product Owner.
- Experience working with or leading technical teams while managing multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong understanding of modern software development technologies, including Java 17+, RESTful APIs, databases, and AWS.
- Experience supporting the development of cloud-native software solutions at scale.
- Hands-on experience managing product backlogs using tools such as Azure DevOps, JIRA, Mingle, VSTS, Team Services, or Rally.
- Experience working with distributed onshore/offshore engineering teams.
- Familiarity with GenAI development and productivity tools, such as GitHub Copilot or Microsoft 365 Copilot.
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