Project Manager, Technical

University of Phoenix Inc

Phoenix, AZ(remote)

JOB DETAILS
SALARY
SKILLS
AWS Lambda, Agile Programming Methodologies, Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Architectural Services, Bug Tracking/Defect Management, Business Intelligence Software, Cloud Architecture, Computer Networks, Computer Science, Customer/Client Research, Data Analysis, Dental Insurance, Disability Insurance, Diversity, Higher Education, Incentive Programs, Information Technology & Information Systems, Leadership, Life Insurance, Marketing, Metrics, Microservices, Microsoft PowerPoint, Pivot Chart, Pivot Tables, Power BI, Product Backlog, Product Design, Product Development, Product Management, Product Planning, Product Strategy, Product Support, Programming Tools, Project/Program Management, Reporting Skills, Return on Investment (ROI), Risk, SQL (Structured Query Language), ScrumMaster, Statistics, Team Lead/Manager, Technical Support, Technical/Engineering Design, Tuition Fees, Vision Plan, Work From Home
LOCATION
Phoenix, AZ
POSTED
2 days ago

Description and Requirements

At the University of Phoenix, we are committed to the future of work by providing a fully remote, work-from-home environment. This strategy enables us to attract top talent nationwide. Are you looking for a rewarding and fulfilling position that offers challenging work and the opportunity to make a significant impact while collaborating with a team of fun, innovative individuals? Would you prefer to work with an organization that positively contributes to the world? If so, we would love to hear from you!

Are you searching for a rewarding, fulfilling position that offers challenging work and the ability to make a big impact while working side-by-side with a team of fun, innovative people? Ideally, would you like this position to be with an organization that makes a positive contribution to the world? If so…we would love to hear from you!

About Us

University of Phoenix is a leading higher education institution founded in 1976 by Dr. John Sperling. Our mission is to improve the lives of our students, their families and future generations through higher education. Our values (which hopefully you share) are: Brave. Honest. Focused.

Our University values and embraces all team members and their unique perspectives. We fundamentally believe in fostering an environment which deeply respects, celebrates, and actively encourages a diverse workforce. We are committed to hiring - and learning from - those who share our passion to help others achieve their educational aspirations.

We offer excellent benefits, an effective recognition program, and outstanding learning and development tools, including tuition vouchers for employees and their qualified family members.

Job Description:

The University of Phoenix, Inc. seeks a Product Manager, Technical reporting to Headquarters in Phoenix, AZ to collaborate with technical and non-technical team members and engage with business leaders to drive new or enhanced software product and software features from concept to launch with a focus on continuous, relentless improvement (CRI). Establish and monitor product OKR's with product leadership and stakeholders.

Be the one-point contact for everything related to product; create, and improvise the product vision, product roadmap, product strategy and product goals. Lead team's Product Discovery process to anticipate customer needs and work with team to produce a relevant product iteration. Collaborate with Marketing, IT, Customer Service, Enrollment, Prospect, Academics, Data and Communications teams to understand the pain points of customers by creating and evaluating the Customer Journey Map and keep the executive management/ stakeholders informed of the latest events pertaining to the product iterations. Collaborate with engineers and architects on product design. Provide technical product requirements and support the engineering team during the development process. Validate product feasibility, functionality and return on investment. Manage the Product Backlog by understanding the requirements from stakeholders and create features/ objectives/ user stories to facilitate the creation of new workflows. Play a pivotal role in setting up Acceptance Criteria, and Definition of Done. Work closely with Engineering teams and Scrum Master to ensure smooth implementation of the product functionality and defects by prioritizing the user stories in product backlog using inputs from executives and by developing internal product intelligence. Use Data Analytics tools Power BI & Excel [Pivot tables, Charts] as a basic data comprehension BI tool to create reports for executives [using PowerPoint and Miro Board]. Publish various project metrics and reports by using user research and product analytics to facilitate decision making. Participate in sprint ceremonies (refinement, planning, reviews) to ensure technical feasibility, scope clarity, and alignment with architectural standards. Collaborate with Engineering to estimate complexity, effort, and risk, and incorporate those inputs into roadmap planning and release sequencing. May telecommute from anywhere in the United States up to 5 days per week. Annual Salary: $136,228.

Minimum Requirements:

Requires a Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field plus 5 progressive years of product management experience. Must have 5 years of experience with each of the following: 1) Designing and engineering technology-powered products; 2) Product discovery and delivery; 3) Delivering written and verbal presentations on data-informed product narratives to company leadership; 4) Data/Statistical analytics; and 5) Agile Development Methodologies.

Additionally, must have 1 year of experience with each of the following: A) AWS Lambda, Amazon S3, Amazon EKS, and Amazon ECS AWS cloud services and architectures, including serverless, containerized, and storage solutions; B) SQL, Power BI and Excel; C) Analyzing, evaluating and decision-making of technical architecture options using Terraform to provision and manage infrastructure; and D) Microservices architecture and automated deployment pipelines.

Will accept any suitable combination of education, training or experience.

Interested candidates may apply online at https://uop.avature.net/careers/SearchJobs or may send resume to phoenixjobs@phoenix.edu. Reference code 241 in the subject line.

#LI-DNI

As an Equal Opportunity employer, we particularly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community.

If you are an active-duty military member seeking employment when off-duty, compliance with Department of Defense Joint Ethics Regulation, 5500-7-R, is required prior to starting employment with University of Phoenix. You are advised to contact your base Judge Advocate General to seek such approval and answer any questions.

Individuals in this role are eligible for:

  • Annual Bonus Award

Your work is critical to helping adult learners achieve their dreams, and we're committed to rewarding you for your efforts. We offer a competitive, comprehensive total rewards package designed to help you achieve your health, financial and work-life balance goals.

Full-time employees are eligible for:

  • Medical, dental and vision plans; Flexible Spending Accounts; Health Savings Accounts; Life and Disability insurance; and our Wellness incentive program;
  • Competitive 401(k) employer match; and,
  • A generous time off package, including paid vacation, sick time and company holidays.*
  • For more details around paid time off benefits, please click here.

Application Deadline is 07/01/2026.

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About the Company

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University of Phoenix Inc

About University of Phoenix

University of Phoenix is the largest private university in North America withmore than 200 locations in 40 states and abroad. Since 1976, we’ve madeit possible for nearly half a million people to get the education they needwithout putting their lives on hold.

We’re regionally accredited by The Higher Learning Commission and amember of the North Central Association (ncahlc.org). University of Phoenixoffers more than 20 degree programs with 50 concentrations at theassociate, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral level. While widely available,not all programs are available in all locations or in both online andon-campus formats.

EEO/AA employer

Apollo Group, Inc. and its subsidiary companies (hereafter, ‘Apollo’) arecommitted to being Equal Employment Opportunity and AffirmativeAction employers. We embrace and celebrate the unique qualities of ouremployees including race, color, gender, age, religion, disability orperceived disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation,ethnicity, national origin or any other category protected by federal, stateor local law. The protected groups set forth in this policy are broader thanwhat is covered by our Affirmative Action Plan.

It is the objective of Apollo to provide equal opportunity for employment.Through the recruitment and retention of a competitive diverse workforce,we can leverage our diversity and better understand our customers’ needsas well as enhance the communities we serve. At Apollo, we believediversity strengthens our competitive advantage.

Apollo makes decisions relative to employment, training, compensation,and promotion on the basis of job-related qualifications. We prohibitdiscrimination based on race, color, gender, age, religion, disability orperceived disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, nationalorigin or any other category protected by federal, state orlocal law.

Apollo is committed to the principles of tolerance and respect, fairtreatment, equal access and consideration, and recognition forcontributions. All management personnel are accountable and sharein the responsibility for adherence to the policy. Apollo is guided by theprinciple of equal opportunity and respect for others. Apollo’s philosophyis based on the recognition of and value for the unique attribute broughtto Apollo by each person. By keeping with these principles Apollo willsuccessfully meet its corporate goals.

© 2012 University of Phoenix, Inc. All rights reserved.

Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
COMPANY SIZE
5,000 to 9,999 employees
INDUSTRY
Education
FOUNDED
1976
WEBSITE
http://www.phoenix.edu/