Summary: The Product Owner role involves leading IT solutions for the Tennessee Department of Education, focusing on delivering strategic and tactical functionalities for educational programs. The position requires collaboration with various program areas and managing relationships to ensure effective solution delivery. Candidates should have experience in Agile methodologies and a strong customer service mindset. The role is remote and emphasizes the importance of guiding a high-performing scrum team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work across a team of IT Product Owners and with multiple program areas to build solutions for education programs.
• Own the IT solution vision for a particular product or product domain and decompose the vision into IT work.
• Establish subject matter expertise in IT solution functionalities to document acceptance criteria and functional priorities.
• Manage the product intake process of new functionality and provide business-valued solutions.
• Build strong relationships with designated program areas and serve as a trusted advisor for technology solutions.
• Foster communication with project managers and scrum masters to implement and support IT solutions efficiently.
• Champion Agile principles and facilitate the adoption of Agile methodologies within the team.
• Ensure product functionality is properly prioritized, scoped, evaluated, and documented.

Key Skills:

• 3-5 years of experience as a Product Owner in requirements gathering and solution definition.
• Strong command of Agile methodologies and principles.
• Experience with JIRA and Confluence.
• Ability to influence and instruct team members in a matrixed environment.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent organizational, estimation, and prioritization skills.
• Experience in documenting solutions and managing multiple IT projects.
• Strong customer service mindset and relationship-building competencies.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT