Overview

Cambridge Investment Research Inc., one of the nation’s top independent broker-dealers, is actively looking for a person who has a passion for Technology to join the Technology Department for a full time Product Owner. The Product Owner works under the direction of Technology leadership and is responsible for maintenance and advancement of technology products and/or the department by facilitating continuous improvement through an understanding of stakeholder needs, prioritizing needs based on business value and communicating needs to the delivery team

At Cambridge, our purpose is to make a difference in the lives of our financial professionals, their investing clients, and our associates. Our values of integrity, commitment, flexibility, and kindness continue to guide us in the decisions we make together every day. For 39 years we’ve delivered innovative financial solutions while offering exciting career opportunities with ongoing professional development.

A national leader as a financial solutions firm, Cambridge’s commitment to long-term professional development in a unique small-town community makes this a one-of-a-kind opportunity. Cambridge has been honored 11 times by our associates as a ‘Top Workplace in Iowa’, and 13 times as ‘Broker-dealer of the Year’ by our financial professionals through Investment Advisor magazine. We are recognized among the leading firms in the financial advice industry as we serve over 3,600 independent financial professionals and hundreds of thousands of their investing clients across the country.

Essential Duties

• Articulate product requirements in collaboration with development team, sponsors and stakeholders utilizing an understanding of user and customer needs along with business goals
• Work with development team to support daily planning, review and subject matter expertise
• Support the selection of project and initiative resources
• Document project requirements
• Facilitate requirement visioning sessions, working with teams as required and prioritizing feature list; product road mapping to include feature maps, user stories, design sketches, etc.
• Complete impact analysis (supporting cost/benefit analysis), focus on maximizing return on investment (ROI)
• Own and prioritize the backlog to ensure the team is delivering optimal value
• Provide timely information and reporting key decisions to technology management
• Attend backlog grooming, sprint planning and retrospective meetings; working with Scrum Masters to select amount of work the team believes it can do in each sprint and how many sprints are required
• Work with business stakeholders to define and track key product performance indicators (KPIs), as well as release-specific success metrics
• Prepare and attending milestone reviews to key stakeholders
• Release planning and coordinating product launch
• Perform above product owner practices at an advanced level in a self-directed and mostly self-sufficient manner in collaboration with other Product Owners and Senior Product Owners

Education & Experience

Four or more years of related experience, education and/or training.

Certificates & Licenses

Compensation: $70,000 - $90,000. This range is a good faith estimate of the compensation to be offered for this position based on the ideal candidate’s qualifications, the Company’s operational needs, and other considerations permitted by law. The actual pay offered to a specific candidate may vary above or below the stated range.