Lead Product Owner

LEAD PRODUCT OWNER – ServiceNow

Purpose

Provides strategic leadership to Product Owners and cross-functional teams, ensuring clarity in vision, roadmap, and requirements. Leads solution planning, product portfolio management, backlog optimization, and ensures alignment to organizational goals. Serves as a senior advisor for ServiceNow initiatives.

Essential Functions

• 20% – Lead development of product portfolio and solutions in partnership with POs, stakeholders, and scrum teams.
• 15% – Align and plan releases, manage product evolution, review milestones.
• 15% – Validate solutions through research, market insights, pricing structures.
• 10% – Maintain internal/external communication and product roadmaps.
• 10% – Own and manage team backlogs and roadmapping tools.
• 10% – Partner with testing managers to verify functionality; lead change control.
• 5% – Participate in refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews.
• 5% – Run workshops, validate hypotheses, define solution pathways.
• 5% – Support customer satisfaction improvement initiatives.
• 5% – Deliver product training and identify team learning needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or 4 yrs experience in lieu).
• 8 years business/solutions analysis OR
• 6 years Product Owner experience with strong Agile/SAFe knowledge.
• Experience leading large-scale ServiceNow transformations (CSM, ITSM, CRM).
• Healthcare experience preferred.

Skills

• Expert-level Agile knowledge
• Strong product KPI, metric-driven decision-making
• Excellent communication & prioritization
• Leadership across teams and complex programs

Certifications

• Scrum Product Owner (Required upon hire)
• ServiceNow certifications (Highly preferred)