Product Owner/Portfolio Manager - Hybrid

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Title:Product Owner/Portfolio Manager - Hybrid

Location:Des Moines, IA

Length:Long term

Restriction:w2 or c2c

Description:

• WebCam Interview*** Very long term project; Initial PO till for 1 year - expect to go for 3 years ***Hybrid***
  
  

Job Description

The Client is seeking a Product Owner/Portfolio Manager. The position involves close collaboration with business and IT management, oversight of cross-functional fusion teams, and a commitment to continuous improvement driven by performance data and user feedback.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of IT products and applications, ensuring successful completion and alignment with business needs for both internal and external users
• Serve as a Product Owner to guide products through all lifecycle stages, ensuring efficiency, quality, and alignment with strategic goals
• Work with business SMEs, internal teams, external agencies, and vendors to define product scope, identify IT-enabled solutions, and support procurement and implementation processes
• Create and prioritize product backlogs and maintain roadmaps that align with long-term IT strategies and changing user and state needs
• Oversee product releases, ensure readiness for deployment, monitor performance, gather feedback, and manage risks affecting delivery or budget
• Collaborate with business and IT leadership to define and track performance metrics, ensuring all products and processes meet state, federal, and IT governance requirements
• Manage relationships with vendors and service providers, overseeing performance, resolving issues related to interoperability, and ensuring adherence to service level agreements (SLAs) and availability targets
• Oversee product IT financials, including budget planning and monitoring, while providing leadership with regular updates on product status, risks, and strategic roadmap progress
• Lead and manage cross-functional fusion teams, ensuring effective collaboration among IT, vendors, and business units to deliver solutions that align with business needs and budget constraints
• Partner with DoIT supervisors to allocate appropriate technical resources, monitor team performance, and provide ongoing support to fusion team staff
• Facilitate agile meetings and lead sprint reviews, user story development, ensuring team alignment on priorities and presenting outputs to stakeholders
• Use feedback and metrics to identify product needs and collaborate on acceptance criteria, testing, and feature delivery
• Collaborate with Executive Technology Officers (ETOs) and product teams to prioritize and manage product development efforts, ensuring alignment with agency needs and effectively transitioning products to enterprise services
• Build and maintain strong relationships with client/business teams, establishing regular communication and fostering trust to ensure successful collaboration and issue resolution
  
  

Skills/Requirements

• Experience in Project management: planning/managing scope, budget, timeline, resources; coordinating project activities Required 5 Years
• Experience in Product ownership, portfolio management Required 2 Years
• Experience in Requirement elicitation, documentation and articulation between teams Required 5 Years
• Proficient understanding of the software development lifecycle and related methodologies Required 5 Years
• Experience partnering with vendor project teams, managing relationships and vendor management Required 5 Years
• High quality documentation: project plans, status updates, presentations, requirements, user stories, process maps, instructions Required 5 Years
• Demonstrated strong communication skills across technical teams and business stakeholders, specifically to leadership - setting/resetting expectations Required 5 Years
• Guide stages of agile software development, including user story development, sprint planning, and prioritization of the product backlog. Required 3 Years
• IT vendor management Required 3 Years