What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Manager - Application Modernization position at OP Consulting Group LLC?
Work Location:
Candidates are expected to be in the office in PA 2 days a week (offices available statewide) with one of those days being Wednesday. 3 days can be worked from home/remote.
Complete Description:
Key Responsibilities:
- Own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the CAI application modernization initiative.
- Elicit, document, prioritize, and manage business and functional user stories from stakeholders across the Commission.
- Translate business needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and product backlog items.
- Collaborate with solution architects, developers, UX/UI designers, and vendors to define modern technical approaches (including potential platform, architecture, and integration decisions).
- Prioritize features and technical work based on business value, risk, dependencies, and strategic goals.
- Facilitate agile ceremonies (backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives) as needed.
- Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and the technical delivery team.
- Define success metrics and KPIs for the modernized CAI application and track progress against them.
- Support change management, user adoption, and training efforts related to the modernized solution.
- Ensure the product aligns with Commonwealth and PA PUC standards for security, accessibility (WCAG), data privacy, and compliance.
- Identify risks, dependencies, and impediments and drive resolution.
- Provide regular status updates and recommendations to IT leadership and business sponsors.
Skills:
- Experience as a Product Manager leading large-scale public sector modernization efforts - Required (5 Years)
- Demonstrated experience modernizing legacy applications or leading digital transformation projects - Required
- Strong experience gathering user stories from diverse business stakeholders and converting them into actionable product backlogs - Required
- Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies and tools (Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar) - Required
- Experience with overseeing and testing of large data conversions - Required
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences - Required
- Strong organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to manage competing demands - Required
- Experience with enterprise application modernization (e.g., migrating from legacy platforms, moving to modern architectures) - Highly desired
- Familiarity with Microsoft technology stack, cloud platforms (Azure), or content management systems - Highly desired
- Experience with process improvement and business process reengineering - Highly desired
- Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1) and public-sector compliance requirements - Highly desired
- Previous experience working with government agencies or similar public-sector organizations - Highly desired
- Bachelor''s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience) - Highly desired
- YAFOS Certification - Highly desired