Enterprise Platform Product Owner: Strategy & Delivery

Forvis Mazars US; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Forvis Mazars US seeks a Platform Product Owner II to maximize strategic value of enterprise platforms and drive adoption, governance, and continuous improvement. You will partner with executive leadership, Product Line Managers, and technical teams to shape platform strategy and lifecycle.

The role emphasizes Agile delivery, mentoring junior product owners, and collaborating with security, compliance, and data governance teams to ensure scalability and risk management.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in product ownership, product management, platform management, or related technology roles.
• Experience managing enterprise SaaS platforms and driving platform adoption and business value.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Lean, product ownership, and backlog management.
• Experience with application lifecycle management, including requirements gathering, testing, release planning, and continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of security, privacy, data governance, and compliance requirements for enterprise apps.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, and documentation skills.
• Experience analyzing adoption, usage, and business impact metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform strategy, vision, roadmap development, and OKR definition with executive stakeholders and Product Line Managers.
• Establish and monitor platform adoption, utilization, and business impact metrics to drive continuous improvement.
• Own the full platform lifecycle, including evaluation, implementation, enhancement, release management, and retirement planning.
• Manage intake, requirements gathering, backlog prioritization, and translation of business needs into epics, features, and user stories.
• Develop and maintain functional specifications, acceptance criteria, wireframes, prototypes, and supporting documentation.
• Prioritize work based on business value, risk, effort, dependencies, and team capacity.
• Coordinate the creation and governance of platform templates, reusable assets, and standards.
• Partner with development teams to scope custom development and integration efforts.
• Lead cross‑functional delivery efforts across internal teams, vendors, and contractors to ensure quality outcomes.
• Manage vendor relationships, including renewals, service agreements, quarterly business reviews, and escalations.
• Coordinate platform upgrades, release planning, impact assessments, testing, communications, and deployments.
• Oversee stakeholder testing activities, including regression, user acceptance, performance, and security‑related validation.
• Partner with System Administration, Security, Compliance, and Data Governance teams to ensure platform stability, scalability, and compliance.
• Maintain platform documentation, audit readiness, governance standards, and operational procedures.
• Mentor junior product owners and promote Agile, Lean, and continuous improvement practices

Skills

Product ownership

Product management

Platform management

Agile / Lean

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

Backlog management

Security & compliance knowledge

Communication

Education

Associate's degree

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Caseware Working Papers

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Forvis Mazars US seeks a Platform Product Owner II to maximize strategic value of enterprise platforms and drive adoption, governance, and continuous improvement. You will partner with executive leadership, Product Line Managers, and technical teams to shape platform strategy and lifecycle.

The role emphasizes Agile delivery, mentoring junior product owners, and collaborating with security, compliance, and data governance teams to ensure scalability and risk management.