Product Owner

Integrity; Urbandale (IA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Benefits for peace of mind

Job summary

Integrity is seeking a Product Owner to define and maintain product vision and roadmap while ensuring backlog ownership and prioritization. The successful candidate will have experience in managing enterprise platform initiatives and possess strong skills in agile methodologies, particularly SCRUM and Kanban. Responsibilities include stakeholder alignment and facilitating discovery to clarify problems. A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field is required, and experience with Jira is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Product Owner or equivalent, owning prioritization for enterprise platforms.
• Proven ability to facilitate tradeoff decisions among stakeholders.
• Strong experience managing backlog and prioritization methods.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the product vision, goals, and roadmap.
• Own and refine the product backlog, ensuring aligned work priorities.
• Drive discovery to surface problems and present high-value solutions.

Skills

Backlog creation (epics/stories)

Acceptance criteria development

Facilitation and communication skills

Agile methodologies (Kanban, Scrum)

Experience with Jira

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business, Computer Science, or related field

Job description

Product Strategy & Planning

• Define and maintain the product vision, goals, and roadmap in alignment with high-value outcomes.
• Partner with stakeholders to define outcomes, success metrics, and sequencing.

Backlog Ownership

• Own and refine the product backlog: initiatives, epics, features, and stories, prioritization, and readiness, ensuring business direction leads to prioritized, well-shaped work.
• Work with IT teams to manage and prioritize technical debt, ensuring proper allocation of time between maintenance and feature work.
• Define and enforce standards (Definition of Ready, Definition of Done, clear acceptance criteria, intake process, backlog hygiene).

Discovery & Stakeholder Alignment

• Drive discovery to surface and clarify problems while presenting high-value solutions.
• Facilitate tradeoff decisions by presenting clear options (scope, sequencing, dependencies, risks).
• Manage and report on critical metrics.

Delivery Partnership

• Partner with IT partners and delivery/engineering teams to plan and manage flow.
• Support a balance of Scrum practices (e.g., sprint goals/planning).

Position Requirements (Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities)

• Experience as a Product Owner (or equivalent) owning prioritization and backlog quality for enterprise platforms; customer portal experience is preferred.
• Strong skills in backlog creation (epics/stories), acceptance criteria, and prioritization methods.
• Proven ability to run discovery and align stakeholders around outcomes and tradeoffs.
• Experience working with Kanban teams, scrum teams, agile ceremonies, etc.; experience with Jira is preferred.
• Strong facilitation and communication skills, including operating effectively with a variety of stakeholders and technical/data teams.
• Experience coordinating efforts across business units and technical teams.
• Knowledge of program, project and change management practices.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business, Computer Science, or a related field.

Benefits

Integrity offers our people a competitive compensation package, including benefits that make work more fun and give you and your family peace of mind.

Integrity, LLC is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, Integrity, LLC will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.