Product Owner II

MISO; Eagan (MN); On-site; USD 143,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k

Vacation & sick time

Bonus eligibility

Job summary

MISO seeks a Product Owner II to shape the future of grid operations by owning a portfolio of operator and market-facing applications. You will align user needs with business objectives, guide solution design, and drive value through agile practices.

You will lead discovery, manage the backlog, and collaborate with stakeholders to ensure product health and long-term success in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of experience in product management, product ownership, business analysis, or related fields.
• Proven ability to shape and drive product vision and roadmaps.
• Strong servant leadership and collaboration skills.
• Experience with Agile software development concepts.
• Familiarity with applying AI tools in product management.
• Energy industry experience is a plus.
• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager or PMI-ACP is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Drive the product vision and roadmap by aligning user needs, business goals, and industry trends with long-term priorities.
• Lead discovery and collaborate with operators and SMEs to prioritize essential research.
• Serve as a product evangelist and align cross-functional teams around objectives and outcomes.
• Apply Agile practices to foster learning, adaptability, and user-centered thinking.
• Connect product decisions to workflows, outcomes, and strategic goals.
• Build business cases, maintain backlog, and lead release planning and communication across stakeholders.
• Identify insights from product metrics and use data to guide direction.
• Champion responsible use of AI to enhance product management and value delivery.
• Promote innovation to improve realtime communication, logging accuracy, and readiness.

Skills

Product management

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder collaboration

Data-driven decisions

AI in product management

Servant leadership

User experience basics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/IT/Engineering

Job description

We're seeking a Product Owner II to help shape the future of how MISO manages the electrical grid. Our Control Room Operators depend on our Operations Communications and Logging & Compliance tools every day to maintain reliable grid operations. These missioncritical applications power realtime status sharing, coordinated action, smooth operator workflows, and effortless compliance. In this role, you will own the vision and roadmap for a suite of operator and market facing applications, ensuring they align with user needs, business objectives, and evolving industry trends. You'll collaborate closely with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to prioritize work, guide solution design, and drive value through agile practices. As MISO transitions from a project-based structure to a product operating model, you'll bring clarity, advocate for user-centered outcomes, and help define what great product ownership looks like in a complex and rapidly evolving environment. This position is ideal for someone who thrives on collaboration, continuous improvement, and building the structure needed to support long-term product success.

What you'll do as MISO's Product Owner II:

• Drive the product vision and roadmap by aligning user needs, business goals, industry trends, and product health insights with long-term strategic priorities.
• Lead discovery targeted questioning, workflow analysis, and close collaboration with operators and SMEs to prioritize essential research.
• Serve as a product evangelist by aligning cross-functional teams around objectives and outcomes.
• Apply Agile and product mindset to foster adaptability, learning, and user-centered thinking while empowering teams and improving delivery practices.
• Connect product decisions to user workflows, outcomes, and business objectives, anticipating emerging needs and aligning initiatives with strategic goals.
• Build business cases, maintain and prioritize the backlog, validate completed work, and lead release planning, solution definition, innovation efforts, and communication across stakeholders.
• Identify complex insights from product metrics, develop new measures when needed, and use data to guide product direction.
• Champion responsible, highvalue use of AI to enhance product management practices, improve analysis, and accelerate value delivery.
• Promote innovation, identifying improvement opportunities and creative solutions that advance realtime communication, shared awareness, logging accuracy, and readiness.

Experience/Qualifications we are looking for as our Product Owner II:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field, (or 4 years relevant work experience equivalency); 3-6 years of experience in product management, product ownership, business analysis, systems engineering or related experience.
• Proven experience shaping and driving product vision and roadmaps.
• Strong servant leadership skills with the ability to facilitate collaboration, resolve conflicts, and drive continuous improvement.
• Working knowledge of software development concepts and Agile methodologies.
• Familiarity with user experience best practices and translating business needs into effective solutions.
• Demonstrated experience applying AI tools in product management to improve productivity, analysis, and workflow.
• Energy industry experience is a plus.
• Preferred/nice to have (not required): Certified Scrum Product Owner, SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager AND/OR PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner

Appropriate level will be determined based upon experience and knowledge.

Transformative innovation is happening in the electric industry, from digitalizing homes and distributed resources to renewable energy and an ever-changing grid. MISO manages the electricity superhighway in the Central U.S. and through use of groundbreaking research and advanced technology, our highly skilled employees ensure power flows reliably to 45 million Americans. Operating the electricity grid, running a robust energy market, planning for a bright future - it's what our immensely hardworking and dedicated team does every day.

The base salary compensation range being offered for this role is $143,000 - $168,000 USD annually. Base salary range for this position is included in accordance with requirements of various state/local pay transparency legislation. Please note that salaries may vary for different individuals in the same role based on several factors, including but not limited to location of the role, individual competencies, education/professional certifications, and qualifications/experience.

Position is also eligible for an annual bonus if individual performance and company objectives are met. At MISO we offer a comprehensive benefits package, including 401k, vacation, sick and safe time, available on your first day of employment.

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Qualifications

• Bachelors of Business Administration (preferred)
• Bachelors of Information Technology (preferred)

Licenses & Certifications

• SAFe Cert (preferred)

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