Product Owner- IT

Pantherx Specialty LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pantherx Specialty LLC is seeking a Product Owner IT to translate business needs into well-formed user stories and clear acceptance criteria within the Informatics Product track. You will manage the backlog, align with QA, and collaborate with analysts to deliver measurable scope for IT delivery workstreams.

The role requires strong written communication, experience in Agile ceremonies, and the ability to partner with stakeholders across IT. Hybrid Pittsburgh office presence is expected.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in product ownership, business analysis, or a closely related business IT bridge function within a technology delivery environment.
• Working familiarity with backlog management, sprint planning, and agile delivery ceremonies.
• Strong written communication skills; able to produce clear structured requirements artifacts for both business and technical audiences.
• Effective stakeholder communication skills to gather needs and surface conflicts constructively.
• Collaborative working style; receptive to direction, feedback, and mentorship in a practice-building environment.

Responsibilities

• Writes well formed user stories for assigned IT delivery workstreams following Product track standards, clear business value, structured acceptance criteria, and defined conditions of satisfaction.
• Authors testable acceptance criteria aligned with the Acceptance Criteria to Test Case handoff standard.
• Ensures assigned work does not enter delivery without documented testable exit conditions.
• Collaborates with Business Analysts and Clinical Informatics Analysts to translate elicited requirements into delivery ready artifacts.
• Backlog management: owns and maintains the product backlog for assigned workstreams, prioritization, refinement, sizing and sprint readiness in collaboration with delivery teams.
• Facilitates backlog refinement sessions ensuring clear scope before sprint commitments.
• Supports IT demand intake by documenting and triaging work requests.
• Reports workstream status, capacity signals, and blockers to leadership for portfolio visibility.
• Serves as the day-to-day requirements contact for assigned business stakeholders.
• Communicates scope trade-offs and surfaces prioritization conflicts to stakeholders and Product track leadership.
• Participates in delivery ceremonies across Software Development, Data Engineering, and IT Infrastructure workstreams as the requirements representative.
• Coordinates with QA on acceptance criteria clarification and review throughout the delivery cycle.
• Applies Product track standards consistently and contributes to continuous improvement.

Skills

User stories writing

Backlog management

Agile delivery

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's degree in Business Information Systems

CSPO certification

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Smartsheet

Job description

Product Owner IT Location Pittsburgh PA Hybrid Classification Exempt Status Full Time Reports to Senior Manager Product

Product Purpose

The Product Owner IT manages requirements definition acceptance criteria authoring and backlog execution for assigned IT delivery workstreams within the Product track of the Informatics function This role translates business needs into well formed user stories with structured testable acceptance criteria ensuring work enters delivery with clear scope and measurable exit conditions

Responsibilities

Requirements & Acceptance Criteria

• Writes well formed user stories for assigned IT delivery workstreams following Product track standards clear business value structured acceptance criteria and defined conditions of satisfaction
• Authors testable acceptance criteria in alignment with the joint Acceptance Criteria to Test Case handoff standard ensuring QA can execute against them directly without interpretation
• Ensures assigned work does not enter delivery without documented testable exit conditions
• Collaborates with Business Analysts and Clinical Informatics Analysts to translate elicited requirements into delivery ready artifacts
• Backlog Management Owns and maintains the product backlog for assigned workstreams prioritization refinement sizing and sprint readiness in collaboration with delivery teams
• Facilitates backlog refinement sessions for assigned workstreams ensuring the delivery team has clear well understood scope before sprint commitments
• Supports the IT demand intake process by documenting and triaging assigned work requests
• Reports workstream status capacity signals and blockers to leadership to support portfolio visibility
• Stakeholder Partnership Serves as the day to day requirements contact for assigned business stakeholders translating operational needs into technology delivery scope
• Communicates scope trade offs and surfaces prioritization conflicts to stakeholders and Product track leadership
• Participates in delivery ceremonies across Software Development Data Engineering and IT Infrastructure workstreams as the requirements representative for assigned work
• Coordinates with QA on acceptance criteria clarification and review throughout the delivery cycle for assigned workstreams
• Practice Participation & Development Applies Product track standards consistently story templates acceptance criteria benchmarks and definition of done frameworks
• Contributes feedback on standards and templates based on delivery experience supporting the continuous improvement of the Product Owner practice

Required Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in product ownership business analysis or a closely related business IT bridge function within a technology delivery environment
• Demonstrated experience writing user stories and acceptance criteria in an agile delivery context
• Working familiarity with backlog management sprint planning and agile delivery ceremonies
• Strong written communication skills; able to produce clear structured requirements artifacts for both business and technical audiences
• Effective stakeholder communication skills able to gather needs manage expectations and surface conflicts constructively
• Collaborative working style; receptive to direction feedback and mentorship in a practice building environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Healthcare specialty pharmacy or regulated industry experience with exposure to clinical or operational data environments
• Familiarity with ASTQBISTQB concepts sufficient to write acceptance criteria that are directly executable as QA test cases
• Exposure to structured intake demand management or portfolio prioritization processes
• Experience with product and project management tooling Azure DevOps Jira Smartsheet or equivalent
• Certified Scrum Product Owner CSPO or equivalent product certification or active pursuit of certification
• Bachelors degree in business Information Systems Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience

Work Environment

This position works in a home office and professional office environment When in office this role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers phones photocopiers filing cabinets and fax machines and communications via MS Teams

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to sit see talk or hear The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands and fingers to handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms Visual acuity is necessary for tasks such as reading and working with various forms of data on a screen Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job