Senior Platform Product Owner - Enterprise SaaS Leader

Forvis Mazars, LLP; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 94,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Forvis Mazars, LLP in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Senior Platform Product Owner to maximize the value of enterprise platforms. You will lead platform vision, strategy, and execution with executive stakeholders, product line managers, and technical teams.

Responsibilities include managing platform lifecycle, gathering requirements, prioritizing backlog, defining acceptance criteria, and driving adoption and governance across the firm.

Qualifications

• An Associate's degree is required; Bachelor's degree preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant experience in product ownership, product management, platform management, or related technology roles.
• Experience with enterprise SaaS platforms and driving platform adoption and business value.
• Strong Agile/Lean practices and backlog management.
• Knowledge of security, privacy, data governance, and compliance requirements for enterprise applications.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform strategy, vision, roadmap development, and OKR definition in partnership 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

Platform ownership

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Data governance awareness

Education

Associate's degree

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Caseware Working Papers

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Forvis Mazars, LLP in Charlotte, NC is seeking a Senior Platform Product Owner to maximize the value of enterprise platforms. You will lead platform vision, strategy, and execution with executive stakeholders, product line managers, and technical teams.

Responsibilities include managing platform lifecycle, gathering requirements, prioritizing backlog, defining acceptance criteria, and driving adoption and governance across the firm.