Senior Product Owner

Ameren Illinois Company (AIC); St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 91,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage on date of hire

100% employer paid cash balance/p‍ ens

401(k) with company match

15 days paid vacation and 12 holidays

Paid parental leave and family careg‍

Job summary

Ameren Illinois Company (AIC) is seeking a Senior Product Owner to maximize product value and translate customer needs into actionable tasks for agile teams. You will manage the product backlog, define the roadmap, and collaborate with multiple teams to ensure the product meets customer and business goals.

You will lead backlog prioritization, measure key product metrics, and align with stakeholders across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's preferred.
• 5+ years of experience with project/process improvement.
• 2+ years full-time Product Owner or similar agile team experience.
• PO/PM certification within 12 months (POPM, CSPO, PSPO or similar).

Responsibilities

• Connect with customers to understand needs and build product solutions.
• Develop and maintain product vision and roadmap.
• Capture requirements and translate into well-formed user stories; prioritize backlog.
• Define metrics and ensure data-driven decisions across the product lifecycle.
• Champion feedback and align with stakeholders; serve as liaison across teams.

Skills

Customer research

Product vision

Backlog management

Stakeholder collaboration

Agile metrics

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

SAFe Product Owner/PM certs

CSPO/PSPO/POPM

Job description

About Ameren Services (B&CS)

Ameren Services provides administrative support and services to Ameren Corporation and its operating companies, subsidiaries and affiliates. Ameren Services includes a wide range of skill sets and roles, from finance and legal experts to digital and cyber specialists, plus those charged with ensuring environmental compliance and operational safety. Together, we help execute a strategy that enables Ameren to deliver superior long-term value to customers, shareholders and the environment.

Our benefits include:

• Medical coverage on date of hire
• 100% employer paid cash balance pension plan
• 401(k) with company match fully vested on date of hire
• Minimum of 15 days paid vacation and 12 paid holidays
• Paid parentalleave and family caregiver leave

Visit our Benefits & Perks Page for more information on benefits provided to regular full-time employees.

About The Position

The Senior Product Owner hasa key role in Agile development, responsible for maximizing the value of a product. TheSeniorProduct Owner acts as the voice of the customer and stakeholders, translating their needs and vision into actionable tasks for the development team. This positionis responsible forexecutingthe product vision, managing the product backlog,and collaborating with various teams to ensure the product meets customer needs and business goals.

Key responsibilities include:

Connect with the Customer

• Conduct research and connect directly with internal and external customers to gain a comprehensive understanding oftheirneeds
• Leverage research, tools and techniques to build product solutions and features that enhance experiences forcustomers and co-workers
• Developandmaintainhigh-trust relationships with key stakeholders

Product Vision & Roadmap

• Partner with Product Managers to develop business casesand product roadmapsthataccurately represent the investment and benefits of the products or features to be developed or enhanced

Manage & Prioritize Backlog

• Capture and translate project requirements into user stories ensuring they are well-formed,aligned with product strategy, and in compliance with regulatory requirements
• Accept stories and ensure elements such as quality and design have been effectively incorporated
• Foster collaboration with other Product Owners, Architects, Technical Leads and Managersacross the agile and dependent teams to ensure successful deliveryin accordance withproject timelines and budget

Deliver Value

• Define, track, and communicate key product metrics to stakeholders, ensuring data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement across the product lifecycle
• Set quality assurance standards for agile teams, ensure test results adhere to standards and accept product deliverables on behalf of the customer
• Balance short-term and long-term goals, make strategic decisions that willbenefitthe product and drive business value

Receiving and Applying Feedback

• Champion products and features, present during demonstration and retrospective meetings, and other opportunities to provide updates and sustain alignment with stakeholders.
• Serve asprimaryliaison and contact for communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degreerequired,master's degree preferred.
• 5+ years of experience withproject/process improvement workrequired
• 2+ years full-timeProduct Owner or similaragile teamexperiencerequired
• SAFeProduct Owner / Product Manager Certification (POPM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO), or other leading Product Owner certification (within 12 months).

In addition to the above qualifications, the successful candidate willdemonstrate:

• Brings high-energy and a passionate outlook to the job and can effectively influence others
• Able to build a sense of trust and rapport that creates a comfortable & productive workplace
• Proven analytical skills, able to make sound decisions with ambiguous information andpossessa high levelof organizational skills
• Assertive, with the confidence to be voice of authority - not afraid to do what is best for the team
• Creative self-starter with strong interpersonal skills - able to work effectively as a team and with various stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Excellent communication skills, including presentation,writtenand verbal.
• Ability to promote innovative thinking and self-improvement within the team
• Confident and skilled at navigating the team throughroadblocksto allow sprints to be completed on time
• Ability to coach team on agile practices and ensure adherence to agilemethodologyto delivermaxbusiness valuetimely
• Able to resolve conflicts within the team before they become an issue - strongmediator

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Compensation Range: $90,500.00 - $140,300.00

At Ameren, base salary is one component of a competitive compensation package for employees. Our pay ranges are broad to allow for movement within our organization and to accommodate different skill sets and levels of expertise. We take into consideration a variety of factors including, but not limited to, skills, abilities, experience, education, credentials, and internal equity when determining the base salary offered. Roles are eligible for additional rewards including annual incentive payments based on individual and company performance.

If end date is listed, the posting will come down at 12:00 am on that date: Monday November 02, 2026

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, genetic information, military service or status, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other class, trait, or status protected by law.