Senior Product Owner – Life Sciences Tech Portfolio

TekWissen LLC; Illinois; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equal opportunity employer

Job summary

TekWissen LLC seeks a seasoned Technology Portfolio Manager to oversee a portfolio of products from ideation to operation, aligning cross-functional teams and managing budgets from $25K to $1M while driving roadmaps and investment decisions.

The role requires strong communication, Agile experience, and deep understanding of the Software Life Cycle to translate business needs into reusable solutions and partner with business leaders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years’ experience; Master’s degree with 7 years’ experience; or PhD with 3 years’ experience.
• Experience developing and/or managing the development of technology applications, regardless of tech stack.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a keen ability to build trust, listen, and ask effective questions to create scalable solutions.
• Ability to interact with business leaders to demystify complex concepts without relying on technical language.
• Thorough understanding of and hands-on experience with Software Life Cycle phases, including Build and Run aspects of a Technology Product.
• Demonstrable working knowledge of Agile methodology, process and ceremonies.
• 1-2 years of experience managing or coaching cross-functional resources – employees or contract resources.
• Ability to self-manage time and priorities.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing a portfolio of technology products from ideation to operation, including securing cross-functional alignment on project scope, benefits, cost, and timeline.
• Proactively understand business strategies, educate stakeholders on technology capabilities, and influence capability roadmaps and investment.
• Identify unmet business needs and evaluate technology solutions to balance short-term and long-term objectives.
• Propose and lead programs that transform processes or technology capabilities.
• Handle project intake, scope, epic/story grooming, estimating, cost/timeline plans, UAT/testing strategy, release management, and engineering decisions.
• Supervise a matrix team to deliver technology products to the business and manage IT investment budgets.

Skills

Stakeholder communication

Agile methodologies

Software Life Cycle

Cross-functional leadership

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

ServiceNOW

Smartsheet

Job description

TekWissen LLC seeks a seasoned Technology Portfolio Manager to oversee a portfolio of products from ideation to operation, aligning cross-functional teams and managing budgets from $25K to $1M while driving roadmaps and investment decisions.

The role requires strong communication, Agile experience, and deep understanding of the Software Life Cycle to translate business needs into reusable solutions and partner with business leaders.