Technical Product Owner

Diversified Services Network; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Dental insurance

Vision Insurance

Disability insurance

Employee assistance program

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Paid time off

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Diversified Services Network, Inc. (DSN) is hiring a full-time Technical Product Owner in Illinois. Hybrid work model in Peoria or Chicago requires leadership of product vision and backlog for high-value projects.

You will collaborate with the Scrum Team to maximize value, decompose features into user stories, and guide the team toward sprint objectives while engaging stakeholders across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree required
• 8–10 years of experience as a Technical Product Owner or similar role
• Strong business analysis and decision-making capabilities
• Clear and effective communication skills for cross-functional teams
• Experience delivering software products and understanding product economics

Responsibilities

• Define the product vision and sprint goals at the start of every sprint
• Create, maintain, and prioritize the Product Backlog by business value
• Act as the key decision-maker on features, releases, and content
• Decompose epics into user stories with the team for each sprint
• Negotiate requirements and timelines with product and development teams
• Lead Daily Scrum, sprint planning, backlog grooming, and demos
• Inspect progress and accept/reject completed work; manage defects
• Represent customers and engage stakeholders as the voice of the team
• Model Scrum values and foster agile growth within the organization
• Collaborate with engineers to ensure alignment and value delivery

Skills

Business analysis

Decision making

Effective communication

Software engineering

Software product knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

JIRA

Mingle

VSTS/Team Services

Rally

GitHub Copilot

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Job description

Technical Product Owner

Diversified Services Network, Inc. (DSN) is seeking a full-time Technical Product Owner to join our team in your choice of our Peoria, IL or Chicago, IL locations. We offer a hybrid work model, full benefits, PTO, 401k, and more! If you're looking to grow your career within an extremely reputable, stable Fortune 100 company - let's talk!

Position Overview

The Technical Product Owner partners closely with the Scrum Team to maximize the value of the product and the work of the Development Team. This role owns the product vision and Product Backlog for larger, more complex, high-value projects, ensuring everyone understands priorities and helping the team meet the objectives of each sprint.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the product vision and communicate it, along with sprint goals, to the team at the start of every sprint
• Create, maintain, and prioritize the Product Backlog according to business value for the life of the project
• Serve as the key decision-maker on product features, release dates, and release content
• Collaborate with Lead Engineers to decompose epics and features into user stories granular enough to complete in a single sprint
• Negotiate business requirements and timelines with Product and development teams
• Lead the Daily Scrum, sprint planning, backlog grooming, retrospectives, and sprint demos
• Inspect product progress at the end of each sprint and accept or reject completed work
• Manage and prioritize defects
• Represent the customer and engage with stakeholders throughout the organization, acting as the voice of the team when communicating status externally
• Model Scrum values, understand the framework and each team member's role, and champion the growth of the agile community within the organization

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree
• 8–10 years of experience as a Technical Product Owner or in a comparable roleBusiness Analysis: Ability to identify business needs and recommend solutions that deliver value to stakeholders
• Decision Making & Critical Thinking: Ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment
• Effective Communication: Ability to clearly transmit, receive, and interpret ideas, information, and needs
• Software Engineering: Ability to deliver new or enhanced fee-based software products
• Software Product Business Knowledge: Experience with the business aspects of a software product, including install base, current uses, future plans, and product vision

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading or working with a technical team while managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Proven software development experience, including Java 17 or newer, RESTful APIs, databases, and AWS cloud development, with a focus on designing and developing cloud-native solutions at scale
• Experience managing product backlogs in Agile tools such as Azure DevOps, JIRA, Mingle, VSTS, Team Services, or Rally
• Experience working within an onshore/offshore team model
• Experience using GenAI tools such as GitHub Copilot or Microsoft 365 Copilot

• 401(k)

• Dental insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid Holidays

Salary expectations: 135,000-145,000 per annual