Product Owner II
TEKsystems, Englewood, CO, United States
Description
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Product Owner to join our team. This role requires strategic thinking balanced with tactical execution, a strong understanding of SAFe methodologies, excellent communication skills, and the ability to drive and manage cross‑functional collaboration.
Job Summary Partners with and develops relationships with stakeholders to align with business strategy and quickly respond to opportunities. Effectively prioritizes the roadmap delivery within the SAFe Agile framework to deliver the most valuable initiatives for its customers. Is responsible for building the backlog of work deliverables in Azure DevOps from Epics and Features down to detailed user stories. Identifies, assesses, arbitrates and resolves conflicts and/or variances between functional group sub‑processes and customer requirements. Oversees work process standardization, documentation, optimization, and scalability.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Manage planning and delivery of key themes, translating objectives and deliverables into Epics, Features and User Stories. Works with Delivery teams to organize and prioritize work efforts through Planning Increments.
Drive product objectives with business outcomes and success metrics, design thinking, customer feedback and competitive analysis.
Craft epics, features and user stories for the enterprise capability, working directly with the delivery teams to deliver value.
Collaborates cross‑functionally to coordinate and manage resources and activities, maximizing impact and overall return on investment.
Works across team to ascertain, review and address effectiveness and optimization challenges, and works with Leadership and across the governance structure to mitigate and resolve risks and issues relating to associate engagement, behaviors, knowledge and skills, organizational priorities and/or dependencies, change and process improvement challenges.
Interface with key stakeholders to deliver necessary pieces of our product with time‑to‑market excellence.
Responsible for understanding the market and farm credit’s niche landscape to maintain competitiveness. Ensures product compliance with bank policies and regulatory standards. Maintains expertise regarding competition, best practices and benchmarks.
Analyze customer feedback to identify customer successes and frustrations to improve the product and customer experience.
Gather and evaluate data to solve complicated problems rationally through critical thinking, logical reasoning, data analysis and research.
Manage critical data migration preparation, mapping, and testing activities for large‑scale user and data migration to a new application.
Skills
Agile, User stories, Azure DevOps, Custom home‑grown apps, Salesforce, Aha
Agile, User stories
Other Qualifications
Experience with transformation programs and organizing large efforts into achievable deliverables.
Proven experience working with technology, application/data migration, data teams, user experience teams, and key stakeholders in creating and delivering value.
Ability to create, maintain, prioritize, and sequence the product backlog based on business value / ROI.
Proven ability to think strategically and develop roadmaps for products and services.
Ability to solve complex problems and develop Epics, Features and User Stories to communicate across all levels of the organization effectively the ‘Whys’ and ‘Whats’.
Proven ability to establish, align and engage processes with strategic direction, goals and initiatives.
Proven ability to successfully manage significant priorities at one time, identifying risk areas, proactively determining appropriate mitigation strategies, managing change management and process obstacles and presenting alternatives for issue resolution.
Ability to work independently with minimal guidance, working toward strategic objectives, delivery plans and milestone goals, as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
Demonstrated critical thinking, problem solving, and conflict management skills.
Exceptional verbal and written communication and presentation skills, with demonstrated ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences. Excellent active listening skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to lead teams, work collaboratively and build and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of associates, management, and internal customers across the bank, as well as external vendors and other stakeholders.
Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to deliver commitments while juggling multiple projects and priorities. Ability to work effectively under deadline pressures and adjust quickly and effectively to change.
Job Type & Location This is a Contract position based out of Greenwood Village, CO.
Pay And Benefits The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $63.00/hr.
Eligibility Requirements Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following.
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre‑tax and Roth post‑tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long‑term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type This is a hybrid position in Greenwood Village, CO.
Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Apr 24, 2026.
Equal Opportunity Statement The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
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Job Summary Partners with and develops relationships with stakeholders to align with business strategy and quickly respond to opportunities. Effectively prioritizes the roadmap delivery within the SAFe Agile framework to deliver the most valuable initiatives for its customers. Is responsible for building the backlog of work deliverables in Azure DevOps from Epics and Features down to detailed user stories. Identifies, assesses, arbitrates and resolves conflicts and/or variances between functional group sub‑processes and customer requirements. Oversees work process standardization, documentation, optimization, and scalability.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities
Manage planning and delivery of key themes, translating objectives and deliverables into Epics, Features and User Stories. Works with Delivery teams to organize and prioritize work efforts through Planning Increments.
Drive product objectives with business outcomes and success metrics, design thinking, customer feedback and competitive analysis.
Craft epics, features and user stories for the enterprise capability, working directly with the delivery teams to deliver value.
Collaborates cross‑functionally to coordinate and manage resources and activities, maximizing impact and overall return on investment.
Works across team to ascertain, review and address effectiveness and optimization challenges, and works with Leadership and across the governance structure to mitigate and resolve risks and issues relating to associate engagement, behaviors, knowledge and skills, organizational priorities and/or dependencies, change and process improvement challenges.
Interface with key stakeholders to deliver necessary pieces of our product with time‑to‑market excellence.
Responsible for understanding the market and farm credit’s niche landscape to maintain competitiveness. Ensures product compliance with bank policies and regulatory standards. Maintains expertise regarding competition, best practices and benchmarks.
Analyze customer feedback to identify customer successes and frustrations to improve the product and customer experience.
Gather and evaluate data to solve complicated problems rationally through critical thinking, logical reasoning, data analysis and research.
Manage critical data migration preparation, mapping, and testing activities for large‑scale user and data migration to a new application.
Skills
Agile, User stories, Azure DevOps, Custom home‑grown apps, Salesforce, Aha
Agile, User stories
Other Qualifications
Experience with transformation programs and organizing large efforts into achievable deliverables.
Proven experience working with technology, application/data migration, data teams, user experience teams, and key stakeholders in creating and delivering value.
Ability to create, maintain, prioritize, and sequence the product backlog based on business value / ROI.
Proven ability to think strategically and develop roadmaps for products and services.
Ability to solve complex problems and develop Epics, Features and User Stories to communicate across all levels of the organization effectively the ‘Whys’ and ‘Whats’.
Proven ability to establish, align and engage processes with strategic direction, goals and initiatives.
Proven ability to successfully manage significant priorities at one time, identifying risk areas, proactively determining appropriate mitigation strategies, managing change management and process obstacles and presenting alternatives for issue resolution.
Ability to work independently with minimal guidance, working toward strategic objectives, delivery plans and milestone goals, as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
Demonstrated critical thinking, problem solving, and conflict management skills.
Exceptional verbal and written communication and presentation skills, with demonstrated ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences. Excellent active listening skills.
Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to lead teams, work collaboratively and build and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of associates, management, and internal customers across the bank, as well as external vendors and other stakeholders.
Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to deliver commitments while juggling multiple projects and priorities. Ability to work effectively under deadline pressures and adjust quickly and effectively to change.
Job Type & Location This is a Contract position based out of Greenwood Village, CO.
Pay And Benefits The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $63.00/hr.
Eligibility Requirements Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following.
Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre‑tax and Roth post‑tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long‑term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Workplace Type This is a hybrid position in Greenwood Village, CO.
Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Apr 24, 2026.
Equal Opportunity Statement The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
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