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Technical Product Owner

REMOTE- available to come onsite to Philly 2-4x a year for PI Planning.

Work schedule hours are from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. eastern standard time.

Duration: 5 months with potential to extend pending performance, attendance, etc--

Position Summary

We are seeking a technically fluent, dynamic Technical Product Owner to support the implementation of the HRIS Integration Platform vision and to drive the development of impactful data and analytics solutions.

• This role partners closely with IT Product Managers, Architecture, Business stakeholders, Engineering leads, as well as business analysts, BI developers, report consumers, and data and BI architects to translate strategic goals and product vision into executable workstreams, actionable roadmap items, and refined backlog items.
• As a lead, hands-on member of an agile scrum team, the Product Owner is responsible for transforming complex business needs into deliverables that align with enterprise priorities, long-term data strategy, technical feasibility, and data governance standards.
• This role combines strong technical skills with strategic thinking and excellent communication, guiding the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and insightful integration and data products while ensuring consistent alignment to business priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with IT Product Managers and Architecture to refine and implement the product vision through actionable backlog items.
• Work with Engineering leads to ensure technical feasibility and alignment with platform architecture and data lineage requirements.
• Author and manage detailed user stories for API development and streaming workflows, including RESTful and event-driven integrations.
• Understand and document data lineage across processing steps, ensuring traceability, auditability, and compliance with enterprise standards.
• Facilitate sprint planning, backlog grooming, and demos to ensure delivery of high-impact features.
• Partner with external vendors and internal stakeholders to support onboarding and downstream integrations.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies and align deliverables across Agile Release Trains (ARTs).
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MUST HAVE Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in product ownership or enterprise application integration, preferably in HRIS or insurance domains.
• Proven experience writing technical stories for Java-based APIs, Kafka streaming, and data transformation pipelines.
• Strong understanding of data lineage, including how data flows through ingestion, transformation, and consumption layers.
• Familiarity with HRIS platforms such as Workday, ADP, or Alight.
• Experience with cloud-native environments (AWS, Azure) and platforms like Fineos.
• Agile certification (e.g., CSPO) preferred.
• Strong technical acumen in data product and BI solution delivery.
• Deep understanding of data modeling techniques and architectural patterns (star schema, normalized/denormalized models, etc.).
• Experience working with BI and data wrangling tools (Tableau, Power BI, etc.).
• Proficiency in SQL, Python, and stored procedures for querying and transforming data.

Familiarity with cloud data platforms and tools, particularly:

• AWS Redshift
• Tableau
• AWS SageMaker
• (Power BI experience is a plus)
• Must be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously at various stages of development while prioritizing commitments and managing time effectively
• Insurance Industry experience with Disability, FMLA, Life products preferred

Personal Attributes

• Strategic thinker with a detail-oriented mindset
• Strong communicator able to tailor messaging to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Self-driven with a passion for solving business problems through data.
• Collaborative, diplomatic, and flexible in dynamic team environments.
• A team mindset and the ability to adapt