Product Owner

DMI is a leading global provider of digital services working at the intersection of public and private sectors. With broad capabilities across IT managed services, cybersecurity, cloud migration and application development, DMI provides on-site and remote support to clients within governments, healthcare, financial services, transportation, manufacturing, and other critical infrastructure sectors. DMI has grown to over 2,100+ employees globally and has been continually recognized as a Top Workplace in both regional and national categories.

DMI, LLC is seeking a Product Owner for our managed services company to manage the development and launch of new SaaS products as well as each iteration. They serve as the focal point from the product ideation phase through the go-to-market phase of the product lifecycle. They create a product roadmap that covers the entire product team, guarantees seamless product functionality, decides upon how to prioritize the backlog, and advances the product vision.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Ensure business requirements are clearly defined and communicated through the creation of Epics and User Stories that adhere to Agile and Scrum principles, and are aligned to business goals and expectations.
• Model Agile principles to increase speed and frequency of product delivery by maintaining and communicating groomed backlog, providing requirement prioritization for backlog, and set criteria for Minimum Viable Product.
• Create, maintain, and communicate product vision, strategy, and roadmaps, including near-term delivery and long-term product evolution.
• Develop strategic product plan and deliver breakthrough capabilities by working with technical and non-technical partners; measure output, improve execution, and continuously deliver customer value.
• Define product strategy, features, and success criteria for evaluating vendors/partners to make ongoing buy-build-partner-acquire decisions.
• Identify opportunities to create best-in-class platform capabilities by leveraging customer/developer feedback, monitoring/analytics, and team know-how/ know-why in order to connect company strengths with available resources.
• Communicate and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver value-driven solutions.
• Ability to weigh competing priorities, manage tradeoffs and evaluate opportunistic new ideas with stakeholders, driving to consensus while maintaining a clear focus on overarching business priorities.

Education and Years of Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science, or comparable degree or experience.

Required and Desired Skills/Certifications:

• Regular and reliable attendance.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Multitasking skills and ability to keep up in a fast-paced work environment.
• The ability to utilize critical thinking to complete tasks.
• Ability to contribute to the team culture.

Additional Requirements:

• 5+ years of agile product management on an Agile team (scrum, Kanban).
• Experience in a digital/eCommerce company with demonstrated success delivering new products, platforms, and experiences to markets.
• Exceptional communication, organization, and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated experience creating and using strategy to solve complex problems that span across multiple divisions and groups within company.
• Ability to identify metrics and key performance measures and use data to drive decisions which enhance the customer experience.
• Working experience with Jira and with analytical tools.
• Because this Product Owner will be working directly with development teams, a background in Ruby software development or AWS infrastructure is a plus.

Min Citizenship Status Required: US Citizen

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to work after hours and weekends to deliver projects on time when necessary.
• Ability to work in an office environment.
• Ability to sit for long periods of time.
• Ability to utilize a keyboard and mouse.
• Ability to work in front of a computer screen for long periods of time.
• Proficiency in typing, expected minimum of 40 words per minute.

Location: Cincinnati, OH or Remote

Working at DMI

DMI is a diverse, prosperous, and rewarding place to work. Being part of the DMI family means we care about your wellbeing. We offer a variety of perks and benefits that help meet various interests and needs, while still having the opportunity to work directly with several of our award-winning, Fortune 1000 clients. The following categories make up your DMI wellbeing:

• Convenience/Concierge - Virtual visits through health insurance, pet insurance, commuter benefits, discount tickets for movies, travel, and many other items to provide convenience.
• Development - Annual performance management, continuing education, and tuition assistance, internal job opportunities along with career enrichment and advancement to help each employee with their professional and personal development.
• Financial - Generous 401k matches both pre-tax and post-tax (ROTH) contributions along with financial wellness education, EAP, Life Insurance and Disability help provide financial stability for each DMI employee.
• Recognition - Great achievements do not go unnoticed by DMI through Annual Awards ceremony, service anniversaries, peer-to-peer acknowledgment, employee referral bonuses.
• Wellness - Healthcare benefits, Wellness programs, Flu Shots, Biometric screenings, and several other wellness options.

Employees are valued for their talents and contributions. We all take pride in helping our customers achieve their goals, which in turn contributes to the overall success of the company. The company does and will take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals with disabilities and protected veterans, and to treat qualified individuals without discrimination based on their physical or mental disability or veteran status. DMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer Minority/Female/Veterans/Disability. DMI maintains a drug-free workplace.

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Applicants selected may be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. US citizenship may be required for some positions.

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