Product Owner/ /Portfolio Manager

Product Owner/Portfolio Manager
Des Moines, IA
Only submit local regional candidates.
Provide three (3) professional references [REQUIRED] on the candidate's resume with Contact Name, Title, Contact, and Relation to the candidate.

Provide candidates with the complete physical address where the DOM DoIT Background Check form and fingerprint cards must be mailed. [REQUIRED] - Failure to provide accurate information will result in disqualification.

INTERVIEW DATES: Interviews will be conducted on [April 29th and 30th] Only submit candidates available for interviews on the date(s) provided

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage a portfolio of IT products and applications, ensuring successful completion and alignment with business needs for both internal and external users
• Serve as a Product Owner to guide products through all lifecycle stages, ensuring efficiency, quality, and alignment with strategic goals.
• Work with business SMEs, internal teams, external agencies, and vendors to define product scope, identify IT-enabled solutions, and support procurement and implementation processes.
• Create and prioritize product backlogs and maintain roadmaps that align with long-term IT strategies and changing user and state needs.
• Oversee product releases, ensure readiness for deployment, monitor performance, gather feedback, and manage risks affecting delivery or budget.
• Collaborate with business and IT leadership to define and track performance metrics, ensuring all products and processes meet state, federal, and IT governance requirements.
• Manage relationships with vendors and service providers, overseeing performance, resolving issues related to interoperability, and ensuring adherence to service level agreements (SLAs) and availability targets.
• Oversee product IT financials, including budget planning and monitoring, while providing leadership with regular updates on product status, risks, and strategic roadmap progress.
• Lead and manage cross-functional fusion teams, ensuring effective collaboration among IT, vendors, and business units to deliver solutions that align with business needs and budget constraints.
• Partner with DoIT supervisors to allocate appropriate technical resources, monitor team performance, and provide ongoing support to fusion team staff.
• Facilitate agile meetings and lead sprint reviews, user story development, ensuring team alignment on priorities and presenting outputs to stakeholders.
• Use feedback and metrics to identify product needs and collaborate on acceptance criteria, testing, and feature delivery.
• Collaborate with Executive Technology Officers (ETOs) and product teams to prioritize and manage product development efforts, ensuring alignment with agency needs and effectively transitioning products to enterprise services.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with client/business teams, establishing regular communication and fostering trust to ensure successful collaboration and issue resolution.

SkillRequired / DesiredAmount of ExperienceYears of Experience

Experience in Project management: planning/managing scope, budget, timeline, resources; coordinating project activities

Required5 Years

Experience in Product ownership, portfolio management

Required2 Years

Experience in Requirement elicitation, documentation and articulation between teams

Required5 Years

Proficient understanding of the software development lifecycle and related methodologies

Required5 Years

Experience partnering with vendor project teams, managing relationships and vendor management

Required5 Years

High quality documentation: project plans, status updates, presentations, requirements, user stories, process maps, instructions

Required5 Years

Demonstrated strong communication skills across technical teams and business stakeholders, specifically to leadership - setting/resetting expectations

Required5 Years

Guide stages of agile software development, including user story development, sprint planning, and prioritization of the product backlog.

Required3 Years

IT vendor management

Required3 Years