Senior Product Owner
Denver, Colorado, United States of America
Contract
2 hours ago
Key skills
PhoenixJiraConfluenceAgileScrumCommunication
About this role
Senior Product Owner (Enterprise Platforms)
Job at a Glance
- Title: Product Owner Sr - Contractor
- Location: Phoenix, AZ, Pittsburgh, PA, Lakewood, CO, Strongsville, OH
- Contract: W2 only
Responsible from day one for understanding the platform vision, enterprise context, and priority use cases, and for translating that into a clear, well-structured backlog. They partner closely with Product Managers and Technology to define scope, decompose work, and support PI planning and sprint execution. As the work progresses, they continuously prioritize and refine the backlog, make day-to-day scope and tradeoff decisions, incorporate stakeholder feedback, and ensure delivery aligns with enterprise standards, reuse, and scalability goals.
Key Responsibilities
- Responsible from day one for understanding the platform vision, enterprise context, and priority use cases, and for translating that into a clear, well-structured backlog.
- They partner closely with Product Managers and Technology to define scope, decompose work, and support PI planning and sprint execution.
- As the work progresses, they continuously prioritize and refine the backlog, make day-to-day scope and tradeoff decisions, incorporate stakeholder feedback, and ensure delivery aligns with enterprise standards, reuse, and scalability goals.
Required Skills
- Hands-on experience using Jira for backlog management, including EPICs, features, user stories, dependencies, and acceptance criteria
- Strong experience working in Agile delivery environments (Scrum, SAFe), including PI planning, sprint planning, and backlog refinement
- Proven ability to translate business and platform needs into clear, actionable requirements in close partnership with engineering and architecture
- Experience working on enterprise platforms or shared capabilities, with an understanding of integrations, APIs, and cross-team dependencies
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with comfort making day-to-day prioritization and scope decisions
Preferred Skills
- Experience in a regulated or risk-aware environment (financial services preferred)
- Familiarity with Confluence or similar tools for documentation and product artifacts
- Exposure to delivery metrics, dashboards, or outcome-based prioritization
- Experience helping establish or mature product practices in a new or growing organization
Why Should I Apply?
This role offers the opportunity to shape enterprise-scale platforms within a dynamic, fast-moving environment. You will be a foundational contributor to a newly formed product organization, working on impactful initiatives that enhance operational efficiency and customer experience.
About CEI:
As a trusted technology partner, CEI delivers solutions that help our customers transform their business and achieve meaningful results. From strategy and custom application development through application management - our technology and digital experience services are tailored to meet each unique need of our customers. Our staffing solutions bring specialized skills to complement our customers'' workforce and project requirements.#ZR
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