Product Owner

Job Title: Product Owner
Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid) Additional Location: Peoria, IL
Duration: 6 Months (Likely Extension)
Work Model: Hybrid (2 3 days onsite weekly; may transition to full-time onsite)

Interview Process:
Round 1: Virtual/Teams Screening
Round 2: In-Person Team Interview

About the Role

The TPM team is driving multiple high-complexity Customer Identity and Access Management (CIAM) initiatives under the Ecosystem Simplification Onboarding program. This role will support roadmap planning, dependency management, engineering coordination, and delivery execution across several enterprise onboarding and identity modernization initiatives.

The Product Owner will partner with business leaders, engineering teams, architects, and technical product owners to maximize product value and ensure successful delivery of digital platform services and APIs.

Key Responsibilities
Own and manage the Product Roadmap and Product Backlog
Prioritize backlog items based on business value and delivery goals
Collaborate with business teams, architecture teams, API/platform engineering teams, and TPMs
Define and communicate product priorities to development teams
Create and manage acceptance criteria for features and enhancements
Coordinate cross-functional dependencies and roadmap alignment
Represent customer and stakeholder needs throughout the SDLC lifecycle
Support Agile ceremonies and product delivery execution
Drive planning and execution for enterprise digital onboarding initiatives
Engage with technical product owners to refine and decompose requirements

Key CIAM / Platform Initiatives
The selected candidate will help support initiatives including:
Profile Service Centralization
Account Management Security & Consent Preferences
Modern Password Policies
Registration Without Email
SMS-based Registration
Social Authentication Enablement

Required Qualifications
Education
Bachelor s Degree required
Master s Degree preferred
Experience

5 7+ years of Product Management or Product Owner experience
5+ years working with Platform APIs or Application Products
5+ years leading technical teams and managing multiple projects simultaneously
Experience managing Agile product teams
Strong understanding of SDLC methodologies and Agile delivery practices

Required Technical Skills
Product Backlog & Roadmap Management
Agile Methodology / Scrum
API Product Management
Platform Services & Webservices
Dependency & Stakeholder Management
SDLC Processes
Product Lifecycle Management
Jira / Rally / Azure DevOps / VSTS / Aha
Postman
API Development or API Consumption Experience

Preferred Skills
CIAM (Customer Identity & Access Management)
Digital Onboarding Platforms
Security & Authentication Workflows
IoT or Industrial Systems Domain Experience
Dealer / Customer Platform Experience
Cross-functional Enterprise Program Delivery

Soft Skills
Strong communication and stakeholder management
Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills
Strong planning and organizational abilities
Ability to manage sensitive and complex discussions
Strong accountability and ownership mindset

Candidate Value Proposition
This role offers the opportunity to contribute to enterprise-scale digital transformation initiatives within Client ecosystem modernization program. The candidate will gain exposure to large-scale CIAM initiatives, enterprise API platforms, onboarding modernization, and cross-functional digital product strategy while working with highly visible enterprise programs.

Top Skills for Success
Agile Product Ownership
API / Platform Product Management
CIAM & Digital Onboarding Experience
Stakeholder & Dependency Management
Roadmap & Backlog Prioritization

Tools & Technologies
Jira
Rally
Azure DevOps / VSTS
Aha
Postman
API Platforms
Agile/Scrum Frameworks