Senior Product Owner - IT Specialist V

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for someone with strong skills in the areas of Agile Product Ownership, Business Analysis, and as Scrum Master to play a key role in supporting initiatives and services that improve health outcomes for Vermonters.

As a member of the Agency of Digital Services (ADS) team assigned to the Vermont Department of Health (VDH), you will work with public health professionals and other ADS staff to develop or procure and maintain systems critical to the work of protecting and improving the health of Vermonters. This includes in-house and vendor-supported systems that address needs ranging from facilitating response and reporting related to outbreaks of infectious diseases, to collecting and facilitating access to documentation of Vermont births and deaths, to developing a modern data lake that supports analysis, planning, and reporting of data across the many programs of the Department of Health.


As the primary liaison to multiple program areas within VDH, you will develop and maintain expert level knowledge of the business and the specific IT systems that support it. You will apply this knowledge to planning and managing projects, ongoing maintenance of systems, product lifecycle decisions, and planning solutions to support the program area in the future.

A key responsibility of this position is to establish the vision for the products that support the area of business for which you are responsible and to ensure this is reflected on all levels of planning. This includes eliciting and confirming requirements for a product, as well as engaging with the development team to create and document design strategies. It also includes producing and updating deliverables that reflect and communicate this vision such as Context, Workflow, and Entity Relationship Diagrams, Product Roadmaps, and Product, Release and Sprint backlogs.


When vendor-provided solutions are the most appropriate strategy, you will facilitate the development of RFPs and contracts to procure these systems, including eliciting functional requirements and ensuring input from other specialties within ADS. For systems developed in-house, you will lead teams in the roles of both Product Owner and Scrum Master, managing the backlog for both new products or features and ongoing maintenance and operations support. You will also facilitate release, sprint, and daily planning, product reviews, and team retrospectives. In all cases, you will be sure that regular security checks, version updates, user audits, and other key maintenance tasks are included in the backlog and acted upon throughout the life of the product.


You will also be responsible for producing and maintaining feature level documentation such as data element specifications, use cases, report specifications, and business rules throughout the life of a system. You will be responsible for ensuring quality assurance testing based upon this documentation occurs both during initial development and during any future enhancements.


This position is in Waterbury, VT. While regular (weekly) onsite work should be expected, a mixed telework/onsite schedule may be available upon approval by supervisor. A fingerprint-supported background check may be required based on the assigned job duties and location.

Who May Apply

This position, Senior Product Owner - IT Specialist V (Job Requisition #55116) , is open to all State employees and external applicants.

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Resumes will not be accepted via e-mail. You must apply online to be considered.

Please note that multiple positions in the same work location may be filled from this job posting.

Environmental Factors

Work is generally performed in a standard office setting, but some travel may be required for which private means of transportation should be available. Tact and diplomacy is required in dealing with vendors and management. Work outside of regular work schedule should be anticipated.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science AND three (3) or more years of experience in computer or network support, programming or analysis, or database administration.

OR

Associate's degree in computer science or college-level coursework that includes 15 computer science credits AND five (5) or more years of experience in computer or network support, programming or analysis, or database administration.

OR

Eight (8) or more years of experience in computer or network support, programming or analysis, or database administration.

Total Compensation

As a State employee you are offered a great career opportunity, but it's more than a paycheck. The State's total compensation package features an outstanding set of employee benefits that are worth about 30% of your total compensation, including:

• 80% State paid medical premium and a dental plan at no cost for employees and their families
• Work/Life balance: 11 paid holidays each year and a generous leave plan
• State Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FMLI)
• Two ways to save for your retirement: A State defined benefit pension plan and a deferred compensation 457(b) plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Flexible spending healthcare and childcare reimbursement accounts
• Low cost group life insurance
• Incentive-based Wellness Program
• Qualified Employer for Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Program

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Equal Opportunity Employer

The State of Vermont celebrates diversity, and is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect and meaningful inclusion that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The State does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, membership in an employee organization, family medical history or genetic information, or family or parental status. The State's employment decisions are merit-based. Retaliatory adverse employment actions by the State are forbidden.