Product Owner

Job Title: Product Owner Assignment Duration: Until July 2027 Location: Lake County, IL 60064 In this role you'll be responsible for: Overseeing a portfolio of technology products from ideation to operation, including securing cross‑functional alignment on project scope, benefits, cost, and timeline. Proactively understand business strategies, educate business stakeholders on existing technology capabilities, and influence/develop capability roadmaps and investment. Identifying current and emerging unmet business needs and evaluating technology solutions to balance short‑term and long‑term objectives. Proposing, initiating, and leading programs that transform the focus Business function's processes or technology capabilities. Project intake, scope clarification, epic and story grooming, estimating, generating cost and timeline plans, defining UAT and testing strategy, release management, and overseeing engineering decisions. Supervising a matrix team of Product Analysts, Business Systems Analysts, Scrum Masters, Project Managers, Architects, Engineers, Testers to deliver technology products to the business. All BRM (business relationship management) activities, including serving as the single point of contact for initiatives in your portfolio. Making sure that as BTS we are consistent in applying our core capabilities to deliver technology solutions with speed, agility, and efficiency. Identifying re‑use opportunities and proposing viable pilot and MVP solutions. Responsible for compliance with applicable client Policies and procedures. Managing an IT investment budget of $25 K to $1 M. Experiences that are required for this role: Required: Bachelor's Degree with 8 years' experience; Master's Degree with 7 years' experience; or PhD with 3 years' experience. Experience developing and/or managing the development of technology applications, regardless of tech stack. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a keen ability to build trust, listen, and ask effective questions with the goal of creating a scalable and reusable business solution along with forming effective partnerships. Ability to interact with business leaders to demystify complex concepts without relying on technical language. Thorough understanding of and hands‑on experience with SLC (Software Life Cycle) phases, including Build and Run aspects of a Technology Product. Demonstrable working knowledge of Agile methodology, process and ceremonies. 1–2 years of experience managing or coaching cross‑functional resources - employees or contract resources. Ability to self‑manage time and priorities. Beneficial: Understanding of or experience within the life sciences and biopharmaceutical landscape, including role of manufacturers, providers, patients, payers, distributors and policy makers. Understanding of financial planning, forecasting and data management concepts and systems. Demonstrable interest in technology trends and application of technology to improve end user's experience through innovation or disruption. Experience in leading and managing Agile teams and/or projects. Hands on experience with JIRA, Confluence, ServiceNOW and Smartsheet. #J-18808-Ljbffr