Product Owner

Motion Recruitment - Woodbridge Township, NJ

Full-time - Mid Level

Woodbridge Township, NJ

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Product Owner will play a pivotal role in shaping the product vision, roadmap, and investment strategy for a leading financial services company. This long-term contract opportunity, based in Iselin, NJ, offers a chance to work with one of the largest financial institutions in the world, known for its commitment to customer satisfaction and innovation in the digital age. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the timely delivery of products to customers while managing a complex product portfolio that spans across large organizations. In this role, the Product Owner will prioritize the product backlog and incoming expedited requests by collaborating closely with delivery teams and customers. The individual will develop, evolve, and communicate the product area vision, priorities, and strategy, while also managing risks and ensuring compliance with regulatory policies. Establishing and monitoring product area goals and performance indicators will be crucial, as will building relationships with key partners and stakeholders to solicit and incorporate feedback into the product area backlog. The Product Owner will facilitate collaboration between customers, stakeholders, and teams throughout the product lifecycle, engaging in research and discovery to incorporate key findings into the product strategy. This role requires strong leadership skills to inspire and guide high-performing, cross-functional teams, and the ability to communicate effectively with product leadership and team members. The successful candidate will also need to manage dependencies and risks across multiple Agile and non-Agile teams, leveraging excellent verbal and written communication skills to build consensus and enthusiasm for product delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own the product vision, roadmap, and investment strategy enabling timely delivery of products to customers.
• Prioritize the backlog and incoming expedited requests by collaborating with delivery teams and customers.
• Develop, evolve, and communicate the product area vision, priorities, and strategy while managing risk and ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Establish, communicate, and monitor product area goals and performance indicators.
• Identify and build relationships with key partners and stakeholders to communicate product area vision, strategies, and priorities while soliciting feedback.
• Facilitate frequent collaboration between customers, stakeholders, and teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Engage in industry, technology, and customer ecosystem research to incorporate key findings into the product area backlog.
• Actively own the prioritization of a clearly understood product area backlog aligned to product area vision and goals.
• Identify and resolve sequencing and prioritization conflicts across products and product areas.
• Inspire and guide high-performing, cross-functional teams.
• Maintain consistent communication with product leadership and product area team members.
• Transform teams to high-performing agile teams and deliver enterprise-wide value as the organization transitions to a strategic secure network platform.
• Work closely with product managers, technical leaders, and business leaders to create meaningful customer value with connectivity and cryptographic services.
• Collaborate with lead Agilists to transform the team into a model state product and portfolio management.
• Manage risks and dependencies across large complex initiatives.

Requirements

• 5+ years of product owner experience or equivalent demonstrated through work experience, training, military experience, or education.
• Experience with web proxy servers, firewalls, microsegmentation, remote access, zero trust network access, and web application firewalls.
• Experience with Agile practices and frameworks (e.g., Kanban, Scrum) and workflow tools such as Confluence, Jira, and Jira Align.
• Experience with traditional project management practices (e.g., Waterfall) and tools such as Microsoft Project.

Nice-to-haves

• 5+ years of experience leading large scale, complex product portfolios with broad scope and impact across large organizations.
• Experience transitioning teams to agile product and portfolio management.
• Experience building next generation data center network security solutions and migrating from legacy to best-in-class data center environments.
• Experience with application delivery services including web application firewalls and web proxy.
• Experience with cloud technologies enabling shift from on-premise infrastructure.

Benefits

• Competitive benefit package
• Long-term contract opportunity
• Hybrid work environment