Wgu - Salt Lake City, UT
posted 3 months ago
WGU is seeking a passionate individual to join our team, dedicated to building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country through higher education. As a part of our mission to expand access to education via online, competency-based degree programs, you will play a crucial role in shaping the educational landscape. This position involves working closely with a cross-functional team of stakeholders, including end-users, engineers, enterprise architects, and product leaders, to understand the problems we aim to solve. You will help drive the product vision and define requirements, ensuring that we create shared outcomes that deliver significant impact for our customers. In this role, you will be recognized as an expert in your product area, demonstrating mastery of the current platform while identifying gaps that inform our near-term product roadmap and help establish long-term strategies. You will manage expectations by proactively communicating with stakeholders about potential risks to initiatives. Your responsibilities will also include leading quarterly planning activities, ensuring product quality through rigorous testing of software features, and coordinating user acceptance testing with stakeholders and end-users. Additionally, you will mentor and guide newer Product Managers, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment. Your technical expertise in Service Oriented Architecture and cloud computing will be essential as you develop technology modernization roadmaps that enable constant iterative improvements. You will create design artifacts that provide visual and narrative detail of architectural requirements, ensuring alignment between architecture, engineering, infrastructure, and feature-driven product teams. This position requires a strategic mindset, as you will be responsible for managing significant technical projects and influencing policies and practices within and outside the university.