Position Summary    

We are currently searching for a Product Owner to join our team. As a Product Owner, you will play a pivotal role in the development and success of two products. You will assist the Director, Product Management and Product Manager in driving the strategy and implementation of Internal Applications with a focus on scaling business operations for M&A teams. You will assist in defining the vision for future customizations and enhancements as we look to adapt with our ever-evolving line of software products and scale our internal processes.

You will also assist the Director, Product Management in executing the strategy for our client facing Shareholder Portal product. This is a newer product that will continue to grow to help us scale and increase our footprint in the M&A market. You will work closely with our stakeholder teams to help the company deliver on its commitments to our clients. 

Location: This is a Denver based hybrid position with the expectation that you work from the office 2 times per week.

Compensation: The salary range for this position is between $105k - $120k, depending on level of experience.

Primary Responsibilities

Delivery Team Ownership & Execution

• Own day-to-day execution for a delivery team, ensuring value-oriented work is ready and sprint commitments are met.
• Drive backlog grooming, sprint planning, and other delivery-team meetings that keep work moving forward.
• Maintain a clear sprint objective and focus the team on completing a small number of high-value initiatives at a time and aligns with PM’s vision.
• Ensure new, usable value is delivered to production on a regular basis.
• Proactively identify and resolve blockers, open questions, and execution risks with the delivery team.

Backlog Management, Prioritization & Story Quality

• Own and maintain an organized backlog where important work remains visible and prioritized.
• Gather requirements and translate business needs into clear, outcome-oriented user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Break features and projects into the smallest practical increments that deliver value frequently and reduce risk.
• Prioritize work to maximize customer and business value while minimizing unnecessary context switching.
• Document changes, decisions, and requirements clearly so delivery teams can execute efficiently.

Stakeholder, Design & Engineering Collaboration

• Build strong relationships with Engineering, Design, and business stakeholders to support successful product delivery.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements and consider impacts across teams, processes, and users.
• Communicate clearly, concisely, and proactively through meetings, written updates, and day-to-day interactions.
• Ensure high responsiveness and follow-through in all communications, providing prompt updates to engineering and product stakeholders.[JG3] 
• Act as a reliable point of coordination between stakeholders and the delivery team.
• Foster a collaborative team environment by supporting teammates, giving credit to others, avoiding blame, and maintaining a strong partnership with Engineering and Design.

Product Knowledge, Data & Continuous Improvement

• Develop deep knowledge of the product, user personas, business processes, and adjacent applications.
• Understand and support execution of each of the Product Managers’ vision and strategy by representing user needs and expectations to the development team throughout planning and execution.
• Monitor product performance and maintain awareness of key usage, operational, and delivery metrics.
• Use data, user feedback, and critical thinking to evaluate opportunities, identify problems, and support decision-making.
• Demonstrate bias towards documentation and efficiency, curiosity, initiative, and continuous learning to improve products, processes, and team effectiveness.
  
  

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
• At least 2 years of SaaS product owner / product manager experience or other related product management experience.
• Demonstrated focus on delivering business and user value first and foremost, and anchoring the value delivered with measurable impact signals.
• Experience working with internal stakeholders.
• Experience developing reports and metrics for stakeholders and product teams, using data analysis to drive decisions.
• Exceptional organizational and prioritization skills to keep the product backlog well-ordered and ensure important items don’t get overlooked.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and work independently with a proactive, self-starter mindset in a fast-paced environment.
• Empathetic, detail-oriented, data-driven, analytical, and inquisitive, with strong critical-thinking skills and the ability to visualize the big picture.
• Excellent communication skills (clear and concise in writing and speaking) and strong presentation abilities.
• Experience working with development teams using Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum), including story mapping and writing clear user stories.
• Able to grasp complex business challenges and nuanced product workflows, and translate them into simple, intuitive user experiences and designs.

Desired Characteristics

• Experience in the B2B space where you have built and managed complex internal tools to scale business processes.
• Experience working in customer support or other client facing teams, or partnering closely with those teams to understand user/client pain points.
• Knowledge of NetSuite, Salesforce, AWS, other ERP or enterprise systems
• Experience building custom software applications to meet the needs of internal employees and teams, and client facing applications. 
• Background in financial services, payments, mergers & acquisitions, banking, or accounting and tax systems
• Naturally curious and eager to learn how complex systems and business processes operate.
• Experience with data analysis and reporting
• Enthusiasm for product strategy and vision, with an interest in contributing to long-term product planning.
• Proactive leadership and initiative in driving improvements and team success.
• Strong research skills in areas like user journeys and workflows.
• Experience with information systems and operations management

Physical Requirements/Special Demands:

• Must be available to work standard Mountain time zone business hours.
• Occasional work after hours may be required.
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment.

** We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future visa sponsorship to move forward in the hiring process. **

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This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without advanced notice.   

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