Product Owner II, Technology Research

Description

Hiring Manager: Casey Jordan, Technology Strategy & Research

This is a hybrid Product Owner role with a distinctive scope of responsibility. Based within the Technology Research and Analytics group, this position owns our Research products - a mix of specific deliverables, consulting, and advisory support on technology products and strategy.

Key responsibilities include:

• Vendor management: Help manage relationships with research partners such as Gartner, while identifying new research sources and solutions.
• Enterprise connector: Connect teams to existing solutions across the enterprise to foster a more integrated technology community, while developing and executing a communication and stakeholder engagement strategy that continually elevates research efforts, increases visibility of findings, and promotes adoption of emerging capabilities across the organization
• Communicating value and trends: Share insights on the value of research and on trends observed both within our group and from other forward-looking technology teams (such as Digital Progression), ensuring the right people have the right information to make informed decisions.
• Create a repeatable, adaptable process for research products: Continuously evolve with the technology landscape, increasingly integrating new tools, methods, and innovations to strengthen our research capabilities, improve efficiency, and support informed decision-making across the organization.

What success looks like:

Day-to-day work will vary, but successful candidates will be able to:

• Distill complex information into clear, presentation-ready summaries
• Communicate effectively both in person and asynchronously (e.g., written updates, chat, email)
• Learn new technology concepts and product spaces quickly and adapt with confidence
• Proactively asks thoughtful questions to clarify priorities, assumptions, and requirements in order to move work forward effectively
• Broadly socialize findings to the right audience - whether it’s a specific group in the enterprise with related work or a broad community blog
• Network effectively internally to ensure awareness across SBU’s to aid group insights as well as to provide awareness of research product offerings

Support: You won't be doing this alone - you'll be supported by a fellow researcher, our research vendor partners, and a wide range of available data sources.

Qualifications

• Strong presentation and networking skills
• Able to influence a diverse group of stakeholders; strong leadership skills.
• Able to make difficult and quick decisions daily.
• Strong problem solver with demonstrated ability to lead a team to push the solutions and progress.
• Knowledge of relevant products and portfolio preferred.
• Strong experimental mindset to drive innovation amongst uncertainty.
• Ability to analyze complex information and translate it into clear, concise, and actionable learning materials for stakeholders.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams and building relationships throughout the business.
• Skilled at curating, synthesizing, and condensing large volumes of information into easily consumable content.
• Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies, processes, and concepts quickly.
• Self-motivated and capable of working independently with a high degree of autonomy and ownership.
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills, with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Knowledge of Agile development methodologies and IT project management as typically acquired through a Bachelors` degree in relevant field (business, computer science, humanities etc.) and a minimum of 3 to 5 years direct experience with agile teams as well as 7 years in business, technology, or consulting.
• Open to US-based employees only

Employees may apply for a new role after completing 12 months of employment in their current position.

Employees should review all role requirements and apply only for positions for which they are eligible. Hiring processes may vary by country, including differences in procedures, requirements, and timelines. For country-specific details, please consult your local recruiting / HR team.

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