Technical Product Owner - Enterprise Data Solutions

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In this role you will be joining the Enterprise Data Solutions, within the Digital & Information Technology organization. Driven by a passion for operational excellence & innovation, we partner with all functional groups to provide the expertise and technologies which will enable the company to digitalize, simplify, and scale for the future.

We are seeking an experienced Technical Product Owner to join our Enterprise Data Solutions team. In addition to the traditional product owner skillset of technical, project management, and leadership skills, the ideal candidate would have experience in data analysis, business intelligence, and data management. This role involves working closely with stakeholders to understand their data needs, translating those needs into actionable insights, and utilizing an agile backlog and roadmap to align those needs to strategic initiatives in a prioritized manner. The Technical Product Owner should be able to utilize a strong foundation in data analysis to close the gap between the technical and business partners. They will be a key part in bringing together multiple requests from our business partners and creating a roadmap that aligns to company priorities and maximizes impact to the business.

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OVERVIEW:

The Enterprise Data Solutions team provides Skillsoft with the data backbone needed to seamlessly connect systems and enable data-driven business insights through democratized and analytics-ready data sets. Our mission is to:

• Deliver analytics-ready data sets that enhance business insights, drive decision making, and foster a culture of data-driven innovation.
• Set a gold standard for process, collaboration, and communication.

OPPORTUNITY HIGHLIGHTS:

• Engage with stakeholders to understand needs, gather feedback, and ensure correct requirements for development work.
• Define and prioritize product features and manage multiple backlogs
• Translate business requirements into technical specifications
• Manage and minimize technical debts
• Create 6, 12, and 36 month roadmaps aligned to strategic priorities
• Facilitate communication between the development team(s) and stakeholders
• Lead agile ceremonies
• Understand context of data and develop test cases for test driven development.
• Participate in solution design discussions, review functional specifications, and validate proposed solutions against business requirements.
• Work with our squad leads on defining work and creating agile stories to execute on.
• Understand and assess data quality and reliability
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in data analytics and business intelligence

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in quantitative field – engineering, finance, data science, statistics, economics, or other quantitative.
• 2-5 years of product owner experience.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and comfortability running agile ceremonies 
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• An ability to foster relationships with partners
• Ability to independently plan and iterate on assignments to arrive at appropriate deliverables (dashboard, analysis, recommendation set, etc.) to address partner business needs.
• Ability to establish subject matter expertise in an assigned business area in order to provide key actionable recommendations to business partners.
• Analytical skills: outstanding analytical and creative problem-solving abilities, experience in developing deep analytical insights about users of digital products and services.
• Technical skills: SQL, Python, knowledge of engineering concepts like ETL/ELT.
• Self-starter with sense of urgency to drive and implement insights.

Target base salary range for this job requisition is anticipated to be $136,000 to $170,000 annualized.

We also offer participation in the Company Bonus Program and full benefits. The company may modify salaries, salary ranges and/or Pay Plans from time to time as it deems necessary.

MORE ABOUT SKILLSOFT:

Skillsoft delivers online learning, training, and talent solutions to help organizations unleash their edge. Leveraging immersive, engaging content, Skillsoft enables organizations to unlock the potential in their best assets – their people – and build teams with the skills they need for success. Empowering 36 million learners and counting, Skillsoft democratizes learning through an intelligent learning experience and a customized, learner-centric approach to skills development with resources for Leadership Development, Business Skills, Technology & Development, Digital Transformation, and Compliance.

Skillsoft is partner to thousands of leading global organizations, including many Fortune 500 companies. The company features three award-winning systems that support learning, performance and success: Skillsoft learning content, the Percipio intelligent learning experience platform, which offers measurable impact across the entire employee lifecycle. Learn more at www.skillsoft.com.

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If this opportunity intrigues you, we would love for you to apply!

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