Are you our new interim Technical Product Owner?

Do you want to be part of a team that develops a product used by millions of teachers and learners around the world? If so, look no further!

We have a temporary opening as a Technical Product Owner for 12 months, starting as soon as possible!

The Technical Product Owner will be responsible for defining and delivering innovative solutions that improve the way itslearning works for its users (teachers, students, parents & administrators). He/she will lead multiple scrum teams while working with business stakeholders, UX researchers/designers and engineering resources to solve problems and deliver business value. This is a technical position and the right candidate should be able to discuss the technology that powers itslearning on a deep level both internally and externally.

Key responsibilities include:

• Team leadership – Act as the product owner for 1-2 development teams using the Agile Scrum methodology. Define user stories, manage the backlog and provide guidance on team activities to ensure successful sprints.
• Technology and Interoperability – Be the go-to person and champion for all issues related to product interoperability, APIs and technology, internally, with key clients and our partners. Track and maintain currency on leading industry integration, content, and interoperability standards. Intercept new and emerging technologies to ensure itslearning is at the forefront of technology in the education sector.
• User needs – Work to ensure a deep understanding of what our users want to accomplish and how our products play a part in those goals. Participate in international meetings, workshops and conferences with customers and industry experts to drive product development.
• Product innovation – Contribute to the vision of how features and UX inside of the itslearning product can be enhanced and integrated into future versions of the platform. Work closely with others on the Product and Engineering teams to define that vision as work is undertaken on new platform functionality.
• Communications on key projects – Communicate release activities, product strategy, backlog status, and all product issues to key stakeholders across itslearning. Consult on external communication of key product developments in partnership with Marketing.
• Measurement – Create and maintain Key Performance Indicators for one or more feature areas and ensure our development work meets our strategic goals, drives feature and user adoption and satisfaction.
• Representation – Represent the integration/API area at our user conferences, technical customer meetings and international standards bodies working groups (such as IMS).

Required Experience:

• 2+ years experience in a Product Management, Developer or Architect role at an Internet/SaaS company, with experience building web-based products and UIs with development teams in an Agile environment.
• Strong project management skills with attention to detail and situational fluency, ability to influence and motivate others, and perseverance to handle challenging business situations at all levels of management.
• A proven ability to conduct customer research – surveys, usability testing, user interviews, etc. – and to translate research findings into impactful solutions.
• Understanding of the drivers for user adoption and customer satisfaction.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to sit among users, technical colleagues and stakeholders and present each of their points of view as needed.
• The ability to identify and solve problems, take initiative, act collaboratively with team members and internal partners and influence cross-functionally without authority.
• Demonstrated success in executing on assignments successfully, with a great attention to detail and positive impact on others involved.
• Outstanding learning capabilities – you should have a talent and passion for learning.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or related area of study and/or relevant experience.
• Experience in the education industry is a big plus.