IAM Product Owner

We are looking for a talented Product Owner III to join our team specializing in Systems/Information Technology for our Corporate organization in Atlanta, GA. 

In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

• Shape Business Priorities – Identify short- and long-term goals using Lean-Agile thinking and business expertise to align strategy with customer needs.
• Champion the Customer Voice – Represent the customer by defining personas, prioritizing their problems, and ensuring solutions address real market challenges.
• Drive Product Vision & Backlog – Own and refine the product and program backlogs, set iteration goals, and ensure transparency for all stakeholders.
• Lead Agile Practices – Apply Lean/Agile leadership principles, facilitate Program Increment planning, and maintain flow through just-in-time story elaboration.
• Enable High-Quality Delivery – Use Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and clear acceptance criteria to reduce rework, increase efficiency, and ensure Definition of Done.
• Bridge Strategy and Execution – Connect strategic objectives with tactical plans by collaborating with Product Managers, Architects, and cross-functional teams.
• Measure and Optimize Outcomes – Define KPIs and OKRs to track success, continuously inspect and adapt processes, and improve product performance.
• Influence and Build Relationships – Gain buy-in across a matrix organization, foster collaboration, and leverage Business Relationship Management to deliver value.

To be successful in this role you will need the following:

 

• Balances stakeholders - Anticipating and balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders. 
   
• Business insight - Applying knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals. 
   
• Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. 
   
• Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions. 
   
• Global perspective - Taking a broad view when approaching issues, using a global lens. 
   
• Manages conflict - Handling conflict situations effectively, with a minimum of noise. 
   
• Agile Systems Thinking - Embraces a holistic approach to analysis that focuses on the way that a system's constituent parts interrelate and how systems work over time and within the context of larger systems to ensure the economic success of the solution. 
   
• Building High Performance Teams - Identifies and applies critical skills and Lean-Agile principles and practices in the creation of high-performing Agile teams to construct high-quality, well designed technical solutions. 
   
• Lean Agile and SAFe Mindset - Advocates for and leads others in the concepts of the Agile Manifesto and Lean thinking in support of adopting and applying the 9 SAFe principles and practices for the organization. 
   
• Lean Portfolio Management, budgets, and Economic Framework - Applies Lean and systems thinking approaches in support of strategy, investment funding, Agile portfolio operations, and governance; evaluates working systems; manages Epic investments and dynamic budget adjustments to minimize overhead through funding and empowering Value Streams while maintaining financial and fit-for-use governance to minimize overhead; assesses and supports decision rules that align to the financial objectives of the Solution to guide the economic decision-making process. 
   
• Planning and Managing Ceremonies - Plans, schedules, and leads ceremonies that create a cadence for the team to maximize productivity, promote collaboration, maintain transparency, and inspect and adapt so the team can continuously learn and improve. 
   
• Program Backlog Management and User Story Elaboration - Identifies, refines, prioritizes, and sequences backlog items using Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF) to ensure the economic success of the solution; determines the details of a product feature to ensure that any unanswered questions about it are answered so that development can proceed. 
   
• Values differences - Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization. 
  
   

Education, Licenses, Certifications: 

• College, university, or equivalent degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or related subject, or relevant equivalent experience required. 
• SAFe® Product Owner/Agile Product Manager (POPM) certification preferred. 
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