ITSM Product Owner

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Position Summary

* Hybrid or potential for fully remote*

EST or CST hours

The ServiceNow ITSM Product Owner is pivotal in maximizing the value of ServiceNow ITSM products. Responsibilities include understanding CVS Health ITSM business requirements, defining product features, and prioritizing the ITSM product backlog to align with organizational goals. Collaborating with ITSM Process Owners and the product delivery team, they drive business value in line with industry standards. Leveraging extensive knowledge of ServiceNow ITSM products, they guide roadmaps and vision, fostering continual improvement. The Product Owner manages the product backlog, ensuring expected outcomes are delivered by collaborating with product delivery and engineering teams. Additionally, they facilitate knowledge transfer and support new functionalities with ServiceNow Operations and CVS Health Service Desk teams.

Primary duties and responsibilities:

- Define and communicate the long-term vision and strategy for the ServiceNow ITSM products within the organization. 

- Align the platform's capabilities with the company's overall business goals and objectives.

- Collaborate with ITSM stakeholders, including business leaders, IT teams, and end-users, to gather and understand their requirements and pain points.

- Translate business needs into actionable product features and user stories.

- Create and maintain a prioritized backlog of features, enhancements, and bug fixes based on business value and urgency. 

- Continuously refine and adjust the backlog to respond to changing business priorities.

- Collaborate with UX/UI designers to ensure the user interface and colleague experience meet the needs and expectations of end-users.

- Provide input on user interface design and functionality.

- Work closely with quality assurance teams to define acceptance criteria and ensure delivered features meet the required quality standards.

- Gather feedback from end-users and stakeholders to identify areas for improvement and enhancement.

- Use feedback to inform future iterations of the platform.

- Ensure the ServiceNow product complies with relevant industry standards and security requirements.

- Stay updated on industry best practices and compliance regulations.

- Manage the product backlog and validate customer needs and priorities.

- Manage release implementation schedule.

- Actively monitor the product implementation progress and provide visibility to the stakeholders.

- Apply problem solving techniques to resolve issues and perform regular risk management activities. Facilitate regular retrospectives with the project team.

Required Skills:

- 5+ years of hands-on experience in supporting ITSM process and tools

- 4+ years of experience managing, supporting, developing, ITSM processes in the ServiceNow platform.

Preferred Skills:

- ITIL V.3 / v.4 Certification

- ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA) certification.

- ServiceNow Certified Implementation Specialist (CIS) – ITSM certification.
- Advanced certifications or training in project management (e.g., PMP, Agile certifications) or ITSM (e.g., ITIL certifications) are a plus.

- Strong understanding of ITSM processes and frameworks, such as ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library), including Incident Management, Change Management, Problem Management, and Service Request Management.
- Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role, with a track record of successfully leading Agile development teams and delivering high-quality software products.
- Deep understanding of IT Service Management (ITSM) processes and practices.

- Knowledge of IT security principles and best practices for securing ITSM processes and data.

- Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodologies.

- Experience with ServiceNow Performance Analytics and Reporting for measuring ITSM performance and service metrics.

- Experience with ServiceNow development tools such as workflow, flow des