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# Product Owner

- **Company:** Integrity Marketing Group
- **Location:** Urbandale, IA, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JIRA, Information Systems, Scrum Methodology, Technical Debt, Information Technology
- **Published:** May 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=66064e9b8bac0b47

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Task prioritization?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, Experience as a Product Owner (or equivalent) owning prioritization and backlog quality for enterprise platforms. Customer portal experience is preferred.

 * Strong skills in backlog creation (epics/stories), acceptance criteria, and prioritization methods.
 * Proven ability to run discovery and align stakeholders around outcomes and tradeoffs.
 * Experience working with Kanban teams, scrum teams, agile ceremonies, etc. Experience with Jira is preferred.
 * Strong facilitation and communication skills, including operating effectively with a variety of stakeholders and technical/data teams.
 * Experience coordinating efforts across business units and technical teams.
 * Knowledge of program, project and change management practices.

Education

 * Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business, Computer Science, or a related field.

Licensing and/or Certification

 * N/A

## Description

Product Strategy & Planning

 * Define and maintain the product vision, goals, and roadmap in alignment with high-value outcomes.
 * Partner with stakeholders to define outcomes, success metrics, and sequencing.

Backlog ownership

 * Own and refine the product backlog: initiatives/epics/features/stories, prioritization, and readiness, ensuring business direction leads to prioritized, well-shaped work.
 * Work with IT teams to manage and prioritize technical debt, ensuring proper allocation of time between maintenance and feature work.
 * Define and enforce standards (e.g., Definition of Ready, Definition of Done, clear acceptance criteria, intake process, backlog hygiene).

Discovery & Stakeholder Alignment

 * Drive discovery to surface and clarify problems while presenting high-value solutions.
 * Facilitate tradeoff decisions by presenting clear options (scope, sequencing, dependencies, risks).
 * Manage and report on critical metrics.

Delivery Partnership

 * Partner with IT partners and delivery/engineering teams to plan and manage flow.
 * Support a balance of Scrum practices (e.g., sprint goals/planning).


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