Senior Director, Product Owner

About the position

EAB is seeking a talented, passionate, and highly entrepreneurial team player to take on a Product Owner role driving the engineering team to support growth of our EAB products. With eyes focused on the future, you will be responsible for planning, and execution of highly visible technical projects, while working closely with creative engineers to help design and develop technologies that improve the education industry. This role may be based out of EAB's Washington, D.C. office; Richmond, VA office; or open to remote work within the continental U.S.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects in supporting the discovery of new features and solutions in close partnership with Product Management and senior executives
• Provide input to further develop and maintain appropriate prioritization of the Product Roadmap in partnership with Product Manager
• Lead technology feasibility and diligence activities during product planning
• Build and manage team in an Agile software development environment, using appropriate techniques and tools and empowering the Team to self-organize
• Establish collaborative partnerships with key stakeholders to assess and recommend optimal business and technical solutions
• Discover, plan, and manage for project level risks through the creation of key milestones, and monitoring progress
• Create, maintain, and help prioritize epics and user stories in the product backlog to support the development, and best achieve goals
• Promote continuous improvement of Agile practices and principles, and coaching team members on the effective use of Scrum and Agile
• Take part in scrum events including daily stand-ups, grooming sessions, and sprint planning
• Lead organization wide-improvements spanning beyond Engineering where applicable to help develop a world class technology organization
• Provide mentorship, coaching and training to more junior staff on the team
• Is a leader within the Product Owner team, and assists in establishing best practices, and improving processes to elevate the Product Management organization

Requirements

• Possess 8-10+ years' experience in at least four of the following: Managing people and project teams, Project management, Client support/communications, Demonstrated experience managing multiple technical projects from 1 month in duration to over 12 months, Exposure and/or experience utilizing Agile methodologies for delivering projects, Prior experience leading collaboration across teams spanning Development, Marketing, Support/Services and Sales
• Ability to communicate technical information to technical and non-technical audiences
• Solution-focused problem solving
• Technical aptitude for learning new technologies
• Ability to travel up to 10%

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working with offshore contractor development teams
• Deep experience using Agile methodologies such as SCRUM and KANBAN
• Experience as a Scrum Master or Agile coach
• Professional certification e.g. Certified Scrum Master (CSM or CSP), PMP, or PgMP
• Experience working in education industry
• Commitment to valuing diversity, practicing inclusive behaviors, and contributing to an equitable working and continual learning environment in support of EAB's DE&I Promise

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans; dependents and domestic partners eligible
• 20+ days of PTO annually, in addition to paid firm and floating holidays
• Daytime leave policy for community service and flextime for fitness activities (up to 10 hours per month each)
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with annual discretionary company matching contribution
• Health savings account, healthcare and dependent care flexible spending account, and pre-tax commuter plans
• Employee assistance program with counseling services and resources available to all employees and immediate family
• Wellness programs including gym discounts, incentives to promote healthy living, and family access to the leading app for sleep, meditation, and relaxation
• Gender affirming care coverage
• Fertility treatment coverage and adoption or surrogacy assistance
• Paid parental leave with phase back to work program for birthing and non-birthing parents
• Access to milk shipping service to support nursing employees during business travel
• Discounted pet health insurance coverage for dog and cat family members
• Company-provided life, AD&D, and disability insurance
• Financial wellness resources and membership in a robust employee discount program
• Access to employee resource groups, merit-based advancement, and dynamic professional growth opportunities