Vaco is working with a global health and wellness client to bring in a strong product mind who will drive major system implementations forward. In this role, you will be the voice of the product and responsible for building business requirements and leading daily stand ups with agile teams. You will be required to serve as a key conduit between business/product objectives, technical execution and enable effective and efficient execution of technical product development with a clear understanding of the desired end product to meet customer needs, based on well-defined user stories. If you are passionate about delivering results, building best in class processes and working with an amazing team, we are ready to speak with you. Please reach out to a member of the Vaco team today to learn more!
Core Responsibilities:
- Understand market needs and transform business requirements into features and user stories with clear acceptance criteria to convey specific functionality from an end-user perspective.
- Engage with Technical Product Managers and business product owner as needed to gather and understand customer needs and requirements, incorporating feedback into the backlog.
- Prioritize and manage backlogs, maintaining a well-prioritized list of features and user stories; use feedback from user engagement to adapt/modify requirements, features, prioritization of features, and product performance.
- Modify/change product features and requirements in response to new information on markets/customers from Product Managers.
- Conduct work prioritization and work sequencing and manage sprints and development of new features / products. Continuously map back to integrated roadmap milestones to ensure alignment on delivery
- Track and manage product development to ensure alignment with established product requirements and market / user feedback
- Support development teams in grooming the backlog during sprint planning by clarifying user stories and setting priorities.
- Oversee performance against success criteria, including customer perspective and UAT/OT.
- Drive alignment through effective and consistent communication
- Deliver consistent and clear release notes
- Support and drive documentation that supports both the delivery of capabilities that meet customer needs and enable training and implementation of capabilities
- Articulate risk and mitigations early and often
- Drive decision making on tradeoffs through clear understanding of business need, technical options and viable options
Experience needed:
- Experience working in an agile environment is strongly preferred
- 4+ years of combined experience in a combination of project management, consulting, Agile development or information technology (project management alone is insufficient)
- Experience working in a dynamic environment, with need to adapt to changing priorities, market dynamics, and evolving business needs and guide teams accordingly
- An exceptional communicator and collaborator, adept at working across different functions and diverse cultures
- Ability to successfully translate business requirements into features and user stories, and manage/ prioritize a feature backlog
- Effective communicator and collaborator able to breakdown complex business problems into logical and deliverable work that can easily tie back to business themes and priorities
- Ability to ensure that the vision for 'how a product needs to perform for a customer' is embodied in the design of the product, including for technical specifications
- In-depth understanding of Agile methodology (tools, processes, roles
- Ability to understand minimum viable product requirements and prioritize accordingly.
- Exhibits strong leadership, team building, and communication skills
- Strong project management skills, including ability to manage deadlines, prioritize assignment of tasks, and identify issues and mitigate/manage risks
- Strong digital acumen and understanding of digital technologies
- Bachelor's degree in related fields, such as Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science or other areas combined with relevant work experience
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual's skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's 401(k) retirement plan.
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Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
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Vaco
$53.00 - $57.00 / hr
401(k), retirement plan
May 22, 2025