Position Purpose The Software Product Owner II independently owns product areas or moderately complex initiatives for Technology Market software products. Product assignments may include software platforms, shared capabilities, integrations, workflows, operational tools, deployment models, or related software-enabled products.
The role brings together company priorities, user needs, technical considerations, delivery realities, customer commitments, and business constraints to make clear product choices.
The role works closely with Software Product Strategy, Architecture, Engineering, Design, QA, Technical Delivery, Support, Sales, Program Leadership, and other stakeholders so software products are coherent, deliverable, supportable, and aligned to intended outcomes.
Responsibilities Software Product Strategy & Roadmap
- Own product vision, strategic direction, roadmap inputs, business rationale, product boundaries, and intended outcomes for assigned software work.
- Own product priorities with company objectives, market direction, customer needs, operational workflows, technical investment, and expected business outcomes.
- Own roadmap implications, risks, assumptions, dependencies, and trade-offs to product leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.
Discovery, User Insight & Product Framing
- Own discovery and product framing for user workflows, platform capabilities, integrations, technically complex opportunities, or ambiguous customer needs.
- Own customer evidence, market changes, product performance, support feedback, delivery learning, and user research to adjust priorities and recommendations.
- Own user need, business objective, contractual requirement, product opportunity, implementation detail, and technical constraint in product decisions.
Requirements, Prioritization & Acceptance
- Own clear features, requirements, user stories, release priorities, acceptance criteria, success measures, and outcome expectations for assigned software work.
- Own trade-offs among user value, business value, platform coherence, reliability, integration complexity, delivery capacity, customer commitments, technical debt, and long-term product health.
- Own whether delivered capabilities meet intended user, operational, product, and business outcomes.
Cross-Team Coordination & Delivery Partnership
- Own priorities, dependencies, shared capabilities, customer commitments, release plans, and scope decisions across product, engineering, architecture, QA, support, and delivery teams.
- Own with Engineering, Architecture, Design, QA, Technical Delivery, Support, Sales, and other stakeholders to ensure software decisions are feasible, coherent, deliverable, supportable, and scalable.
- Own product decisions during planning, roadmap reviews, investment discussions, customer engagements, release readiness, and major program decisions.
Platform Health, Modernization & Lifecycle
- Own product health, platform modernization, migration, compatibility, deployment, support lifecycle, and operational reliability considerations in roadmap and release decisions.
- Own learning from software delivery, support activity, product analytics, customer feedback, and operational performance into future product direction.
- Own reusable product development with customer-specific, project-driven, or contractually committed work.
Measures of Success:
- Product direction, requirements, and priorities are clear, approved, and usable by Program Leadership, Engineering, and cross-functional partners.
- Assigned software product work remains aligned to portfolio strategy, user needs, business outcomes, and approved scope.
- Product decisions, trade-offs, assumptions, risks, and changes are documented and communicated at the right level.
- Delivered product capabilities meet intended user, operational, quality, supportability, and business outcomes.
Position Requirements - 4+ years of related software product ownership, product management, technology product development, or equivalent practical experience. An equivalent combination of relevant education and practical experience may be considered.
- Bachelor's degree, DEC, DEP, or equivalent practical experience in engineering, computer science, business, product management, human-computer interaction, or a related field preferred.
- Full professional proficiency in product ownership or product management, including independent ownership of requirements, prioritization, stakeholder alignment, and launch readiness for assigned product areas.
- Experience with software product management, product ownership, product leadership, or equivalent software product roles.
- Experience translating ambiguous software requirements into clear product direction, features, priorities, releases, acceptance criteria, and measurable outcomes.
- Strong technical fluency with software platforms, integrations, complex workflows, reliability, delivery risk, architecture considerations, and supportability.
- Ability to coordinate priorities, dependencies, shared capabilities, customer commitments, and release decisions across multiple engineering or product teams.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to document decisions, explain trade-offs, align stakeholders, and escalate risks with clear recommendations.
TAIT Benefits:• Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions (HDHP plans)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Medical & Dependent Care)
• Employer-paid life insurance with optional supplemental coverage
• Employer-paid Short-term with optional long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Paid parental leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Wellness stipends
• Voluntary benefits (e.g., accident, critical illness)
• Paid vacation and 12 holidays
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