Portfolio Manager/Product owner/ (799789)

Portfolio Manager/Product owner/ (799789)

Des Moines, IA 50309

Duration: Long term

Description:

Note: this position renews at fiscal (7/1/26) and is slated to end on 12/31/26

Only submit local regional candidates. 

The Department of Management (DOM), Division of Information Technology (DoIT), is seeking a Product Owner/Portfolio Manager. The position involves close collaboration with business and IT management, oversight of cross-functional fusion teams, and a commitment to continuous improvement driven by performance data and user feedback.

 Key Responsibilities:

·       Manage a portfolio of IT products and applications, ensuring successful completion and alignment with business needs for both internal and external users

·        Serve as a Product Owner to guide products through all lifecycle stages, ensuring efficiency, quality, and alignment with strategic goals.

·       Work with business SMEs, internal teams, external agencies, and vendors to define product scope, identify IT-enabled solutions, and support procurement and implementation processes.

·       Create and prioritize product backlogs and maintain roadmaps that align with long-term IT strategies and changing user and state needs.

·       Oversee product releases, ensure readiness for deployment, monitor performance, gather feedback, and manage risks affecting delivery or budget.

·       Collaborate with business and IT leadership to define and track performance metrics, ensuring all products and processes meet state, federal, and IT governance requirements.

·       Manage relationships with vendors and service providers, overseeing performance, resolving issues related to interoperability, and ensuring adherence to service level agreements (SLAs) and availability targets.

·       Oversee product IT financials, including budget planning and monitoring, while providing leadership with regular updates on product status, risks, and strategic roadmap progress.

·       Lead and manage cross-functional fusion teams, ensuring effective collaboration among IT, vendors, and business units to deliver solutions that align with business needs and budget constraints.

·       Partner with DoIT supervisors to allocate appropriate technical resources, monitor team performance, and provide ongoing support to fusion team staff.

·       Facilitate agile meetings and lead sprint reviews, user story development, ensuring team alignment on priorities and presenting outputs to stakeholders.

·       Use feedback and metrics to identify product needs and collaborate on acceptance criteria, testing, and feature delivery.

·       Collaborate with Executive Technology Officers (ETOs) and product teams to prioritize and manage product development efforts, ensuring alignment with agency needs and effectively transitioning products to enterprise services.

·       Build and maintain strong relationships with client/business teams, establishing regular communication and fostering trust to ensure successful collaboration and issue resolution.

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount

of Experience

Experience in Project management: planning/managing scope, budget, timeline, resources; coordinating project activities

Required

5

Years

Experience in Product ownership, portfolio management

Required

2

Years

Experience in Requirement elicitation, documentation and articulation between teams

Required

5

Years

Proficient understanding of the software development lifecycle and related methodologies

Required

5

Years

Experience partnering with vendor project teams, managing relationships and vendor management

Required

5

Years

High quality documentation: project plans, status updates, presentations, requirements, user stories, process maps, instructions

Required

5

Years

Demonstrated strong communication skills across technical teams and business stakeholders, specifically to leadership - setting/resetting expectations

Required

5

Years

Guide stages of agile software development, including user story development, sprint planning, and prioritization of the product backlog.

Required

3

Years

IT vendor management

Required

3

Years

Questions

Description

Question 1

Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI Management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that a resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if she or he does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you agree to this requirement?

Question 2

The Contractor must report any disciplinary action, misdemeanor, or felony convictions to the State for any temporary IT staff provided. Do you agree to this requirement?

Question 3

What is your candidate''s email address?

Question 4

PROVIDE CANDIDIDATES CURRENT LOCATION (CITY/STATE) HERE:

Question 5

Provide three (3) professional references [REQUIRED] on the candidate''s resume with Contact Name, Title, Contact, and Relation to the candidate.

Question 6

Background Check Requirements: DOM contractor personnel are required to undergo additional background check investigations (run by DOM) before starting, requiring the completion of several waiver forms & fingerprint processes. The selected candidate will be responsible for completing all the necessary waiver forms, scheduling and completing the fingerprinting process, and returning all completed items to DOM for processing. This is in addition to the National Criminal and Sex Offender check that the vendor

Question 7

Provide candidates with the complete physical address where the DOM DoIT Background Check form and fingerprint cards must be mailed. [REQUIRED] - Failure to provide accurate information will result in disqualification.

Question 8

INTERVIEW DATES: Interviews will be conducted on [April 29th and 30th] Only submit candidates available for interviews on the date(s) provided.