Digital Product Owner

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has a client in San Antonio, TX that is seeking a Digital Product Owner.

Summary:
The Digital Product Owner (DPO) serves as the primary representative of business stakeholders, responsible for eliciting, analyzing, documenting, and communicating business needs to ensure delivery teams build effective, value-driven solutions. This role bridges business and technology, translating vision and strategy into executable work while guiding delivery teams through Agile and hybrid methodologies. The DPO plays a critical role in prioritizing work, managing risks, and ensuring alignment with business objectives, while maintaining a strong focus on customer needs, operational impact, and measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities:
* Represent business stakeholders by eliciting, understanding, refining, and communicating business requirements
* Partner with sponsors, SMEs, and stakeholders to define business vision, strategy, and customer needs
* Influence and engage stakeholders across business and enterprise functions
* Support business partners, including those new to execution frameworks, in articulating needs and requirements
* Serve as the day-to-day decision-maker for delivery teams, providing continual business guidance
* Create, refine, and manage epics, features, and user stories to support technical execution
* Own and prioritize the product backlog to align with strategic objectives and business value
* Accept or reject completed work based on defined acceptance criteria
* Evaluate new requirements, feedback, and defects; determine prioritization, deferral, or inclusion
* Define and track metrics related to business value, adoption, and operational impact
* Partner with process owners to measure benefits realization and performance outcomes
* Prepare business stakeholders for change by providing metrics, adoption strategies, and risk mitigation tactics

REQUIREMENTS:
* 4+ years of experience with Feature & User Story Development
* 4+ years of experience with Stakeholder Engagement & Requirements Gathering
* 4+ years of experience with Agile & Delivery Methodologies
* Proven ability to decompose epics into features and user stories for technical execution.
* Experience working with business partners to extract and translate vision into actionable requirements
* Strong working knowledge of Agile (Scrum) and other delivery approaches (e.g., Waterfall, hybrid models)

Required Tools & Technologies:
* Clarity - for understanding and managing epics and strategic initiatives
* JIRA - for backlog management, story creation, and team execution tracking
* Microsoft Office Suite - for communication, reporting, and stakeholder updates

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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