Description
At CDW, we make it happen, together. Trust, connection, and commitment are at the heart of how we work together to deliver for our customers. It's why we're coworkers, not just employees. Coworkers who genuinely believe in supporting our customers and one another. We collectively forge our path forward with a level of commitment that speaks to who we are and where we're headed. We're proud to share our story and Make Amazing Happen at CDW.
Job Summary:
The Sr. Technical Product Owner is responsible for requirements gathering and close collaboration with engineering, infrastructure and product teams. This role involves ongoing interaction with a variety of end-users and internal stakeholders. The Technical Product Owner will create a vision for development projects, manage the product backlog,
and prioritize scope. This role requires deep domain knowledge with strong experience in weighing priorities according to the needs and objectives of stakeholders and be accountable for each stage of the development process and the final product.
What you will be doing:
- Gather key platform requirements and product features from the different business, security, technology key stakeholders.
- Work as a member of a large scrum team and have the technical credibility to drive constructive discussions and decisions on priority, interdependencies, and related processes.
- Participate in the planning and prioritization of multiple projects and in the application architecture planning, including system partitioning and framework design.
- Create/review detailed estimates for projects, including resource allocation, timelines, and budget.
- Translate high level requirements into products and product features. Create work items in stories in backlog. Work closely with engineering and QA to validate that the work item meets acceptance criteria.
- Participate in the planning; prioritization and resource allocation for manage workflow and projects.
- Provide vision and direction to the Agile development team and stakeholders and create requirements that meet the product and business needs/vision.
- Acts as a partner with the peers and the key stakeholders.
- Develop user stories from solution architect's design and customer requirements including details of the data interfaces within the different layers of the data platform.
- Prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy.
- Bring technical expertise to key initiatives such as 3rd party application integrations, user administration & management, user authentication, platform security initiatives, etc.
- Review technical decisions to ensure they meet designated platform design goals.
- Collaborate with Engineering & Product Managers on resources, scope, prioritization, processes, and deliverables.
What we expect of you:
- Bachelor's degree with 7+ years experience as a product owner or technical product owner, OR
-11 years experience as a product owner or technical product owner.
- 5 years of experience in software delivery.
- 3+ years of hands on experience with Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) or Scrum Agile development and the ability to juggle multiple projects and scrum teams.
- Experience with the product life cycle and strong understanding of the role of methodology.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively interact with all stakeholders including senior leadership.
- Solid business and technical acumen.
- History of balancing multiple priorities simultaneously with the ability to adapt to the changing needs of the business while meeting deadlines.
- Familiarity with distributed systems, microservices, front end and cloud technologies.
- Demonstrated creative problem-solving skills.
- Experience owning and prioritizing team engineering roadmaps and create product vision.
- Familiarity with large scale web/ecommerce applications, a plus.
- Prior experience with healthcare data on analytical platforms, a plus.
- Experience managing client team relationships with the ability understand multiple perspectives, a plus.
- Experience with ecommerce, a plus.
Pay range: $115,000 - $159,800 depending on experience and skill set.
Benefits overview: https://cdw.benefit-info.com/
Salary ranges may be subject to geographic differentials.
CDW is committed to being an AI-fluent organization
We're looking for people who bring curiosity, a learner's mindset, and a willingness to engage with ever-evolving technology and tools. We value adopting AI as a partner, openness to experimentation, and a shared interest in learning together on AI. Our goal is to create a culture where AI enhances- not replaces- human creativity and decision-making. You don't need to be an expert today; what matters is your readiness to explore, adapt, and grow with us as we integrate AI responsibly and effectively into our work.Additionally, CDW is committed to fostering an equitable, transparent, and respectful hiring process for all applicants. During our application process, our goal is to understand your experience, strengths, skills, and qualifications. As an AI forward company, we see AI not just as a tool, but as a catalyst for new ways of thinking, creating, and communicating. We encourage candidates to embrace an AI mindset, one that's curious, adaptive, and ready to explore what's possible. We welcome thoughtful use of AI to expand your perspective and elevate how you share your story, while ensuring your application remains rooted in your own background, judgment, and voice.
About Us
CDW is a Fortune 500 technology solutions provider that helps businesses, government, education, and healthcare organizations achieve what's possible through technology. What makes CDW different isn't just what we do- it's how we do it. At CDW we act as one- building trust, speaking candidly, and working together to achieve more. We play to win- focusing on what matters most and delivering for our customers. And we think forward- staying curious, moving fast, and continuously learning. We believe meaningful work happens when people feel supported, heard, and empowered to contribute. That's why we think of ourselves as coworkers, not just employees- working together to solve complex challenges and deliver real impact for our customers and communities.
As a full-stack, full-lifecycle technology partner, CDW brings deep expertise, strong relationships, and broad industry knowledge to help turn ideas into outcomes. When you join CDW, you become part of a collaborative environment where your work matters, your growth is supported, and your contributions help shape what's next.
Together, we deliver the full promise of what technology can do. Together, we Make Amazing Happen.
CDW is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by state and local law.
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