Product Owner / Contract / Hybrid / Mettawa, IL

In this role, you'll oversee a portfolio of technology products from ideation through implementation, working with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams to establish project scope, budgets, and timelines. You'll lead technology initiatives, identify business needs, evaluate solutions, and manage teams to ensure successful product delivery while overseeing business relationships, compliance, and IT investments.
This is an 8-month W2 contract with benefits and a possibility of extension! It is a hybrid role in Mettawa, IL
Required:

• Bachelor's Degree with 8 years' experience; master's degree with 7 years' experience; or PhD with 3 years' experience.
• Experience developing and/or managing the development of technology applications, regardless of tech stack.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a keen ability to build trust, listen, and ask effective questions with the goal of creating a scalable and reusable business solution along with forming effective partnerships.
• Ability to interact with business leaders to demystify complex concepts without relying on technical language.
• Thorough understanding of and hands-on experience with SLC (Software Life Cycle) phases, including Build and Run aspects of a Technology Product.
• Demonstrable working knowledge of Agile methodology, process and ceremonies.
• 1-2 years of experience managing or coaching cross-functional resources - employees or contract resources.
• Ability to self-manage time and priorities.

Beneficial:

• Understanding of or experience within the life sciences and biopharmaceutical landscape, including role of manufacturers, providers, patients, payers, distributors and policy makers.
• Understanding of financial planning, forecasting and data management concepts and systems.
• Demonstrable interest in technology trends and application of technology to improve end user's experience through innovation or disruption.
• Experience in leading and managing Agile teams and/or projects.
• Hands on experience with JIRA, Confluence, ServiceNOW and Smartsheet.