Senior Product Owner

At BBH we value diverse backgrounds, so if your experience looks a little different from what we've outlined and you think you can bring value to the role, we will still welcome your application!

What You Can Expect At BBH:

If you join BBH you will find a collaborative environment that enables you to step outside your role to add value wherever you can. You will have direct access to clients, information and experts across all business areas around the world. BBH will provide you with opportunities to grow your expertise, take on new challenges, and reinvent yourself—without leaving the firm. We encourage a culture of inclusion that values each employee’s unique perspective. We provide a high-quality benefits program emphasizing good health, financial security, and peace of mind. Ultimately we want you to have rewarding work with the flexibility to enjoy personal and family experiences at every career stage. Our BBH Cares program offers volunteer opportunities to give back to your community and help transform the lives of others.

The Change Management Product Owner will be responsible for supporting projects that fall under the Change Management discipline. They will initiate, organize, analyze, and complete small, medium, and large sized projects that address business goals and needs. They will be responsible for any or all phases of the project life cycle and responsible for execution of both business analysis, project management, and testing tasks (depending on assign role within a project) in accordance with standards and best practices. This position works with project members to define scope, prioritize deliverables, and manage resources.

They will coordinate the project team throughout the project lifecycle including planning, scoping, analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation. They will manage project meetings, write detailed requirements, complete required project reporting, maintain project documentation, and support the use of project management tools. They will contribute towards user acceptance test planning and execute user acceptance testing. Finally, they will coordinate and oversee a successful implementation of the projects and product roll outs.

The Change Management Product Owner is results-oriented and understands the impact of the project on the organization.

The role leads small, medium, and large sized projects that address business goals and needs. The Product Owner will track project tasks, align resources, execute analysis, and write requirements to ensure alignment with project objectives and scope. They will escalate concerns to management and provide recommendations to help determine when project status may change from green, amber or red.

The role of the department is to manage and execute a portfolio of projects. This role will work on new large-scale projects budgeted, recurring application upgrades, and smaller application enhancements. This role will strive to deliver projects on time and on budget, helping to achieve strategic and tactical goals of the business line.

The Product Owner role serves as a liaison between individuals assigned to specific projects to ensure project tasks and deliverables are being met. This will include managing project meetings, creating project reporting, working with subject matter experts to understand and write requirements, working with the technology team to ensure appropriate design based on requirements, and updating and escalating to management, as needed. The role may interact with external vendors as needed based on project scope.

1. Project Management and Execution

• Define project scope and oversee project planning.

• Lead projects. Prepare a plan for the project, including task assignments, timelines, dependencies, and critical paths.

• Work with project participants to prioritize deliverables and manage resources

• Ensure thorough testing, including user acceptance testing

• Track and organize open items

2. Data Collection & Documentation

• Communicate defects to Systems developers. Track delivery dates for defect fixes and maintain status reporting. Escalate appropriately.

• Document Change Requests

• Create project reporting on project status

• Maintain auditable files centrally associated with project

• Act as the primary point of escalation for all issues

• Responsible for roll-out plans and project launch materials

3. Analysis

• Identify key issues and recommend solutions

• Analyze tasks to determine appropriate target and actual delivery dates

• Work with subject matter experts to understand requirements which are converted into a written Business Requirements Document

• Work with technology experts to ensure appropriate design and development of requirements

4. Communication

• Plan meetings, prepare materials, and lead or participate in meetings with business users and sponsors, systems groups, vendors, and clients 

• Prepare project status reporting and other project communications for internal and external stakeholders as needed

• Communication professionally and constructively to manage collaboration across project participants

• Takes ownership and follow through on tasks; results oriented

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

• 5+ years of experience

• Flexible and able to handle multiple priorities

• Creative thinking, intellectual curiosity

• Problem-solving and sound judgment

• Analytical and problem-solving skills

• Strong organizational and time management skills

• Strong attention to detail

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with all audiences

• Negotiation and mediation skills

• Experience using established project management principles and methodologies

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under federal, state or local law.

Salary Range

$85,000-$105,000

BBH’s compensation program includes base salary, discretionary bonuses, and profit-sharing. The anticipated base salary range(s) shown above are only for the indicated location(s) and may differ in other locations due to cost of living and labor considerations. Base salaries may vary based on factors such as skill, experience and qualification for the role. BBH's total rewards package recognizes your contributions with more than just a paycheck—providing you with benefits that enhance your experience at BBH from long-term savings, healthcare, and income protection to professional development opportunities and time off, our programs support your overall well-being.