Innovation Product Owner

Company Profile:

At FORVIS, your career is designed with a purpose. We want our team members to thrive professionally and feel the impact their work yields when serving clients, industries, and local communities. This starts by empowering team members to design a career journey that leverages their skills and fuels their passions.

Creating a best-in-class employee experience is at the heart of our vision for the future. With several industry focus areas, multiple service lines, and locations in five geographical regions across the country to choose from, the opportunities for your career are without limit.

About FORVIS

FORVIS is a Top-10 professional services firm providing assurance, tax, and advisory services, driven by our commitment to using our forward vision to provide rewarding career opportunities and deliver unmatched client experiences. Learn more at FORVIS.com

Design your career with purpose at FORVIS. For more information about our firm locations, visit FORVIS.com. FORVIS, LLP is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, or other protected classifications.

It is FORVIS's standard policy not to accept unsolicited referrals or resumes from any source other than directly from candidates.

• FORVIS expressly reserves the right not to consider unsolicited referrals and/or resumes from vendors including and without limitation, search firms, staffing agencies, fee-based referral services, and recruiting agencies.
• FORVIS further reserves the right not to pay a fee to a recruiter or agency unless such recruiter or agency has a signed vendor agreement with FORVIS.
• Any resume or CV submitted to any employee of FORVIS without having a FORVIS vendor agreement in place will be considered the property of FORVIS.

Requisition Number: 2234582

Position Title:

External Description: Description & Requirements

As a Product Owner, you will serve to assist in completing key initiatives in the areas of product design, product strategy, product road mapping, and product management for potential firm innovation opportunities. You will execute and own prioritized opportunities to help the firm grow a product portfolio that can be taken to market to assist clients in solving critical problems.

How you will contribute:

• Facilitate Definition and Design Workshops with critical stakeholders to define product personas, establish and prioritize potential features, build customer journey maps, and build mock-ups/pretotypes for potential solutions
• With the assistance of a Product Manager, take product concepts with minimal definition and, working with firm SMEs, define them enough to create a product vision and strategy for possible development
• Adhere to desirable UI/UX standards with positive client experience and usability as the driving force when designing solutions
• Use tools, internal reviews, and client/prospect demos and discussions to receive validation for solutions to move towards securing firm funding for development
• Work alongside product development resources (internal and 3rd-party) in the execution of product development efforts against defined functional requirements
• Execute agile product development efforts (stand-ups, planning, grooming/refining, sprint demos, retrospectives, etc.) on assigned products
• Assist the Innovation Product Manager as they define a product vision and differentiation strategy for given products
• Participate in the QA of developed and purchased solutions to ensure features and functions meet requirements and have been optimized
• Assist the Product Manager with appropriate areas of a product strategy plan for new product concepts to secure funding for development from the governance group
• Where appropriate, investigate 3rd party solutions for some or all of the product deliverables being developed, assisting the Innovation department and Product Management leadership in brokering agreements for licensing and utilization
• Assist and support the Go-to-Marketing planning, launch, and execution of near-to-market products currently in development, working with necessary stakeholders to complete known tasks
• Provide thoughts on the priority order and flow of products for consideration (in designing and development) that will be assigned by Product Manager to aligned Product Owners for facilitating
• For assigned products in Product Manager's portfolio, assist in establishing a product-level backlog for work activities and future enhancements/maintenance opportunities on products in the portfolio

We are looking for people with Forward Vision and:

• Strong interpersonal skills, including teamwork, facilitation, and negotiation
• Strong analytical and technical skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong planning and organizational skills
• Knowledge of how to translate future-state business capabilities and requirements into solution requirements
• Knowledge of how to propose and estimate the financial impact of solution strategy alternatives
• Knowledge of how to apply multiple diverse solutions to business problems
• Knowledge of how to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies
• Effective ability to work well with others
• Display intellectual curiosity and integrity

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, entrepreneurship, engineering (multiple specialties), business, business administration, economics, information technology, business analysis, or a related study, or equivalent experience
• Minimum of one year of experience in experience in designing and developing solutions
• 3 years prior experience in or knowledge of the professional services industry
• Exposure to multiple, diverse solution types (web app, mobile, analytics solutions, etc.)
  
• Knowledge of strategic new and emerging technology trends and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to new and evolving business and operating models
• Exposure to agile methods and processes and capability of supporting agile project teams by providing advice and guidance on opportunities, impact, and risks, ideally taking account of technical and architectural debt
  

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Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (SB 19-085)

Pursuant to Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, the salary range displayed is for the Colorado market. The salary for this role will be based on the experience, education, and skill set of the individual for the position. Total compensation and benefits consist of salary, group health plan benefits, 401(K), profit-sharing contributions, flexible time off, and parental leave. Forvis Mazars reserves the right to make changes to the salary range based on business needs.

Colorado Salary Range:

CO Minimum Salary (USD)

$ 63,000

CO Maximum Salary (USD)

$ 105,000

Close Date: 05/14/2025

City: Springfield

State: Missouri

Community / Marketing Title: Innovation Product Owner

Location_formattedLocationLong: Springfield, Missouri US

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With a legacy spanning more than 100 years, Forvis Mazars is committed to providing a different perspective and an unmatched client experience that feels right, personal and natural. We respect and reflect the range of perspectives, knowledge and local understanding of our people and clients. We take the time to listen to deliver consistent audit and assurance, tax, advisory and consulting services worldwide.

We nurture a deep understanding of our clients’ industries, delivering greater insight, deeper specialization and tailored solutions through people who listen to understand, are responsive and consult with purpose to deliver value.

About Forvis Mazars, LLP

Forvis Mazars, LLP is an independent member of Forvis Mazars Global, a leading global professional services network. Ranked among the largest public accounting firms in the United States, the firm’s 7,000 dedicated team members provide an Unmatched Client Experience® through the delivery of assurance, tax, and consulting services for clients in all 50 states and internationally through the global network. Visit forvismazars.us to learn more.

Forvis Mazars, LLP is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Employment selection and related decisions are made without regard to age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity, or other protected classifications.
It is Forvis Mazars, LLP standard policy not to accept unsolicited referrals or resumes from any source other than directly from candidates.

Forvis Mazars, LLP expressly reserves the right not to consider unsolicited referrals and/or resumes from vendors including and without limitation, search firms, staffing agencies, fee-based referral services, and recruiting agencies.
Forvis Mazars, LLP further reserves the right not to pay a fee to a recruiter or agency unless such recruiter or agency has a signed vendor agreement with Forvis Mazars, LLP.Any resume or CV submitted to any employee of Forvis Mazars, LLP without having a Forvis Mazars, LLP vendor agreement in place will be considered the property of Forvis Mazars, LLP.