Apex Systems

Job#: 3012175

Job Description:

Position Summary

As a Senior Product Owner with UX expertise, you act as the bridge between business objectives and technical execution, ensuring products deliver maximum value to users and stakeholders.

You play a critical role in understanding user behaviors, needs, and motivations through both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Collaborating closely with product owners, business stakeholders, engineering teams, and partner teams, you guide user-centered product and design decisions.

Core Responsibilities

• Agile & SDLC Expertise: Strong experience in Agile methodology and deep understanding of all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Clear Communication: Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business partners, translating requirements betwen these constituencies.
• Product Artifacts: Create EPICs, user stories, wireframes, mockups, and diagrams to convey ideas clearly.
• Requirements Translation: Convert business requirements into actionable technical specifications.
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Work with development teams to manage interdependencies, set up test cases, debug, and maintain data quality.
• Quality Assurance: Ensure software stability through documentation, code reviews, regression, unit, and user acceptance testing.
• UX Research & Design: Apply UX research to uncover insights that enhance usability, accessibility, and overall user satisfaction:
• User Segmentation: Evaluate and restructure user segments based on ongoing analysis.
• Usability Testing: Conduct interviews and surveys to identify pain points, opportunities, and information hierarchy for relevant user groups.
• Insight Synthesis: Translate qualitative and quantitative data into visual representations that align stakeholders and reveal gaps.

Required Qualifications

• Jira
• Collaborative Team Member: Partner with Scrum Master, Delivery Lead, and Feature Lead to drive sprint and release planning.
• Ownership & Accountability: Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, owning product vision, strategy, and roadmap.
• Strategic Planning: Align product goals with long-term business objectives and dependent teams; maintain 1–2 sprints of planned stories.
• Proactive Communication: Keep leadership informed of plans, progress, risks, and priorities; write concise executive release notes.
• Critical Thinking & Technical Fluency: Passion for defining solutions that advance user and business goals; curiosity about financial workflows.
• Visual communication & Alignment: Ability to clearly express ideas, concepts, and complex information through visual means (ie diagrams, wireframes, flowcharts, or data visualizations) to ensure shared understanding among diverse stakeholders, bridge gaps in interpretation, simplify complexity, and foster collaboration by making abstract ideas tangible and actionable.
• Bonus: Familiarity with site builders.

Desired Qualifications

• Proven ability to deliver results, innovate, and seize opportunities.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; exceptional organizational and communication abilities.
• Experience gathering and analyzing functional, non-functional, and technical requirements.
• Ability to assist with application testing, troubleshooting, and documentation.
• Skilled in creating training materials and maintaining process workflows.
• Proficient with JIRA and related infrastructure.
• Some experience with UX research

EEO Employer

Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at employeeservices@apexsystems.com or 844-463-6178.

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Apex team member can provide.

Pay Range:

$75 - $80 per hour