Job Description
Job Description
Product Owner
Full-time Hybrid Position
Pittsburgh, PA
We are seeking a Product Owner who is passionate about delivering customer-focused solutions and driving business value through technology. In this role, you will serve as the bridge between stakeholders translating strategic objectives into a prioritized roadmap. The ideal candidate combines strong business acumen, analytical thinking, and collaboration skills to ensure products meet user needs while advancing organizational goals.
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
The NSABP Foundation Inc. is a not-for-profit academic research organization with nearly 60 years of experience conducting pioneering breast and colorectal cancer studies. Based at Nova Place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Foundation partners with industry to run biomarker-driven research from pre-clinical studies through phase III clinical trials. NSABP has enrolled more than 110,000 participants and works with nearly 700 research sites across the United States, Canada, and Ireland. Approximately 5,000 physicians, nurses, and other medical professionals collaborate on NSABP treatment and prevention trials. The organization is dedicated to improving outcomes for cancer patients through innovative therapeutic and prevention strategies.
PURPOSE
Under the administration of the Chief Financial Officer, the Product Owner will contribute to the support of breast and colorectal cancer research and the management of clinical trials by driving the execution and solutioning of IT initiatives aligned to NSABP’s strategic roadmap. Working across IT, Operations, and Finance stakeholders, you will gather requirements from business partners, develop solutions, drive work items to completion within expected timeframes, and track post-implementation operational metrics for ROI reporting. Decision rights vary by workstream: some prioritization and approval decisions sit with the IT Manager, while others sit with the designated Business Owner of the system. The Product Owner operates as a neutral delivery leader across all three areas, ensuring transparent intake, rigorous follow-through, and consistent delivery discipline regardless of where final decisions reside.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Requirements Gathering & Solutioning
- Gather, document, and validate business requirements from Finance, Operations, Grants, and Research stakeholders
- Develop solutions in coordination with stakeholders, actively garnering buy-in to ensure cross-departmental alignment and long-term user adoption
- Maintain and refine the IT initiative backlog (intake, decomposition, and acceptance criteria), and recommend prioritization to the appropriate decision owner (IT Manager or system Business Owner) based on business value, dependencies, risk, and technical feasibility
Business Partner Relationship Building