Senior Product Owner

Closes: May 18 2025
Starting Range: $109815 to $144406
Full Range: $109815 to $178999

Job Description
The Product Owner role at Avista works within the Scrum and Agile framework to gather business requirements from various stakeholders and helps move Avistas major business systems and platforms forward. The Product Owner leads the translation of business features into technical requirements and works with the business to prioritize the requirements at the program and project levels. The Product Owner participates in the software release forecasting for a given set of products or programs and participates in the continuous improvement of the agile delivery process.

• Works within Agile/Scrum framework as single point of contact for work coming into the development team
• Works with stakeholders to create and break down work items into features and user stories including functional and nonfunctional requirements with clear and sufficient acceptance criteria that will minimize development team rework
• Owns manages and orders the backlog of work to obtain the highest value for stakeholders
• Makes sure the development team understands the work and what done and success look like. Assures that the development team has sufficient refined and estimated upcoming work that can be completed in a single sprint
• Participates in sprint standups reviews and retrospectives. Accountable for sprint planning and demos to stakeholders of completed work
• Responsible for quality of team output embraces security and risk management as part of their job assists with development roadmaps
• Collaborates with business partners to jointly define and deliver on product vision and to provide that vision and direction to the agile development team (which may include both technical and business members)
• Works with other Product Owners to prioritize and coordinate backlog items and to ensure overall product vision and priorities are aligned
• Assists with administrative items such as billing and timekeeping management of contracts with outside vendors
• Develops product roadmaps for inportfolio solutions creates development roadmaps responsible for coordination of handoff to Operations

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science Information Science Business Administration Accounting or equivalent
• 7 years of related experience previous working experience as a Product Owner
• Strong analysis skills
• Working knowledge of many aspects of the utility business
• Strong knowledge of Agile/Scrum practices andscaled Scrum practices
• Superior ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences (technical and nontechnical)
• Excellent organizational and time management skills persuasive and quick decisionmaking skills
• Creative thinker with a vision and attention to details a must outstanding communication presentation and leadership skills lead experience

Other combinations of education and experience may be considered.

Hybrid work options are available for this role. The successful candidate will be required to work at our Spokane Washington headquarters at least 3 days per week including Mondays and Tuesdays with an additional day determined by the employee and manager.

To Apply
We encourage you to apply as many of our positions have step progressions to account for an incoming employees various levels of knowledge skills and experience.

Complete an online application and attach your resume and cover letter to your profile. All documents must be attached to your application at the time of submitting your application for review. No documents can be attached after you click Submit.

Benefits
At Avista we believe our employees are essential. Through them we deliver value to our customers and the communities we serve. The physical mental and financial health and wellbeing of our employees and their families are important to us. We are committed to offering a comprehensive total rewards program comprised of an externally competitive internally equitable compensation structure and a benefits package that allows us to retain and attract a diverse engaged and skilled workforce. Our benefits package includes medical dental vision life and disability coverage retirement benefits incentive plans wellness resources timeoff programs and much more. In addition to our total rewards program the Pacific Northwest offers abundant outdoor recreation four distinct seasons and all the amenities and activities an individual or family might be interested in. To learn more please visit our benefits website at screening requirements
Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a drug test background check and motor vehicle records review.

Avistas Commitment to Equal Opportunity
Avista is a safe inclusive workplace for people of all backgrounds and we are committed to Equal Opportunity Employment. All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of race color religion national origin sex gender identity sexual orientation marital status age sensory mental or physical disability (unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification) Veteran status or any other classification protected by nondiscrimination laws.

Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP here. Prior to the next step in the recruiting process we welcome you to inform us confidentially if you require any special accommodations to participate fully in our recruitment process. Avista will make reasonable accommodation to assist a qualified person with a disability in the job application interview process and to perform the essential functions of the job whenever possible where undue hardship would not be created for Avista. Please contact us at if you would like assistance.