Product OwnerManager (Application Product Owner)

Role: Salesforce Product Owner/Manager (Application Product Owner)

Location: Montpelier VT 05620 (Hybrid)

Duration: 12 months Contract with possibility to extension

Scope of the Project: The Client uses a Salesforce-based application for cannabis licensing and oversight. The Client is seeking consulting support for an Application Product Owner to help manage stabilization work backlog completion requirements and future planning.

Project Overview: The project supports the Clients Salesforce system used for licensing renewals amendments inventory tracking and fee payments. The selected resource will support current initiatives Phase I backlog completion and possible Phase II planning.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serve as the main liaison between ADS staff and CCB business leads for the Salesforce application
• Support stabilization efforts by helping manage defects backlog items and ongoing enhancement work
• Work with State and vendor teams to elicit document validate and refine business requirements
• Translate business processes into epics features and user stories
• Maintain and prioritize the product backlog in Azure DevOps
• Develop and maintain the product roadmap and release plans
• Define acceptance criteria and support user acceptance testing bug tracking and issue resolution
• Facilitate sprint planning daily scrums retrospectives workshops and stakeholder meetings
• Ensure requirements documents business rules and related artifacts are complete current and approved
• Communicate project status risks issues and recommendations clearly to stakeholders
• Help support planning for future enhancements and possible Phase II implementation
• Assist with acquisition and onboarding of additional resources when needed

Required Skills and Experience:

• Experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst on an Agile/Scrum team.
• Strong skills in product vision and strategy.
• Backlog creation grooming and prioritization.
• Requirements gathering analysis and documentation.
• User story writing and acceptance criteria development.
• Sprint planning and sprint facilitation.
• Stakeholder communication and meeting facilitation.
• Release planning and roadmap management.
• Ability to work between business teams and technical teams as a bridge.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Skills:

• Salesforce experience
• Azure DevOps experience
• Agile project management experience
• Knowledge of cannabis regulatory industry licensing inventory tracking enforcement and compliance
• Experience supporting testing and release processes
• Familiarity with environments using Copado APIs and automated testing tools such as Testim.

Key Deliverables expected from the Role:

• Updated system backlog with user stories
• Product roadmap
• Groomed and prioritized backlog
• Release plan and sprint plan
• Requirements Traceability Matrix
• Documentation repository and feature-level requirements
• Daily scrum facilitation
• Weekly stakeholder updates