Product Strategist (On-call, Remote)

We are seeking an experienced Senior Product Strategist to support NIH in advancing a product ownership model across a portfolio of digital products data resources information services and strategic initiatives. The successful candidate will partner with product owners program leaders technical teams and subject matter experts to define product strategies strengthen governance and performance frameworks drive cross-functional collaboration and foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

This role will help teams align product decisions with organizational goals user needs and measurable outcomes while supporting the adoption of agile and product-centric practices.

• Partner with project leadership client leadership and product teams to develop product strategies roadmaps implementation plans and decision frameworks.

• Lead strategic initiatives that improve the discoverability accessibility usability and value of digital products research resources and information services.

• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration among stakeholders SMEs technical teams product owners and program leadership.

• Serve as product manager for select web resources collaborating with the Federal Lead to advance product objectives implement the product roadmap and coordinate with the team to complete key tasks.

• Develop and maintain product management and product owner toolkits including policies procedures templates governance models metrics guidance and product documentation.

• Coach product owners and non-technical teams in product ownership principles agile and scrum practices backlog management prioritization roadmap development and stakeholder engagement.

• Embed with product teams to provide hands-on support in agile leadership evaluation planning knowledge management and team operating rhythms.

• Define product goals success measures KPIs indicators and evaluation approaches that support evidence-based decision-making.

• Develop qualitative and quantitative evaluation frameworks to assess product effectiveness adoption user value impact and return on investment.

• Analyze user stakeholder operational and performance data to generate actionable recommendations for leadership and product teams.

• Support management briefings and strategic planning activities.

• Bachelors degree in business Public Administration Information Science Library and Information Science Health Informatics Data Science Program Management STEM or a related field.

• 3 years of experience in product strategy product management product ownership digital transformation program management evaluation or organizational change initiatives

• 3 years of experience supporting product owners using Agile Scrum Lean Design Thinking Human-Centered Design or Product Management frameworks.

• 2 years experience in facilitation coaching communication problem-solving and consensus-building skills.

• 2 years experience establishing product metrics KPIs indicators evaluation goals and reporting frameworks.

• Demonstrated ability to facilitate collaboration across technical scientific operational and non-technical stakeholders.

• Experience supporting federal government healthcare biomedical research scientific library or information management organizations.

• Experience working with complex information systems research data platforms digital libraries metadata systems content ecosystems or public-facing digital services.

• Certification such as Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager preferred.

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