As a Product Owner III, you will be the strategic leader behind a suite of capabilities and applications that support ALSAC fundraisers. You’ll collaborate with senior leadership, stakeholders, architects, and cross-functional teams to define and deliver product experiences that exceed expectations and inspire customer advocacy.
This role demands a strong blend of business acumen, technical expertise, and leadership. You’ll be responsible for shaping the product roadmap, managing the backlog, and ensuring alignment with organizational goals, data integrity, and security standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and communicate a compelling product vision and 3-year roadmap aligned with ALSAC’s strategic objectives.
- Lead product planning, software release coordination, and backlog management.
- Translate business needs and customer insights into clear, actionable user stories and product features.
- Ensure product quality, data integrity, and compliance with information security standards.
- Collaborate with Architecture, Infosec, and platform leadership to align product strategy with enterprise technology goals.
- Facilitate cross-functional collaboration with UX designers, developers, analysts, and testers to deliver high-impact solutions.
- Build trust and alignment across stakeholders through transparent communication, prioritization, and expectation management.
- Leverage market intelligence, analytics, donor research, and stakeholder feedback to inform product decisions.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems, Engineering, Product Development, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 6+ years of experience in product management, business analysis, software development, or a related discipline.
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams in an agile environment.
- Strong technical acumen with the ability to understand and communicate complex concepts.
- Experience with agile methodologies and tools (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, Jira).
- Skilled in defining user stories, building journey maps and wireframes, and conducting usability testing.
- Demonstrated success in translating customer needs into product specifications.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
- Strong analytical and decision-making capabilities with a focus on balancing priorities and trade-offs.
- Experience in data quality and/or data science is required.
- Familiarity with software delivery methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall), process engineering, and change management.
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Benefits & PerksThe following Benefits & Perks apply to Full-Time Roles Only.We’re dedicated to ensuring children and their families have every opportunity to enjoy life’s special moments. We’re also committed to giving our staff excellent benefits so they can do the same.- Core Medical Coverage: (low cost low deductible Medical, Dental, and Vison Insurance plans)
- 401K Retirement Plan with 7% Employer Contribution
- Exceptional Paid Time Off
- Maternity / Paternity Leave
- Infertility Treatment Program
- Adoption Assistance
- Education Assistance
- Enterprise Learning and Development
- And more
ALSAC is an equal employment opportunity employer.
ALSAC does not discriminate against any individual with regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or other protected status.
No Search Firms:
ALSAC does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All resumes submitted by search firms to any ALSAC employee or ALSAC representative via email, the internet or in any form and/or method without being contacted and approved by our Employee Experience team and without a valid written search agreement in place will result in no fee being paid if a referred candidate is hired by ALSAC.
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What We Do
ALSAC is the largest healthcare-related charity in the United States. Founded in 1957 by Danny Thomas, our sole mission is to raise the funds and awareness needed to operate and maintain St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®. While our headquarters can be found in Memphis, Tennessee, we have additional offices in more than 30 locations across the country and in Puerto Rico with positions in fundraising, marketing, digital, information technology, legal, finance and many other disciplines all supporting our lifesaving mission - Finding cures. Saving children. ® At ALSAC, we believe in hiring the best and brightest from around the globe, and in 2020 we were named #1 on Fast Company's 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators. With a concerted focus on diversity and inclusion, we value and respect the contributions of all of our employees. Our work environment encourages everyone to be their authentic selves as we strive together towards a day when “no child dies in the dawn of life.” As we look to the future, we understand that we must be relentlessly innovative. Our work helps fuel the groundbreaking research and treatment at St. Jude and ensures that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — because all a family should worry about is helping their child live. View our career opportunities at https://www.stjude.org/jobs/alsac.html and follow ALSAC across social media using @stjude. To learn more about the research hospital, follow St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on LinkedIn. For specific career opportunities available through the hospital, visit www.stjude.org/JoinOurMission.
