Senior Product Owner Fully Remote role - must be US based, working core EST hours. About the Team The Item Cloud team is dedicated to transforming the speed, scale, and cost of assessment development at the College Board. The product side of Item Cloud is organized within Learning & Assessment while the engineering side sits under Technology. Through our innovative software applications, we are proud to facilitate high-quality item development for the Advanced Placement Program and other exams in service of our mission. We collaborate closely with teams across College Board to help ensure that our tests meet rigorous internal and industry standards, allow students to effectively demonstrate their skills and knowledge, and are accepted by Higher Ed and K-12 institutions for their intended uses. About the Opportunity As our Senior Product Owner, you're a key driver increasing the scale, efficiency, and quality of assessment development for the AP Program. You're a strong day-to-day partner for colleagues from different parts of our organization, particularly AP, Digital Delivery, Item Cloud Engineering, and Psychometrics, and play an important role in ensuring tight coordination and alignment across these teams as we progress towards our ambitious goals. When our users are delighted with how they're able to author, review, and deliver digital assessments, it's because of the excellent work you've delivered. In this role, you will: Strategy, Planning and Collaboration (60%) * Develop and manage product vision, product roadmap, and prioritized backlogs, based on long- and short-term product goals and organizational priorities, with input from program stakeholders, Item Cloud Engineering and Design, and user research * Leverage qualitative and quantitative metrics to guide prioritization and feature definition * Distill the product vision into achievable sprint goals, user stories, and user-focused acceptance criteria in collaboration with engineering and design leads * Participate in regular touch points with our engineering and design teams on daily and weekly cadences to maintain alignment, provide rapid feedback, and gain timely awareness of development progress * Present product vision and roadmap and secure buy-in from both program stakeholders and adjacent product teams with whom we share dependencies * Integrate best practices and adapt to changing situations to ensure optimal product development processes Enable Effective Communications (20%) * Communicate effectively with leadership and high-level stakeholders regarding deadlines and functionality delivery * Report up and across on initiative health and risks, triaging issues when needed, and developing a regular cadence of communications with stakeholders and users * Coordinate with Item Cloud engineers on the resolution status of stories and bugs with effective communications Testing, and Delivery (20%) * Validate stories based on the stated acceptance criteria * Facilitate the implementation of new features via timely releases that deliver continuous value to our users About You You have: * 8+ years of experience as a Senior Product Owner of digital product(s) in EdTech, healthcare, finance, or related fields * Background in digital assessment development preferred * Strong analytical thinking and structured problem-solving ability * Deep familiarity with Agile practices, including managing product roadmaps and backlogs and collaborating with integrated engineering and design teams * Ability to prioritize and complete complex tasks efficiently in a fast-paced environment * Proficient in using tools and techniques for sequencing and breaking down large workloads * Extensive experience in distilling insight from survey research, usability testing, and other data sources to drive decision making * Inquisitive mindset with tremendous learning agility * Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, including facilitating meetings and presenting remotely and in