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Technical Product Manager, CAPE
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Position Number: 5978841
Location: Moscow, ID
Position Type: Adult and Continuing Education Programs

Technical Product Manager, CAPE

Posting Number: SP004743P
Division/College: Vice Provost for Digital Learning
Department: Vice Provost for Digital Learning
Location: Moscow, Off Campus Location - This position is eligible for remote or hybrid work locations

Posting Context Statement:

The Technical Product Manager, Digital Learning and Continuing, Adult, and Professional Education (DL & CAPE) contributes directly to the success of online and non-traditional programming at the University. The Product Manager provides high-level technical support, design, and development of software applications and related workflows for continuing, adult, and professional education operations. The incumbent also provides training, support, and problem resolution for all systems.

Position Overview:

This position coordinates the planning, design, and development of software applications. This position is responsible for the success of a product or family of products. This position will work closely with cross-functional business leaders, peers and technology leadership to ensure systems are positioned for the growth of the university. This includes performing or supervising analysis, design, development, and testing, to ensure the deployment of reliable, secure, and scalable business-critical applications and platforms. The Technical Product Manager works in a collaborative environment with business and technology owners and fosters a culture of teamwork and support across the university and within the technology team.

This position is a blend of product and project leadership and will require partnering with cross functional teams to achieve high performance levels with application services and support the alignment of team activities with the universitys business needs.

Duties may include:

Understand and represent user needs
Define a vision and roadmap for a product
Align stakeholders around the vision for the product
Prioritize product features and capabilities
Manage a product backlog
Oversee development stages and evaluate progress
Serve as a liaison between department stakeholders and the Office of Information Technology development team
Collaborate across teams to empower independent decision-making
Administer applications
Provide high level reporting to departments across the university
Other duties as assigned

Required Experience:

Three years working with software applications in a technical or functional support role
Prioritizing work and ensuring projects and workloads are completed on time

Required Education:

High School Diploma or equivalent

Required Other:

None

Additional Preferred:

Five or more years of experience working with software applications in a technical or functional leadership role
Bachelors degree in Business, Management of Information Systems, Information Technology, or a related field.
Agile Certification (e.g., Product Owner, Scrum Master or similar)
ITIL Certification
Professional experience in an educational organization
Experience with:
- Student, program, and course management systems and workflows
- Using enterprise reporting tools such as Argos, Cognos or Power BI
- Higher education technology
- Modern API development with web services
- Understanding the relationships between ERP, CRM, CMS, third-party solutions, relational databases
- Source Code Control / Versioning tools (e.g., Git).
- Unit-test frameworks, testing automation and CI/CD tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, Selenium, JUnit, GitLab CI/CD)

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions:

None

Degree Requirement:
N/A: No degree requirement
FLSA Status: Exempt
Employee Category: Exempt
Pay Range: $85,000 annually or higher commensurate with experience
Type of Appointment: _of_Appointment
FTE:

1.0

Full Time/Part Time: Full Time
Funding: This position is contingent upon the continuation of work and/or funding.
A visa sponsorship is available for the position listed in this vacancy: No
Posting Date: 02/04/2025
Closing Date:
Open Until Filled: Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants:

To receive first consideration, please submit a letter of qualification, list of references and current resume no later than February 23, 2025.

In your letter of qualification, using details and examples, please address all of the required and preferred qualifications for this position and how your experience and skills align. The information provided in your letter of qualification will be used to determine eligibility for an interview and demonstrate your communications skills.

Applicant Resources: https://www.uidaho.edu/human-resources/careers/applicant-resources
Background Check Statement:

Applicants who are selected as final possible candidates must be able to pass a criminal background check.

To apply, visit https://uidaho.peopleadmin.com/postings/47139

The University of Idaho is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. The University is committed to the policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status as protected under applicable federal, state or local law in employment or educational programs.