Senior Product Owner - Ecosystem

Job Summary:

The Sr. Product Owner, Ecosystem is responsible for orchestrating how Allegis Group manages vendor-provided capabilities that connect directly into the Connected experience and core enterprise systems. The role creates a unified product view across external platforms and internal capabilities, ensuring vendor investments are evaluated, onboarded, integrated, governed, and evolved to maximize business value and user experience. Working as an integrated partner across Product, UX, IS Delivery, Architecture, Procurement, Finance, coalitions, and Operating Companies, this role coordinates four core areas: build-versus-buy recommendations; vendor onboarding and integration; vendor roadmap and value management; and proactive renewal, switch, or replacement planning. The role owns the product strategy, roadmap, and cross-functional orchestration for the ecosystem, while decision rights remain with the appropriate business, coalition, technology, procurement, and finance owners. This role reports into the Connected Product organization and operates with a high degree of strategic judgment, influence, and autonomy. 

Required in-office presence at least 2 days per week

Essential Functions:

• Define and maintain the product strategy, capability roadmap, and backlog for the Connected vendor ecosystem, aligning external platform roadmaps with enterprise product and experience priorities.
• Orchestrate build-versus-buy evaluations in close partnership with IS Delivery, Architecture, UX, Finance, Procurement, coalitions, and Operating Companies; develop evidence-based recommendations while respecting established decision rights.
• Lead product planning for vendor onboarding and integration so new capabilities are implemented in a way that realizes the value expected from the investment.
• Create a consistent approach for managing vendor capabilities, dependencies, integrations, risks, adoption, and outcomes across platforms that connect to core systems.
• Partner with UX to deliver a coherent end-to-end experience across multiple platforms and reduce unnecessary system fragmentation for internal users.
• Integrate vendor roadmaps into the broader Connected roadmap, identifying capabilities already included in contracted packages, available as add-ons, or requiring internal development.
• Coordinate value management with Finance and Procurement by defining expected outcomes, adoption measures, cost/value indicators, and evidence needed to demonstrate return on vendor investments.
• Establish a forward-looking renewal and replacement calendar that provides sufficient runway to evaluate renew, renegotiate, switch, or retire options before contractual deadlines.
• Develop clear recommendations for vendor renewals or changes, including business value, user experience, technical feasibility, integration impacts, cost, risk, migration effort, and timing.
• Engage senior stakeholders and Operating Company partners to clarify business goals, build consensus, and support coalition and OpCo decisions.
• Clarify ownership and accountability across Product, UX, IS Delivery, Architecture, Procurement, Finance, coalitions, Operating Companies, and vendor partners.
• Use research, analytics, experimentation, adoption data, service performance, and stakeholder feedback to prioritize opportunities and measure outcomes.
• Communicate ecosystem strategy, roadmap, trade-offs, decisions, risks, and performance to executive and cross-functional audiences.
• Serve as the central product coordinator for vendor partners such as Salesforce, Gong, Seismic, Sense, and other platforms integrated with Connected, without assuming contract execution or technical delivery ownership. 
• Promote proactive, collaborative decision-making and ensure the right partners are engaged at the right time.

Budget Responsibility:

• Partner with Finance and Procurement to support business cases, vendor value assessments, renewal planning, and funding recommendations.
• Provide product recommendations based on enterprise value, adoption, cost, risk, user experience, and roadmap fit; contract execution, spend management, and commercial risk remain owned by Procurement and Finance.
• Support coalitions, Operating Companies, and the Transformation Office with prioritization and funding decisions.

Minimum Education and/or Experience:

• 5-8 years of experience in product management, product ownership, platform management, or digital product development preferred; or
• 5+ years of relevant experience in staffing, recruiting, sales, talent solutions, or enterprise services.
• Experience managing SaaS platforms, vendor ecosystems, enterprise integrations, renewals, or build-versus-buy evaluations strongly preferred.
• Experience working across Product, UX, technology delivery, architecture, procurement, finance, and business stakeholders in a matrixed environment preferred.

Skills and Abilities:

• Strong product strategy, roadmap, prioritization, and outcome measurement capabilities.
• Ability to lead through influence and orchestrate decisions across teams with distinct accountabilities.
• Working knowledge of SaaS/vendor lifecycle management, enterprise integrations, commercial renewals, and platform roadmaps.
• Strong analytical, financial, presentation, and executive communication skills.
• Ability to translate technical, commercial, user experience, and business considerations into clear recommendations.
• Executive presence, diplomacy, sound judgment, and comfort navigating ambiguity and competing priorities.
• Exceptional organization, dependency management, and attention to detail.
• Experience working across multiple Operating Companies is a plus.

Core Competencies:

• Build relationships
• Develop people
• Lead change
• Inspire Others
• Think critically
• Communicate clearly
• Create Accountability

Benefits Overview:

Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms.  This role is eligible for the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Hospital plans
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Company paid Basic Life and AD&D as well as voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Company paid Short and long-term disability
• Health & Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HSA & DCFSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Assistance
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Allegis Group Paid Family Leave, Parental Leave)

Salary Range:

• $96,100.00 - $193,200.00
• This position is bonus eligible
• Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.