Senior Product Owner

As MISO’s Senior Product Owner, you will shape product vision, strategy, and roadmap for software supporting market operations and/or system planning. This onsite role in Carmel, IN requires cross-functional leadership across discovery, measurement, business case development, and responsible use of AI to drive modernization and user-centered outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Own product vision and roadmap for complex, multi-line product areas, partnering with stakeholders and executives to define long-term strategy and identify new opportunities.
• Act as a product evangelist by aligning cross-functional teams and executive leadership around product objectives and priorities.
• Collect and synthesize complex insights, then define and standardize product metrics that support strategic direction and help measure success against enterprise-level outcomes.
• Lead discovery by framing strategic questions, coordinating research activities, and ensuring insights translate into portfolio and product decisions.
• Use financial and strategic judgment to create business cases that influence prioritization and guide investment decisions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional specialists to shape solution design, manage tradeoffs, and ensure products deliver meaningful user and business value.
• Leverage AI tools responsibly to enhance analysis, streamline workflows, and uncover opportunities that improve product performance and efficiency.
• Model product management best practices and support team development by mentoring and coaching Product Owner I and II members to strengthen capability, autonomy, and strategic thinking.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 6 years of experience in product management, product ownership, business analysis, systems engineering, or a related discipline.
• Proven ability to lead product strategy, manage products across their lifecycle, and align cross-functional teams through strong collaboration and influence.
• Demonstrated track record defining success metrics, synthesizing user and market data, and applying critical thinking to support clear, data-informed decisions.
• Strong skills in analyzing complex business scenarios, identifying problems, collecting and evaluating data, and drawing sound conclusions for strategic product direction.
• Experience using AI tools in product management to improve productivity, analysis, and workflow.
• Ability to build strong relationships and collaborate effectively across teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Energy industry knowledge, ideally in energy markets or system planning.
• Nice to have (not required): Certified Scrum Product Owner; SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager; PMI-Agile Certified Practitioner; Product Owner/System Engineering; Product Owner/UX experience; and/or Product Owner/Architecture experience.

Location

Carmel, IN (onsite)

Compensation

USD 168,000 - 193,000 per year

Additional Experience

6 year(s): Product management, product ownership, business analysis, systems engineering, or related experience.

Education

• Bachelor’s or better in Business Administration or related field
• Bachelor’s or better in Engineering or related field
• Bachelor’s or better in Information Technology or related field

Benefits

• Annual bonus if individual performance and company objectives are met.
• 401k.
• Vacation, sick and safe time, available on your first day of employment.