Description

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Department Summary

The Business Information Technology (BIT) team is dedicated to designing, developing, configuring, enhancing, optimizing, and maintaining innovative products and platforms that enable UCLA?s core business functions, including Web Technologies, Budget & Financial Management, Human Resources Information, Customer Relationship Management, and Collaboration, Productivity, & Workplace Products. In partnership with administrative stakeholders, BIT ensures that its solutions deliver exceptional functionality, quality, business value, user experience, and digital accessibility, meeting the diverse needs and expectations of the campus community. The BIT team drives ITS’ cloud-first strategy by reducing technical debt, leveraging cutting-edge techniques, partnering with other departments and teams to accelerate releases through advanced automation and application lifecycle management, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation to ensure scalable, flexible solutions that meet UCLA’s evolving demands. The Budget & Financial Management Products team conceives, configures, monitors, defines, tests, delivers, optimizes, and refines budget & financial management products and application technologies, including but not limited to the Financial System (FS) General Ledger Applications, financial ERP, and procure to pay products. This team also focuses on optimizing user experience, addressing digital accessibility needs, partnering with cross-functional delivery teams to ensure products meet business and user requirements, and collaborating with business stakeholders to iteratively improve the products over time.
Position Summary

The Product Owner, Procure to Pay IT Products will play a critical role in the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of Procure to Pay Products and services, through creating and supporting a product vision, roadmap, and backlog, while also ensuring that they align with the university’s strategic objectives and meet the evolving needs of UCLA’s students, faculty, and staff. They will partner on strategizing the sunsetting and archiving the Legacy Procure to Pay system.

The Product Owner, Procure to Pay IT Products will conduct customer research and collaborate with business owners and key stakeholders across the university campus to develop and convey a distinct product vision. The Procure to Pay IT Products Product Owner will be responsible for driving innovation and excellence by working closely with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and users to define requirements, prioritize features, and deliver exceptional value. The Product Owner, Procure to Pay IT Products will positively impact UCLA’s operations and culture by enabling University stakeholders to effectively leverage Procure to Pay products and applications. This team member will advance the University’s mission by delivering exceptional information technology services comprehensively and consistently across faculty, staff, and students. This role will execute UCLA’s vision while modeling UCLA’s culture and values.

Salary & Compensation

*UCLA provides a full pay range. Actual salary offers consider factors, including budget, prior experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business considerations. Salary offers at the top of the range are not common. Visit UC Benefit package to discover benefits that start on day one, and UC Total Compensation Estimator to calculate the total compensation value with benefits.
Qualifications

  • Experience in complex higher education environments, serving academic and administrative functions of a large public university. (Preferred)
  • Advanced knowledge of Procure to Pay product development concepts, practices, standards, and processes. (Required)
  • Proven ability to identify key issues critical to the organization’s long-range success of a desired product or service. (Required)
  • Analytical mindset, with experience in data-driven decision-making and performance measurement. (Required)
  • Proven track record of delivering successful Procure to Pay Products that meet user needs and drive value. (Required)
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills and is able to communicate complex technical ideas to a diverse community of colleagues and stakeholders. Can relay technical information to audiences of technical and non-technical stakeholders. (Required)
  • Able to establish and advance positive working relationships and a strong rapport with a diverse community of colleagues including team members, stakeholders, and customers. (Required)
  • Advanced organizational skills, ability to balance priorities, deliver concurrent projects to various stakeholders. Ability to work in a project-based environment using project management practices. (Required)
  • Advanced problem-solving skills; ability to identify root problems and scope solutions based on knowledge of resources, timelines, vision and strategy. Seeks information from diverse sources to inform solutions. Demonstrated ability to make decisions with integrity. (Required)
  • Able to participate in activities to advance an inclusive environment that values equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging. (Required)
  • Thinks creatively and introduces innovations such as the incorporation of new technologies or processes. Thrives in an ever-changing, fast-paced environment. (Required)

    • Education, Licenses, Certifications & Personal Affiliations

  • Bachelor’s Degree in one or more of the following fields: business administration, organization development, communication, or public administration, or related field, or equivalent combination of experience/training. (Required)
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (Preferred)

    • Special Conditions for Employment

    • The anticipated pay range for this position is $135,740 – $157,071, annually; salary is dependent upon the skills and experience of the selected finalist.

      NOTE: This position REQUIRES that a RESUME and COVER LETTER be submitted in addition to the application. Please have these two files ready to upload when applying.

    • Background Check: Continued employment is contingent upon the completion of a satisfactory background investigation.
    • Live Scan Background Check: A Live Scan background check must be completed prior to the start of employment.

    Schedule

    8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. PT, Monday through Friday and/or variable based upon operational needs.
    Union/Policy Covered

    99-Policy Covered
    Complete Position Description

    https://universityofcalifornia.marketpayjobs.com/ShowJob.aspx?EntityID=38&jobcode=TBD_3916

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