Product Associate [Multiple Positions Available]

DESCRIPTION:

Duties: Partner with the Product Manager to identify new product opportunities that reflect the needs of customers and the market through user research and discovery. Consider and plan for upstream and downstream implications of new product features on the overall product experience. Support the collection of user research, journey mapping, and market analysis to inform the strategic product roadmap and provide insight on potential product features that provide value to customers. Analyze, track, and evaluate product metrics including work to time, cost, and quality targets across the product development life cycle. Write the requirements, epics, and user stories to support product development.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum education and experience required: Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field of study plus 5 years of experience in the job offered or as Product Associate, Software Development Engineer, or related occupation.

Skills Required: This position requires three (3) years of experience with the following: Supporting enterprise data or middleware platforms including defining requirements, prioritizing capabilities, and delivering internal platform enhancements used by technology teams. This position requires any amount of experience with the following: Coordinating end-to-end data flows and processing workflows including across mainframe systems, distributed Linux environments, batch systems, and enterprise ETL tools; Defining technical requirements related to system dependencies, data lineage, reconciliation, operational failure handling, batch sequencing, and data validation; Querying using SQL and Large Language Models for analysis, summarization, and insight generation; Assisting with backlog prioritization and status tracking such as epics, stories, or work sequencing to ensure reliable platform execution; Translating batch execution behavior, dependency management, performance tuning, operational reliability, and integration into requirements and roadmaps using enterprise ETL platforms such as Ab Initio; Supporting hybrid cloud data environments including AWS migration and integration for storage, processing, governing access; Coordinating intake assessment, discovery, risk identification, and regulatory and compliance readiness; Documenting, prioritizing, and sequencing functional and non-functional requirements including performance, scalability, reliability, recoverability, and data integrity, while identifying and escalating risks and issues; Supporting and owning internally consumed enterprise platforms including monitoring platform backlog health and driving product development lifecycle activities including discovery, requirements refinement, and testing coordination such as UAT or Beta; Measuring success by platform stability, data correctness, operational reliability, minimization of production incidents, and end-to-end business readiness.

Job Location: 1111 Polaris Parkway, Columbus, OH 43240.

Full-Time. Salary: $115,300.00-$125,000.00 per year.