Project Manager, Technical

General Information

Location:

US-AZ - Phoenix

Position Type:

Full Time

Virtual Eligible:

Yes

Job Category:

Administration

Ref #:

7494

Description and Requirements

At the University of Phoenix, we are committed to the future of work by providing a fully remote, work-from-home environment. This strategy enables us to attract top talent nationwide. Are you looking for a rewarding and fulfilling position that offers challenging work and the opportunity to make a significant impact while collaborating with a team of fun, innovative individuals? Would you prefer to work with an organization that positively contributes to the world? If so, we would love to hear from you!

Are you searching for a rewarding, fulfilling position that offers challenging work and the ability to make a big impact while working side-by-side with a team of fun, innovative people? Ideally, would you like this position to be with an organization that makes a positive contribution to the world? If so…we would love to hear from you!

About Us

University of Phoenix is a leading higher education institution founded in 1976 by Dr. John Sperling. Our mission is to improve the lives of our students, their families and future generations through higher education. Our values (which hopefully you share) are: Brave. Honest. Focused.

Our University values and embraces all team members and their unique perspectives. We fundamentally believe in fostering an environment which deeply respects, celebrates, and actively encourages a diverse workforce. We are committed to hiring – and learning from – those who share our passion to help others achieve their educational aspirations.

We offer excellent benefits, an effective recognition program, and outstanding learning and development tools, including tuition vouchers for employees and their qualified family members.

Job Description:

The University of Phoenix, Inc. seeks a Product Manager, Technical reporting to Headquarters in Phoenix, AZ to collaborate with technical and non-technical team members and engage with business leaders to drive new or enhanced software product and software features from concept to launch with a focus on continuous, relentless improvement (CRI). Establish and monitor product OKR’s with product leadership and stakeholders.

Be the one-point contact for everything related to product; create, and improvise the product vision, product roadmap, product strategy and product goals. Lead team’s Product Discovery process to anticipate customer needs and work with team to produce a relevant product iteration. Collaborate with Marketing, IT, Customer Service, Enrollment, Prospect, Academics, Data and Communications teams to understand the pain points of customers by creating and evaluating the Customer Journey Map and keep the executive management/ stakeholders informed of the latest events pertaining to the product iterations. Collaborate with engineers and architects on product design. Provide technical product requirements and support the engineering team during the development process. Validate product feasibility, functionality and return on investment. Manage the Product Backlog by understanding the requirements from stakeholders and create features/ objectives/ user stories to facilitate the creation of new workflows. Play a pivotal role in setting up Acceptance Criteria, and Definition of Done. Work closely with Engineering teams and Scrum Master to ensure smooth implementation of the product functionality and defects by prioritizing the user stories in product backlog using inputs from executives and by developing internal product intelligence. Use Data Analytics tools Power BI & Excel [Pivot tables, Charts] as a basic data comprehension BI tool to create reports for executives [using PowerPoint and Miro Board]. Publish various project metrics and reports by using user research and product analytics to facilitate decision making. Participate in sprint ceremonies (refinement, planning, reviews) to ensure technical feasibility, scope clarity, and alignment with architectural standards. Collaborate with Engineering to estimate complexity, effort, and risk, and incorporate those inputs into roadmap planning and release sequencing. May telecommute from anywhere in the United States up to 5 days per week. Annual Salary: $136,228.

Minimum Requirements:

Requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field plus 5 progressive years of product management experience. Must have 5 years of experience with each of the following: 1) Designing and engineering technology-powered products; 2) Product discovery and delivery; 3) Delivering written and verbal presentations on data-informed product narratives to company leadership; 4) Data/Statistical analytics; and 5) Agile Development Methodologies.

Additionally, must have 1 year of experience with each of the following: A) AWS Lambda, Amazon S3, Amazon EKS, and Amazon ECS AWS cloud services and architectures, including serverless, containerized, and storage solutions; B) SQL, Power BI and Excel; C) Analyzing, evaluating and decision-making of technical architecture options using Terraform to provision and manage infrastructure; and D) Microservices architecture and automated deployment pipelines.

Will accept any suitable combination of education, training or experience.

Interested candidates may apply online at https://uop.avature.net/careers/SearchJobs or may send resume to phoenixjobs@phoenix.edu. Reference code 241 in the subject line.

#LI-DNI

As an Equal Opportunity employer, we particularly encourage applications from members of historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, veterans, LGBTQ community members, and others who demonstrate the ability to help us achieve our vision of a diverse and inclusive community.

If you are an active-duty military member seeking employment when off-duty, compliance with Department of Defense Joint Ethics Regulation, 5500-7-R, is required prior to starting employment with University of Phoenix. You are advised to contact your base Judge Advocate General to seek such approval and answer any questions.

Individuals in this role are eligible for:

Annual Bonus Award

Your work is critical to helping adult learners achieve their dreams, and we’re committed to rewarding you for your efforts. We offer a competitive, comprehensive total rewards package designed to help you achieve your health, financial and work-life balance goals.

Full-time employees are eligible for:

Medical, dental and vision plans; Flexible Spending Accounts; Health Savings Accounts; Life and Disability insurance; and our Wellness incentive program;
Competitive 401(k) employer match; and,
A generous time off package, including paid vacation, sick time and company holidays.*

Application Deadline is 07/01/2026.

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