Product Owner Volunteer

Role Overview

About Operation Mobilization

Responsibilities

• Maintain and prioritize application backlogs based on ministry priorities and user needs.
• Define and document business requirements, user needs, and enhancement requests.
• Develop clear requirements and user stories to support application improvements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure technology solutions support ministry objectives.
• Analyze business processes and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Document workflows, procedures, and operational requirements.
• Gather feedback from users and ministry teams to better understand business needs.
• Facilitate communication between stakeholders and technical contributors.
• Participate in validating and testing application enhancements and new capabilities.
• Support continuous improvement efforts for applications and related business processes.

What You'll Gain

• Experience working with a global Christian ministry and multicultural teams.
• Practical experience in product ownership, business analysis, and application improvement initiatives.
• Opportunities to collaborate with ministry leaders, application users, and technology professionals.
• Experience gathering requirements, documenting processes, and supporting solution delivery.
• The opportunity to use your skills and experience to strengthen ministry effectiveness worldwide.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in product ownership, business analysis, application support, project coordination, or related areas.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to gather, document, and prioritize business requirements.
• Ability to analyze business processes and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience creating business process documentation, requirements documentation, or user guidance materials.
• Alignment with the mission, values, and Christian ministry focus of Operation Mobilization.

Time Commitment

• Flexible volunteer schedule.
• Remote opportunity.
• Hours may be coordinated based on availability and project needs.

Important Notes

• This is a volunteer, unpaid position.
• This role may be performed remotely.
• No employment relationship is implied or created by participation in this volunteer opportunity.
• All volunteers are expected to support and respect OM mission, values, and ministry objectives.