Cloud Control Plane Product Owner

City Rochester

State MN

Remote YES

Department Information Technology

Why Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic is top-ranked in more specialties than any other care provider according to U.S. News & World Report. As we work together to put the needs of the patient first, we are also dedicated to our employees, investing in competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit plans – to take care of you and your family, now and in the future. And with continuing education and advancement opportunities at every turn, you can build a long, successful career with Mayo Clinic.

Benefits Highlights

• Medical: Multiple plan options.
• Dental: Delta Dental or reimbursement account for flexible coverage.
• Vision: Affordable plan with national network.
• Pre-Tax Savings: HSA and FSAs for eligible expenses.
• Retirement: Competitive retirement package to secure your future.
  
  

Responsibilities

The Product Owner for the Cloud Control Plane is responsible for defining, prioritizing, and driving delivery of features that enable a secure, reliable, scalable, and highly automated multi‑cloud foundation. This role ensures that the Cloud Control Plane delivers consistent, policy‑driven, self‑service capabilities to engineering teams across the enterprise. The Product Owner partners closely with the Principal Product Manager to translate product vision and strategy into actionable work for agile teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary liaison between engineering teams, architects, and stakeholders to clarify requirements and ensure alignment with product goals.
• Translate the strategic roadmap—defined by the Principal Product Manager—into well‑defined user stories, acceptance criteria, and feature definitions for the delivery teams.
• Own and prioritize the team backlog, ensuring the highest‑value work is consistently delivered.
• Collaborate with cloud architects and engineering teams to define technical and operational requirements for core platform capabilities, including automation pipelines, provisioning, governance, identity, policy enforcement, and observability.
• Ensure the Cloud Control Plane meets enterprise standards for reliability, security, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Support iterative delivery by participating in agile ceremonies, validating delivered features, and ensuring readiness for release.
• Monitor performance metrics and user feedback to refine backlog priorities and inform continuous improvement.
• Partner with operations teams and FinOps to ensure operational excellence and lifecycle management of Cloud Control Plane components.
  
  

Qualifications

• Track record of successfully organizing, prioritizing, and delivering complex cloud or infrastructure initiatives.
• Experience working with cloud or infrastructure technologies and a demonstrated ability to rapidly learn new cloud platforms, automation tools, and engineering practices.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into business‑aligned outcomes.
• Proven ability to work in agile environments and drive cross‑functional collaboration.
• Experience working with highly technical engineering teams and complex enterprise environments.
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with multi‑cloud governance frameworks, cloud landing zone architectures, and cloud security best practices.
• Background in platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, or cloud operations.
• Certification in Azure, AWS, GCP, or Agile Product Ownership.
  
  

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree with 3 years’ experience with 1 year of demonstrated leadership experience, or Associate’s degree with 5 years’ experience with 1 years demonstrated leadership experience, or HS/GED with 7 years of experience in a large, complex organization like Mayo Clinic may be considered in lieu of the degree.Experience deploying and operating on a public cloud framework. Ability to articulate new ideas and concepts to technical and non-technical audiences. Ability to build collaborative working relationships with various internal and external stakeholders. Strong analytical ability and data-driven mindset. Ability to rapidly acquire new knowledge and skills. Familiarity with service design and pricing in the context of cloud-based solutions. Experience with cloud deployment, technical and security architecture, database architecture, virtualization, software design, software development, IP networking, Linux, Agile development, SCRUM, application lifecycle management, .NET, programming languages, technical solution architecture, SOA, Windows Azure, Amazon AWS.Certification in cloud engineering is required within 12-24 months.

Exemption Status

Exempt

Compensation Detail

$110,614 - $154,856 / year

Benefits Eligible

Yes

Schedule

Full Time

Hours/Pay Period

80

Schedule Details

M-F 8am-5pm Evening Rotating On-Call This position is 100% remote within the United States.

Weekend Schedule

Rotating On-Call

International Assignment

No

Site Description

Just as our reputation has spread beyond our Minnesota roots, so have our locations. Today, our employees are located at our three major campuses in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona, Jacksonville, Florida, Rochester, Minnesota, and at Mayo Clinic Health System campuses throughout Midwestern communities, and at our international locations. Each Mayo Clinic location is a special place where our employees thrive in both their work and personal lives. Learn more about what each unique Mayo Clinic campus has to offer, and where your best fit is.

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability status. Learn more about the "EOE is the Law" . Mayo Clinic participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

Recruiter

Shelly Weir