Treasury Product Owner (Special Projects Manager III)

This recruitment is to fill a Term-Limited Temporary position that is anticipated to end in December 2028. If filled by a King County employee who has passed their initial probation, the TLT will be a Special Duty Assignment.

King County is hiring an experienced Product Owner to represent Treasury’s business needs on the Property Tax Administration System (PTAS) project. The PTAS project is a highly complex, multi-year initiative to configure and develop Microsoft Dynamics 365 (Finance and Operations and Power Platform) to replace King County’s legacy mainframe-based property tax billing and collection system.

King County Treasury manages the billing, collection, distribution, and reporting of real and personal property taxes, gambling taxes, and local improvement district assessments. In 2025, Treasury billed, collected, and distributed over $7.7 billion in property taxes along with other assessments and fees to support government programs and services.

Reporting directly to the Chief Treasury Officer, this role involves collaborating closely with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and end users to define and prioritize feature development, ensuring that the new product aligns with the County’s technical direction, industry trends, and meets end user needs.

Scope of Job Duties

• Serve as the primary point of contact for the Treasury Solution Delivery Team. Represent the Treasury product needs on behalf of the Treasury organization. Comprehend and communicate the Treasury product vision and roadmap to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Create, order, and clearly communicate Treasury’s product backlog items, sprint priorities, and overall project priorities for two distinct teams – Treasury Business Analysis (BA) and Treasury Implementation.
• Ensure business priorities are appropriately represented in product design and delivery. Ensure function design documents (FDD) clearly capture and define the business needs of the Treasury organization, are aligned with the project’s technical direction, and contain clear and measurable acceptance criteria.
• Ensure Treasury business processes and design expectations are clearly communicated to the technical implementation team; facilitate change management efforts and business process re-design as appropriate.
• Coordinate with product owners / leads for the other project teams and architects to synchronize, sequence, and plan work across the entire PTAS Assess-to-Collect program.
• Collaborate with project team to develop, negotiate, and review contract documents relating to Treasury scope. Weigh in regarding feature descriptions, acceptance criteria, assumptions, risks, level of effort, resource assignments, and cost.
• Deliver agreed Treasury sprint work by ensuring the Software-Development-Life-Cycle’s definition of done has been met by team members.
• Review and approve project plans for system integration, data migration, testing, training, and production cutover to ensure business continuity during system implementation.
• Oversee Treasury’s overall business testing effort and validate contractor deliverables.
• Manage day-to-day project management activities, issues, and risks. Develop and maintain project risk mitigation plans. Track and report weekly progress and problems to FBOD / Treasury leadership, project sponsors, and stakeholders.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

We would love it if you have :

Position Information

Employees will be provided with a County issued laptop. When working remotely, employees must maintain a workspace with an internet connection (access may be supplemented in some situations) where they can reliably perform work, remain available and responsive during scheduled work hours, and follow FBOD’s hybrid / remote Guidelines including on-camera participation during virtual video meetings.

King County has a robust collection of tools and resources to support working remotely. The individual selected for this opportunity will join an innovative and progressive team that is redefining how we work as we transition to the department's hybrid environment. Employees will be provided with a County-issued laptop and must maintain a home workspace with an internet connection where they can reliably perform work and remain available and responsive during scheduled work hour

Application / Selection Process

The recruitment for this position is open to all qualified candidates. A completed King County Application is required. Applicants from this recruitment may be used to fill future opportunities in this job classification.

We highly recommend that you provide a resume. A cover letter addressing how you meet the minimum qualifications and why you are interested in this position will also be beneficial.

The selection process consists of different phases : screening interview, virtual interview, and if successful, pre-hire reference checking. For some positions, additional phases may also include skill testing, writing samples or additional interviews. Candidates will be updated on the status of their application via the email address used to apply.

Each phase is set for a specific day. Different times will be available for those days only. Please reach out to the contact below to confirm dates. Rescheduling interviews may not be possible and may remove you from consideration if unavailable.

Note : Online applications are preferred. However, if you cannot apply online, go to www.kingcounty.gov / jobs for other options.

If you have any questions or concerns while applying, please contact : Michael Castro, Recruiter. Email : mcastro@kingcounty.gov

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To Apply

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