About the position
We are looking for a Product Owner who will play a pivotal role on a high performing Agile software development team, driving the vision of the product through the program backlog and into product backlogs. You will interact with individuals from many disciplines across the team, including subject matter experts, business analysts, architects, and technical leads. You will also be a key touch point in our human-centered design approach, working closely with user researchers and user experience designers to ensure the product vision is appropriately captured.
Responsibilities
- Identify and refine customer needs and program strategy
- Own and refine the vision of the program and products
- Effectively break down the program vision into features and epics
- Prioritize the features and epics on the program backlog
- Derive an Agile program roadmap from the program backlog
- Define minimum viable products and establish success criteria
- Elicit requirements from the client and other stakeholders or workgroups
- Collaborate closely with a wide range of individuals on the Agile team and work with them to design technically feasible solutions that meet the client’s needs
- Write user stories and prioritize them based on the requirements
- Refine and manage the product and sprint backlogs
- Communicate vision, strategy, roadmaps, and backlogs to key stakeholders
- Perform an active role in mitigating impediments impacting successful team completion of Release/Sprint Goals
- Perform an active role preparing plans for Program Increment Planning meetings as part of the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) process
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required (degree in Computer Science or related field preferred)
- 3+ years of relevant experience with at least 4+ years as a Product Owner or Sr. BA
- 3+ years of experience on a software development team building modern software products
- 3+ years of experience building highly complex software products
- Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust Clearance
- Candidate must reside in the U.S., be authorized to work in the U.S., and all work must be performed in the U.S.
- Candidate must have lived in the U.S. for three (3) full years out of the last five (5) years
- You may be required to participate in periodic drug testing and background checks per government customer’s needs.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience working in the healthcare industry – bonus if direct experience with CMS project
- Experience working on a project using the Scaled Agile Framework
- Federal Government contracting work experience
- Expertise working as part of a dynamic, interactive Agile team
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
Benefits
- Equal opportunity employer
- Reasonable Accommodations available
- Confidential handling of accommodation requests
- Employee work location monitoring
- Support for candidates requiring AI usage accommodation
