Product Owner
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full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $110,000 - $140,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
SDLC
About the role
- Serve as the primary liaison between stakeholders, end-users, and the development team.
- Define, prioritize, and maintain the product backlog based on business value, technical feasibility, and strategic goals.
- Translate stakeholder needs into well-defined user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional requirements.
- Collaborate closely with Scrum Masters, developers and QA to ensure clear understanding of requirements and product vision.
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Track and communicate progress, risks, and issues to stakeholders and leadership.
- Conduct market research, user feedback sessions, and data analysis to inform product decisions.
- Ensure that all product deliverables comply with government regulations, security, and accessibility standards (e.g., NIST, Section 508).
- Support the creation of product roadmaps and release plans aligned with contract objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field; or equivalent experience.
- 3–5 years of experience in product ownership, business analysis, or related roles.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, preferably with Scrum or SAFe frameworks.
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and product management principles.
- Ability to create and maintain user stories, acceptance criteria, and product documentation.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
- US Citizenship or Permanent Residency required.
- Must reside in the Continental US.
- Depending on the government agency, specific requirements may include a public trust background check.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
product backlog managementuser storiesacceptance criteriafunctional requirementsAgile methodologiesScrumSAFesoftware development lifecycle (SDLC)data analysisproduct documentation
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationstakeholder managementprioritizationrisk managementfacilitationproblem-solvingorganizational skillsleadershipadaptability