Mission-Critical Technical Product Owner (TS/SCI)

CACI International Inc; Florham Park (NJ); On-site; USD 113,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

CACI International Inc. is seeking a Technical Product Owner to bridge government stakeholders and a multi-disciplinary software team in a mission-focused program.

You will own product objectives and drive development from concept through delivery, coordinating with engineering, R&D, and methodologies functions. You will translate objectives into actionable tasks, lead backlog prioritization, and ensure high-quality, on-time deliverables while communicating progress to program leadership and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 7+ years of hands-on software engineering or development experience, including recent coding, design, or architecture work.
• 2+ years in a Product Owner, technical program coordination, or similar cross-functional leadership role.
• Demonstrated experience translating product/mission requirements into engineering execution plans.
• Demonstrated experience conducting design and/or code reviews, and triaging technical tickets (GitLab, Jira, or equivalent).
• Strong working knowledge of Agile/Scrum practices and backlog management.
• Experience coordinating across multiple technical teams (engineering, QA, R&D) simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience briefing non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Understand and translate key product objectives and requirements into actionable engineering tasks.
• Participate in design reviews, evaluating proposed architectures/solutions for alignment with requirements, scalability, and technical soundness.
• Conduct or participate in code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards, architecture decisions, and quality expectations.
• Triage GitLab (or equivalent) tickets at the task level — assess technical scope, identify dependencies and blockers, and flag gaps between defined tasks and actual requirements.
• Own and track end-to-end development progress across SW Task Leads, Engineers, Developers, and Testers.
• Ensure the product development process consistently produces high-quality, on-schedule deliverables.
• Provide day-to-day support to the development team, ensuring necessary resources, tools, and support services are available.
• Coordinate closely with the Program Tech Lead, R&D Manager, and Methodologies Manager to align technical direction and capability development.
• Define and prioritize the product backlog in collaboration with government stakeholders and the SW Task Lead.
• Identify risks to schedule, quality, or requirements and elevate to the Program Manager with proposed mitigations.
• Facilitate communication and documentation between the SW Team and program managers, customers, and peers.
• Support sw assurance processes and practices, holding the development team accountable to defined standards.
• Act as a secondary point of contact for the Government Sponsor and Partner teams on technical/product matters.
• Coordinate with Program Lab Manager and Program Security Specialist on resource and access needs affecting development.
• Track and report product-level progress metrics to the Program Manager and other Stakeholders
• Contribute to continuous improvement of development processes and tooling.

Skills

Software engineering

Product ownership

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder communication

Design/code reviews

Backlog management

GitLab/Jira

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

GitLab

Jira

Job description

CACI International Inc. is seeking a Technical Product Owner to bridge government stakeholders and a multi-disciplinary software team in a mission-focused program.

You will own product objectives and drive development from concept through delivery, coordinating with engineering, R&D, and methodologies functions. You will translate objectives into actionable tasks, lead backlog prioritization, and ensure high-quality, on-time deliverables while communicating progress to program leadership and