PIR Enterprise Platform Product Owner

Apogee Engineering, LLC; Ohio; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Apogee seeks a PIR Enterprise Platform Product Owner to support NASIC at Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH. You will own the backlog for the PIR Enterprise Platform and related applications, liaising between government sponsors and technical teams to ensure mission-critical capabilities are delivered.

The role requires leadership across agile ceremonies, backlog refinement, and sprint planning, with frequent demos and stakeholder coordination to align on priorities and outcomes.

Qualifications

• US citizenship required.
• Eligible for TS/SCI clearance.
• Master’s degree in IS/CS/Engineering/Business.
• Minimum 10 years in product/program management or systems roles.
• Experience with Agile and JIRA/Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and prioritize backlogs for the PIR Enterprise Platform and related applications.
• Translate operational needs into refined user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Oversee sprint planning, reviews, and backlog hygiene.
• Act as the primary interface between sponsors, users, and development teams.
• Coordinate demos and gather feedback from stakeholders.

Skills

Backlog mgmt

Agile methods

Stakeholder engagement

User stories

Cloud-native

Education

Master's degree

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Overview

Apogee is seeking a PIR Enterprise Platform Product Owner to support the mission of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH. In this senior-level position, you'll provide product ownership for GSPO (O&M), focusing on the PIR Enterprise Platform and associated applications. You'll serve as the primary interface between government sponsors, users, and technical development teams, managing the product backlog and ensuring the delivery of mission-relevant capabilities that directly support critical intelligence operations.

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Responsibilities

• Maintain, groom, and prioritize product backlogs for the PIR Enterprise Platform and associated applications
• Decompose roadmap objectives into refined user stories with clear acceptance criteria
• Ensure the backlog consistently contains at least two sprints' worth of actionable, prioritized work
• Act as primary interface between sponsors, users, functional leads, and development teams
• Attend Agile ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives) and communicate user feedback
• Facilitate user demos after deployment of key features and triage critical user-submitted bug and enhancement requests
• Ensure product backlogs for PIR Enterprise Platform and its associated applications are maintained, groomed, and prioritized
• Decompose high-level program roadmap objectives into refined user stories with clear acceptance criteria
• Ensure the backlog contains at least two sprints worth of actionable, prioritized work at all times
• Maintain backlog hygiene and remove outdated or irrelevant items
• Continuously refine and update user stories based on evolving requirements and stakeholder feedback
• Prioritize backlog items based on mission value, user needs, technical dependencies, and strategic objectives
• Act as the primary interface between government sponsors, operational users, functional leads, and technical development teams
• Reconcile competing user requests to propose a unified platform vision for Government approval
• Balance diverse stakeholder priorities and negotiate trade-offs between competing needs
• Translate operational requirements into actionable technical requirements for development teams
• Ensure all stakeholder perspectives are considered in product planning and prioritization decisions
• Build consensus among stakeholders with different priorities and perspectives
• Attend stakeholder synchronization meetings, as required
• Coordinate regular engagement with user communities to gather requirements and feedback
• Facilitate user demos within two weeks after deployment of key features, provided the development environment and software releases are stable and available
• Plan and schedule user demonstrations in coordination with development teams
• Prepare demonstration scripts and materials highlighting new capabilities
• Gather user feedback during demonstrations and document enhancement requests
• Ensure users understand new features and how to leverage them effectively
• Attend Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives)
• Communicate user feedback to answer developer's technical questions during Agile ceremonies
• Provide product vision and direction during sprint planning sessions
• Clarify requirements and acceptance criteria during development
• Review completed work during sprint reviews and provide acceptance decisions
• Participate in retrospectives to identify process improvements
• Respond to and triage critical, user-submitted bug/enhancement requests within 24 hours in the government designated JIRA with a preliminary priority score
• Evaluate urgency, mission impact, and severity of user-reported issues
• Assign preliminary priority scores based on operational impact
• Coordinate with development teams on resolution timelines
• Track issues through resolution and verify user satisfaction
• Translate operational, security, and cloud optimization needs into technical backlogs
• Understand operational workflows and identify opportunities for improvement
• Capture security requirements and ensure they are appropriately prioritized
• Identify cloud optimization opportunities to improve performance and reduce costs

Qualifications

MinimumExperience:

Citizenship:Must be a US citizenClearance:Eligible for TS/SCI; able to obtain and maintain required clearances.

Certifications: Agile certification (e.g., Scrum Master or Product Owner) preferred but not required.

Education: Master’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.

Years of Experience:

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in product management, project management, or systems integration roles.
• An additional 8 years of relevant experience may be substituted for the Master’s degree; or 4 additional years plus a Bachelor’s degree.
• Understanding of cloud-native architectures, microservices, containerization, and DevSecOps pipelines.
• Experience with Agile methodologies and tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence).
• Strong backlog management, prioritization, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to translate operational needs into well-formed user stories.

Location:Wright Patterson AFB Dayton, OHOn-site/Hybrid/Remote:On-siteTravel:Occasional