Product Owner

Innova Solutions Inc; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 83,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & pharmacy coverage

Dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Health saving account (HSA)

Flexible spending account (FSA)

Life Insurance

Pet Insurance

Short term and Long term Disability

Accident & Critical illness coverage

Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection

Sick time

other types of paid leaves (as req. by

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

Innova Solutions Inc is hiring a Product Owner in Charlotte, NC, to align product strategy with AI-enabled delivery. You will work with data science and engineering to prioritize requirements, define epics, and ensure clear acceptance criteria while navigating ambiguity.

This onsite role requires strong Agile practices and experience in financial services or client onboarding to translate business problems into measurable product outcomes. Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in product ownership or management within financial services, client onboarding, or customer relationship systems.
• Experience delivering data-driven or AI-enabled products with engineering and data science teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to overcome ambiguity.
• Prior experience with Agile methodologies and full software development lifecycle.
• Working knowledge of core AI/ML concepts and communicating trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Align product strategy with execution and maintain the product roadmap for current and future delivery.
• Translate business problems into AI product epics and user stories with clear acceptance criteria.
• Partner with data science, data engineering, and software engineering to prioritize data requirements and integration needs.
• Define and track AI product performance metrics; drive continuous improvement through experimentation and monitoring.
• Manage system plans and artifacts, ensuring timely delivery against milestones.
• Ensure responsible AI practices are embedded in delivery in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Lead, coach, and develop a matrixed team toward the product vision.

Skills

Product ownership/management

AI-enabled product development

Agile methodologies

Data-driven decision making

Job description

A client of Innova Solutions is immediately hiring for a \"Product Owner\" Position type: Full-time Contract (W2) Role: Product Owner Duration: 6+ months Contract Location : Charlotte, NC (Onsite role)

Primary Skill Required for the Role:

• Proven experience in product ownership or management within financial services, client onboarding, or customer relationship systems
• Experience delivering data-driven or AI-enabled products in partnership with engineering and data science teams (for example: recommendations, decisioning, document intelligence, workflow automation, or generative AI assistants)
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to overcome ambiguity
• Prior experience with Agile methodologies and a robust understanding of the full software development lifecycle
• Proven experience in product ownership or management within financial services, client onboarding, or customer relationship systems
• Working knowledge of core AI/ML concepts (model training versus inference, features, drift, evaluation, and limitations) and ability to communicate trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders.

Details:

• Align product strategy with execution, maintaining the product roadmap and prioritizing the body of work for current and future delivery
• Translate business problems into AI product epics and user stories with clear acceptance criteria, measurable outcomes, and defined human-in-the-loop decision points where needed
• Partner with data science, data engineering, and software engineering to prioritize data requirements, model development work, integration needs, and technical enablers
• Define and track AI product performance and quality metrics; drive continuous improvement through experimentation (for example: A/B tests), feedback loops, and monitoring
• Manage system plans and artifacts, ensuring timely delivery against resource, stakeholder, timeline, and milestone requirements
• Ensure responsible AI practices are embedded in delivery (for example: transparency, fairness considerations, privacy/security requirements, and appropriate use controls) in collaboration with relevant stakeholders
• Lead, coach, and develop a matrixed team in pursuit of the product vision and team member growth
• Advise and collaborate with other product teams to maintain a unified product strategy and progression

This position is only open to applicants who can be engaged on a W-2 basis.

Pay and Benefits

Pay Range*: $60 - $65/- per hour

Benefits: Innova Solutions offers benefits( based on eligibility) that include the following:

• Medical & pharmacy coverage
• Dental/vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Health saving account (HSA)
• Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Life Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Short term and Long term Disability
• Accident & Critical illness coverage
• Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection
• Sick time
• other types of paid leaves (as required by law)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

About Innova Solutions

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.

Recent Recognitions:
Named One of America's Best Employers for New Grads by Forbes (2024
Named One of the Best Companies to Work for by U.S. News & World Report (Private Companies List, 2024-2025)
One of the Largest IT Staffing Firms in the US - Ranked #3 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024)
One of the Largest Staffing Firms in the US - Ranked #13 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024; includes Innova Solutions, Volt, & HireGenics)
Named One of the Top Ten Private Companies in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle (2023)
One of the Largest Certified Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) in the United States (NMSDC, 2024)
AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with 100+ certifications
Website: https://www.innovasolutions.com/

Innova Solutions offers a referral bonus for qualified Ambassadors who refer eligible referrals. Submit referrals at https://innovasolutions.workllama.com/atsuser/anonreferafriend and earn $250-$1,000 per referral.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Innova Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Innova Solutions is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates.

Innova Solutions (HireGenics/Volt) does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. § 1324b. The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

Please contact us at [email protected] or [phone] for any questions regarding reasonable accommodation needs. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Innova Solutions encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities.