Product Owner

Indiana Attorney General; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The Indiana Attorney General's Information Technology department seeks a Product Owner to bridge stakeholders and the development team, shaping the product roadmap and backlog, translating business objectives into deliverables, and guiding Agile teams through all phases.

You will coordinate requirement gathering, acceptance testing, and release readiness while reporting progress to leadership to ensure timely, high-quality delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience in product ownership or business analysis.
• Solid understanding of product ownership best practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary liaison between stakeholders and development team.
• Define and maintain product roadmap and backlog based on objectives.
• Translate vision into actionable tasks with cross-functional teams.
• Lead requirement sessions, interviews, and stakeholder meetings.
• Oversee Agile ceremonies: sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives.
• Track milestones, monitor risks, and ensure timely delivery.
• Coordinate UAT, documentation, and end-user training when needed.
• Report progress and outcomes to leadership regularly.

Skills

Product ownership

Agile / Scrum

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Requirements gathering

Jira / Confluence

Azure DevOps

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Job description

Posting number: 202500309

Department: Information Technology

Division: Information Technology

Job classification: Senior Systems Analyst

Posting type: Open

Categories: IT and Computers

Summary

The Product Owner serves as the principal liaison between organizational stakeholders and the development team, ensuring that product initiatives are clearly defined, strategically aligned, and effectively executed. This role is responsible for establishing and maintaining the product roadmap and backlog, translating business objectives into actionable deliverables, and guiding cross-functional teams through all phases of Agile execution. The Product Owner oversees requirement gathering, milestone tracking, risk monitoring, and user acceptance activities while consistently communicating progress and outcomes to leadership to support timely, high-quality delivery.

Examples of duties

• Act as the primary point of contact between stakeholders and the development team
• Define and maintain a product roadmap and backlog based on business objectives
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to translate product vision into actionable tasks
• Conduct requirement gathering sessions, user interviews, and stakeholder meetings
• Lead all Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives
• Track project milestones, monitor risks, and ensure timely delivery
• Own UAT coordination, documentation, and end-user training as required
• Regularly communicate project status, deliverables, and outcomes to leadership

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of relevant experience in product/project ownership or business analysis strongly preferred
• A solid understanding and application of product ownership best practices
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to collaborate across business and technology teams
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, or similar project management methodologies
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• Experience using tools like Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar
• Proven ability to manage priorities across multiple workstreams