Product Owner

Office of the Indiana Attorney General; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Office of the Indiana Attorney General is seeking a Product Owner to bridge business needs with the development team, shaping roadmaps and backlogs and translating objectives into deliverables. You will lead Agile ceremonies, manage requirements, and ensure alignment with strategic goals across Indiana.

You will coordinate user interviews, UAT, and stakeholder meetings, while maintaining clear communication of progress and outcomes to leadership, ensuring timely, high-quality delivery in a

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of product ownership or business analysis experience.
• Strong communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Solid understanding and application of product ownership best practices.
• Experience translating business objectives into actionable deliverables and maintaining roadmaps/backlogs.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary liaison between stakeholders and the development team.
• Define and maintain a product roadmap and backlog based on business objectives.
• Translate product vision into actionable tasks with cross-functional teams.
• Lead requirement gathering sessions, user interviews, and stakeholder meetings.
• Provide leadership in Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives).
• Track milestones, monitor risks, and ensure timely delivery.
• Coordinate UAT, documentation, and end-user training as required.
• Regularly communicate project status and outcomes to leadership.

Skills

Product ownership

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Prioritization

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Job description

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.

• 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

• 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