Product Owner

Swoon; Louisville (KY); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Swoon is seeking a Technical Product Owner III in Louisville, KY to support internal platforms, developer tooling, cloud infra, automation, and engineering productivity. This hybrid role requires local candidates and offers a 6-month contract with a pay rate of $50-$55 per hour.

You will own and prioritize the product backlog for internal technical products, translate needs into epics and stories, collaborate with Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Cloud, and Security, and track adoption and

Qualifications

• 1–2+ years of Product Management or Technical Product Owner experience.
• Approximately 3 years supporting technical products, engineering teams, or IT.
• Experience writing user stories, requirements, and acceptance criteria.
• Strong requirements gathering and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working closely with engineering teams.
• Familiarity with product metrics and measuring adoption or outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize the backlog for internal technical and platform products.
• Translate engineering and stakeholder needs into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Contribute to roadmaps across CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, observability, automation, and developer tooling.
• Partner with Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Solutions Architecture, Cloud, and Security teams.
• Gather feedback from internal teams to improve platform capabilities.
• Help drive self-service tooling and automation to reduce manual support.
• Track platform adoption, productivity, operational efficiency, and user satisfaction.
• Communicate priorities, roadmap decisions, and progress across technical stakeholders.

Skills

Product Management

Technical Product Owner

User stories

Stakeholder management

Engineering collaboration

Metrics adoption

Job description

Technical Product Owner III - Louisville, KY

We’re hiring a Technical Product Owner III to support a large enterprise technology organization focused on internal platforms, developer tooling, cloud infrastructure, automation, and engineering productivity.

Location: Louisville, KY

Schedule: Hybrid - onsite Tuesdays and Thursdays

Duration: 6-month contract

Pay: $50-$55/hr

Requirement: Candidates must be local to the Louisville area

What You’ll Do:

• Own and prioritize the product backlog for internal technical and platform products
• Translate engineering and stakeholder needs into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Contribute to roadmaps across CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, observability, automation, and developer tooling
• Partner closely with Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Solutions Architecture, Cloud, and Security teams
• Gather feedback from internal engineering teams and use it to improve platform capabilities
• Help drive adoption of self-service tools and automation that reduce manual support
• Track platform adoption, productivity, operational efficiency, and user satisfaction
• Communicate priorities, roadmap decisions, and progress across technical stakeholder groups

What We’re Looking For:

• 1-2+ years of Product Management or Technical Product Owner experience
• Approximately 3 years of experience supporting technical products, engineering teams, developers, or IT organizations
• Experience writing user stories, requirements, and acceptance criteria
• Strong requirements gathering and stakeholder management skills
• Experience working closely with engineering teams
• Familiarity with product metrics and measuring adoption or outcomes

Preferred Experience:

• Developer platforms or internal engineering tools
• CI/CD, DevOps, SRE, or cloud infrastructure
• Automation and self-service platforms
• Developer experience/productivity initiatives
• Systems integration or APIs
• Consumer-scale digital, retail, restaurant, or high-transaction environments
• Restaurant technology or point-of-sale systems

This is a strong opportunity for a Product Owner who enjoys working closely with engineering teams and improving the tools and platforms developers use every day.