Product Owner

UNAVAILABLE; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Steampunk is seeking a Product Owner in McLean, VA to drive the development of well-architected solutions in a government consulting environment. You will collaborate with Technical and Solutions Architects, Developers, and stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable plans, maintain the backlog, and ensure successful delivery and client satisfaction.

This role demands strong communication, leadership, and a proven track record delivering enterprise software in complex,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, business administration, or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience in an Agile environment.
• Experience translating business needs into actionable plans with business and product owners.
• Document requirements as roadmaps, releases, epics, features, and user stories.
• Proficiency with ALM tools; Jira preferred.
• Strong customer relationship building and leading enterprise software deployments.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, and organizational abilities.

Responsibilities

• Own product backlog and ensure delivery quality.
• Guide solution development with business and clients.
• Lead product training and rollout for new users.
• Develop tools to streamline processes and metrics.
• Facilitate discovery workshops to understand needs.
• Conduct trade-off analyses to optimize solutions.
• Serve as liaison between government sponsors, owners, and delivery teams.
• Monitor roadmap progress to ensure program success.

Skills

Agile methods

Jira

Stakeholder management

Requirements documentation

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field

Tools

ALM tools

Jira

Job description

Overview

Steampunk is seeking a Product Owner to drive the development of well-architected solutions in a government consulting environment. In this role, you will collaborate with Technical and Solutions Architects, Developers, and stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable solutions, ensuring successful delivery and client satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Product Owner, ensuring the successful completion of team deliverables, maintaining quality oversight, and securing client acceptance.
• Navigate challenging client situations, providingtechnical and business guidanceto client executives.
• Lead product and training rollouts for new users, enhancing application adoption and knowledge.
• Develop and deploy tools tostreamline processes, improve efficiencies, and enhance key metrics.
• Facilitatediscovery workshopsto understand business needs, prioritize work, and guide solution development.
• Conduct trade-off analysis to anticipate client needs andrecommend optimal solutions.
• Act as theprimary liaisonbetween government sponsors, business owners, and delivery teams.
• Monitor progress against theproduct roadmapto ensure project and program success.

Qualifications

• Eligible to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degreein Information Technology, Business Administration or a related field.
• 4+ years of experienceworking in an Agile environment.
• Experience collaborating with business and product owners to translate needs into actionable plans.
• Strong ability to document requirements in the form ofroadmaps, release plans, epics, features, and user stories.
• Proficiency in Agile Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools;Jira preferred.
• Proven ability tobuild strong customer relationshipsand lead enterprise software deployments.
• Excellentcommunication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Stronginterpersonal, analytical, and organizationalabilities.

Preferred:

• Experience withsoftware development lifecycle methodologies.
• Understanding ofDevSecOpsconcepts and practical implementation experience.
• Experience working withdesign systems and automated testing tools.
• Passion for building and fosteringhigh-performing teamsanddriving the government mission forward.