Product Owner

American Ops; Montgomery (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)

Retirement Plan (401k)

Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)

Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)

Short Term & Long Term Disability

Job summary

American Ops is seeking a Product Owner to manage the operational backlog for assigned BMx systems in Montgomery, Alabama. This role involves collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure priorities align with mission requirements and operational workflows.

The ideal candidate will have a bachelor's degree, DoD Secret Clearance, and at least 7 years of enterprise application support experience. Preferred certifications include SAFe Product Owner and Scrum Product Owner.

Benefits include health care plans, retirement plans, and paid time off.

Qualifications

• Must possess DoD Secret Clearance.
• 7+ years enterprise application support experience.
• Functional expertise in maintenance/logistics/PMEL environments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage product backlog for assigned BMx systems.
• Coordinate backlog refinement and user story prioritization.
• Ensure backlog priorities align with operational mission requirements.

Skills

Agile backlog management

Requirements analysis

User story decomposition

Operational workflow analysis

Enterprise system sustainment

Functional mission support

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Serves as the operational and functional owner of the product backlog for assigned BMx systems or capability areas. The Product Owner works directly with Government stakeholders, Functional SMEs, Help Desk personnel, Scrum Masters, System Architects, and DevSecOps leadership to ensure backlog priorities align with operational mission requirements, maintenance workflows, PMEL operations, modernization objectives, cybersecurity requirements, and cloud migration activities.

The Product Owner is responsible for backlog refinement, user story prioritization, acceptance criteria development, technical debt prioritization, modernization sequencing coordination, and operational release alignment. This role continuously balances sustainment demands, emergent deficiencies, modernization initiatives, and operational priorities to ensure Agile teams focus on delivering the highest operational value without destabilizing mission-critical workflows.

The Product Owner also plays a central role in evaluating modernization candidates, validating operational impacts, prioritizing technical debt remediation, and coordinating release readiness activities affecting maintenance scheduling, calibration workflows, readiness reporting, and enterprise logistics operations.

Must posses DoD Secret Clearance

Technical Skills

• Agile backlog management
• Requirements analysis
• User story decomposition
• Operational workflow analysis
• Enterprise system sustainment
• Functional mission support

Certifications

Preferred:

• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager
• Scrum Product Owner

Education

• Bachelor’s degree.

Experience

• 7+ years enterprise application support experience.
• Functional expertise in maintenance/logistics/PMEL environments preferred.

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability