Product Owner

Benchmark Analytics; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly US-based

Unlimited PTO

Summer Half-Day Fridays

401(k)

Job summary

Benchmark Analytics is seeking a Product Owner who will take full ownership of a defined product surface within our platform—whether shared infrastructure, a new product built from scratch, a specialized law enforcement workflow, or a data-driven analytics experience.

You will work as a trio alongside a lead engineer and a junior engineer, using AI-augmented software development lifecycles to deliver at pace.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management or related ownership roles.
• Engineering-ready specs including user flows, data needs, and edge cases.
• Fluency with AI-assisted workflows and daily use of AI tools.

Responsibilities

• Own product surface end to end with full accountability for scope and priority.
• Produce engineering-ready specifications for all features.
• Decide roadmap items with clear justification and transparent communication.
• Maintain deep fluency with customers across law enforcement, admin, and data science teams.
• Conduct or coordinate user research to ground decisions in evidence.
• Collaborate closely with engineering as a trio to ensure feasibility.
• Own post-launch adoption, training, and feedback loops.
• Support enterprise sales with product and domain knowledge.
• Leverage AI tools across research, design, analysis, and documentation.

Skills

Product ownership

AI workflows

Requirements gathering

Agile collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

AI tools

Agile tools

Job description

The Role:

We are looking for a Product Owner who will take full ownership of a defined product surface within our platform — whether that is shared infrastructure, a new product being built from scratch, a specialized law enforcement workflow, or a data-driven analytics experience. You will work as a trio alongside a lead engineer and a junior engineer, using our AI-augmented software development lifecycle to deliver at a pace that traditionally required much larger teams. This is not a traditional product manager role: you own scope, priority, and delivery accountability in one seat, and you produce complete, engineering-ready specifications that your engineering pair can build from directly.

Responsibilities:

• Own your product surface end to end — deciding what gets built, when it ships, and how it serves your users or consuming teams, with full accountability for scope, priority, and quality

• Produce engineering-ready specifications for all features — complete user flows, visual designs, data requirements, edge cases, and acceptance criteria — using AI tools as a core part of your workflow; engineering builds from your specifications directly, without ambiguity about what the experience should be

• Make priority decisions and defend them — customer success, sales, and leadership will bring you requests; you decide which enter the roadmap and which don’t, with clear reasoning and transparent communication

• Maintain deep fluency with your customers — whether they are law enforcement practitioners, agency administrators, internal platform consumers, or data science teams — through direct engagement, user research, and ongoing relationship-building

• Conduct or commission user research as needed — interviews, usability testing, workflow observation, product analytics review — and engage internal subject matter experts to ground product decisions in direct evidence rather than assumptions

• Partner directly with your engineering pair as a trio; bring clarity on what to build and why while they bring clarity on how to build it and what is feasible

• Own post-launch adoption and feedback — evangelize new capabilities, train internal teams, track feature adoption, gather user feedback, maintain documentation, and iterate based on real-world usage rather than handing off after launch

• Support enterprise sales conversations with substantive product and domain knowledge when needed — not just feature lists, but the depth that builds customer confidence

• Leverage AI tools and technologies across all aspects of your work — research, specification, design, analysis, prototyping, and documentation

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional experience in product management, technical product management, engineering, design, or another role where you owned both the what and the how of a product or technical surface

• Demonstrated ability to produce engineering-ready specifications — not just PRDs or user stories, but complete specifications including visual designs, user flows, data requirements, and acceptance criteria that engineering can build from directly

• Fluency with AI-assisted workflows; you already use AI tools daily in your professional work and can demonstrate how they accelerate your output and raise the quality of your work

• Strong written and verbal communication; you write clearly enough that engineers can build from your documents and customers or stakeholders can understand your roadmap

• Experience working directly with engineering teams in an agile or continuous-delivery environment as a genuine partner, not just a requirements source

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills — you think in terms of evidence, tradeoffs, and measurable outcomes; you use data to frame problems, evaluate options, and build the case for decisions

• Ability to synthesize information from multiple sources — customer feedback, user research, internal expertise, data, competitive context — into clear product direction and actionable plans

• Comfort with ambiguity and incomplete information; you make decisions with the data available rather than waiting for certainty

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience working in a software development environment

• Intellectually curious self-starter who proactively identifies problems and opportunities without waiting to be asked

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with formal user research methods — interviews, usability testing, workflow observation, product analytics

• Experience in law enforcement, public safety, or govtech domains

• Experience with products that serve regulated industries or specialized professional audiences where domain credibility matters

• Strong visual and interaction design skills — the ability to design clear, effective information displays and workflows, not just describe them

• Technical fluency sufficient to participate in architecture conversations — you understand tradeoffs in data models, API design, and system integration

• Experience taking a product from zero to one, not just iterating on an established product

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred), modern web development stacks, and CI/CD practices

• Experience working in an early- to growth-stage startup environment

What We Offer:

• A competitive salary and benefits package.

• Unlimited Paid Time Off.

• Ability to work in a fully remote environment (must be based in the U.S. and willing to work in Central Time Zone).

• Summer Half-Day Fridays.

• Freed Up Fridays during Spring, Fall, and Winter months to promote productivity and dedicated heads-down work time.

• Medical, dental, and vision plan offerings along with 401(k).

• Employer-paid Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Life Insurance.

• Other Voluntary Benefits include additional Life Insurance, Spouse Life Insurance, and Accident Insurance.

• The satisfaction that comes with being part of a solution that has real impact in the world.

• A diverse workforce and inclusive environment that embraces unique contributions and experiences.

• An empowered culture that encourages creativity and professional growth.

Estimated Annual Salary Range:

• 100k-160k; based on role, experience, and location

Additional Information:

• Benchmark Analytics is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity of all kinds in our effort to create a stellar workforce of committed and passionate team members.

• Unfortunately, we are not able to sponsor employment visas at this time, so we can only accept applications from candidates who are authorized to work in the U.S.