Senior Technical Product Owner

Apexon; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Apexon is seeking a Senior Technical Product Owner in Bethesda, MD, with a hybrid work model (2-3 days onsite). You will own product roadmaps, epics, and backlogs, translating business needs into precise requirements and acceptance criteria while coordinating with engineering, QA, and architecture to ensure end-to-end delivery.

You will drive sprint planning, manage risks, dependencies, and release readiness, and collaborate across distributed teams to optimize digital workflows and API

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Technical Product Ownership, Product Management, or related roles.
• Strong experience with product roadmaps, requirements gathering, and backlog management.
• Proven ability to write clear user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Understanding of backend integrations, APIs, and end-to-end digital product workflows.
• Experience collaborating with engineering and QA on testing, defects, and releases.

Responsibilities

• Own product requirements, roadmaps, epics, user stories, and backlog prioritization.
• Translate business needs into clear functional requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Partner with engineering, QA, architecture, and business stakeholders to drive end-to-end product delivery.
• Coordinate sprint planning, backlog refinement, testing, defect resolution, and release readiness.
• Track dependencies, risks, blockers, and delivery milestones.
• Drive collaboration across cross-functional and offshore teams.
• Support integrated digital workflows involving backend systems and APIs.

Skills

Roadmaps

Requirements gathering

Backlog management

User stories

APIs

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder management

Job description

Senior Technical Product Owner

Location: Bethesda, MD

Work Model: Hybrid - 2-3 days onsite per week

Are you an experienced Technical Product Owner who enjoys turning business needs into impactful digital experiences? We're looking for a Senior Technical Product Owner to drive the development and delivery of an enterprise self-service kiosk solution.

What You'll Do

• Own product requirements, roadmaps, epics, user stories, and backlog prioritization.
• Translate business needs into clear functional requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Partner with engineering, QA, architecture, and business stakeholders to drive end-to-end product delivery.
• Coordinate sprint planning, backlog refinement, testing, defect resolution, and release readiness.
• Track dependencies, risks, blockers, and delivery milestones.
• Drive collaboration across cross-functional and offshore teams.
• Support integrated digital workflows involving backend systems and APIs.

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years of experience in Technical Product Ownership, Product Management, or a related role.
• Strong experience with product roadmaps, requirements gathering, and backlog management.
• Proven ability to write clear user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Understanding of backend integrations, APIs, and end-to-end digital product workflows.
• Experience collaborating with engineering and QA teams on testing, defect management, and releases.Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and Agile/Scrum skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience with self-service kiosks, tablets, or check-in solutions.
• Exposure to payment processing or hospitality technology.
• Experience coordinating with distributed or offshore teams.