Strategic Technical Product Owner: Cross-Functional Impact

United Network For Organ Sharing; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

United Network For Organ Sharing is seeking a Technical Product Owner to bridge business and technical stakeholders, guiding initiatives from discovery to release. You will translate complex needs into actionable requirements, develop artifacts, and drive alignment across product, engineering, UI/UX, QA, and operations.

You will lead backlog refinement, define epics and user stories, and support release planning and post-release validation, leveraging Azure DevOps and SQL to inform decisions.

Qualifications

• Advanced requirements analysis and product discovery skills.
• Knowledge of APIs, integrations, system workflows, and application architecture concepts.
• Strong analytical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making abilities; translate insights into actionable recommendations.
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery practices and software development lifecycle processes.
• Proficiency with Azure DevOps (ADO) for managing backlogs, tracing work items, and supporting sprint execution.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, data analysis tools, and SQL query review.
• Familiarity with human-centered design.

Responsibilities

• Bridge business and technical stakeholders to deliver initiatives from discovery through release.
• Lead requirements elicitation, analysis, and solution definition for complex initiatives.
• Aggregate data from multiple sources to support decision making and problem solving.
• Design solutions using established workflows, processes, and system integrations.
• Develop product artifacts including epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Drive stakeholder alignment and support backlog refinement, planning, and validation.
• Participate in Scrum ceremonies and roadmap discussions.

Skills

Requirements analysis

Product discovery

APIs & integrations

System workflows

Architecture concepts

Analytical thinking

Decision making

Agile delivery

SDLC

Azure DevOps

Backlog management

SQL queries

Human-centered design

Stakeholder influence

Education

Four-year degree in IT/CS/business

CSPO or SAFe Product Owner/Manager preferred

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

United Network For Organ Sharing is seeking a Technical Product Owner to bridge business and technical stakeholders, guiding initiatives from discovery to release. You will translate complex needs into actionable requirements, develop artifacts, and drive alignment across product, engineering, UI/UX, QA, and operations.

You will lead backlog refinement, define epics and user stories, and support release planning and post-release validation, leveraging Azure DevOps and SQL to inform decisions.