Technical Product Owner (O&G background w/SAFe Agile exp)

Aspen Technology, Inc.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

AspenTech is a global software leader delivering Oil & Gas, refining and supply chain solutions. As Technical Product Owner, you will guide development within a SAFe Agile Release Train, translating strategy into executable backlogs and driving value for customers.

You will work with Product Management, Engineering, Architecture, UX, and Services to define user stories, acceptance criteria, and ensure successful delivery, with opportunities for growth and cross-team collaboration.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in technical product ownership or enterprise software delivery.
• Experience as Product Owner in SAFe or similar Agile framework.
• Experience developing software for Oil & Gas, refining, or supply chain.
• Knowledge of refinery and supply chain workflows (planning, scheduling, optimization).

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize team backlog aligned to vision and PI objectives.
• Translate industry needs into features, user stories, acceptance criteria.
• Lead SAFe ceremonies: PI Planning, backlog refinement, iterations.
• Define story value, sequencing, acceptance criteria, ensure quality.
• Collaborate with Product Management and customers on workflows.
• Evaluate feasibility, technical trade-offs, integrations, dependencies with engineering.
• Ensure backlog readiness and support release planning.
• Represent customer perspective while balancing value, usability, quality.
• Support demos, release readiness, adoption, and issue prioritization.
• Use metrics to drive transparency and continuous improvement.

Skills

Product ownership

SAFe / Agile

Requirements gathering

Stakeholder management

Technical collaboration

Azure DevOps / Jira

Software architecture understanding

Oil & Gas domain knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering/Computer Science

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Cloud platforms

Job description

The Role

The driving force behind our success has always been our people. We foster a culture of engineering excellence, customer focus, continuous improvement, and collaboration across product management, engineering, architecture, quality, and delivery teams. Our teams build and evolve enterprise planning, scheduling, optimization, and supply chain solutions for refinery, petrochemical, and energy customers. You will work in an environment grounded in Agile, Lean, and SAFe principles with strong opportunities for professional growth and cross-team collaboration. We are seeking a Technical Product Owner to guide the development of Oil & Gas, refining, petrochemical, and supply chain software products. Working within a SAFe Agile Release Train (ART), you will translate product strategy, customer workflows, and business priorities into a clear, executable team backlog. The Product Owner will partner with Product Management, Engineering, Architecture, UX, Quality, Services, and customers to define user stories and acceptance criteria, prioritize value, manage dependencies, and validate delivered capabilities. Prior hands‑on software development or programming experience is a strong plus and will enable effective technical collaboration with development teams.

Your Impact

• Own, refine, and prioritize the team backlog in alignment with product vision, roadmap priorities, customer commitments, and PI objectives


• Translate refinery, petrochemical, and supply chain needs into features, user stories, acceptance criteria, and non-functional requirements


• Execute Product Owner responsibilities within the SAFe cadence, including PI Planning, backlog refinement, iteration planning, daily team collaboration, reviews, System Demos, and Inspect & Adapt


• Define story value, sequencing, and acceptance criteria; accept completed work based on agreed outcomes and quality expectations


• Collaborate with Product Management and customers to understand workflows across planning, scheduling, optimization, inventory, logistics, and distribution


• Partner with engineering and architecture to evaluate feasibility, technical trade‑offs, integrations, and dependencies


• Maintain backlog readiness for upcoming iterations and support feature decomposition, estimation, risk identification, and release planning


• Represent the customer and business perspective during development while balancing value, usability, quality, and technical sustainability


• Support product demonstrations, release readiness, customer validation, adoption, and issue prioritization


• Use delivery, flow, quality, and customer feedback metrics to drive transparency and continuous improvement

What You'll Need

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Computer Science, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Mathematics, Operations Research, or a related field


• 8+ years of relevant experience in technical product ownership, business analysis, product development, or enterprise software delivery


• Practical experience as a Product Owner in SAFe or a comparable Agile framework, including backlog ownership and execution through PI and iteration cadences


• Experience developing software products for Oil & Gas, refining, petrochemical, manufacturing, or supply chain operations


• Working knowledge of refinery and supply chain workflows such as planning, scheduling, optimization, inventory management, logistics, distribution, or demand planning


• Strong ability to convert business and customer needs into clear, testable user stories and acceptance criteria


• Technical aptitude to collaborate on software architecture, data models, APIs, integrations, cloud platforms, and non-functional requirements


• Experience using Agile lifecycle tools such as Azure DevOps (ADO), Jira, or similar


• Strong analytical, facilitation, stakeholder management, communication, writing, and presentation skills

Key Emphasis

Key Emphasis: Technical Product Ownership in SAFe. This role requires disciplined execution of the Product Owner responsibilities within the SAFe delivery cadence. Success depends on maintaining a ready and prioritized backlog, defining clear acceptance criteria, enabling fast team decisions, validating business value, and ensuring continuous alignment among Product Management, customers, and engineering.

Nice to Have

• Hands‑on programming or software development experience, preferably with C#/.NET, C++, SQL, APIs, or enterprise application platforms


• Knowledge of mathematical modeling, numerical methods, optimization, analytics, or decision‑support systems


• SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager or related Agile certification


• Experience with cloud‑based enterprise products, DevOps, CI/CD, or globally distributed development teams


• Experience working directly with refinery, petrochemical, energy, or supply chain customers

Company Culture

AspenTech is a global software leader helping industries meet the increasing demand for resources from a rapidly growing population in a profitable and sustainable manner. Our Digital Grid Management software suite, including AspenTech OSI products, helps power and utilities companies achieve superior real‑time control, optimization and management for exceptional performance of complex energy networks. If you're looking to make a difference every day and push the limits of performance, AspenTech is doing things no one else thought was possible. As a leading industrial software partner, we help companies all over the world run safer, greener, longer and faster. With over 3700 employees and more than 60 global locations, AspenTech is meeting today's sustainability and business challenges head‑on with unmatched expertise, cutting‑edge AI‑powered technology and a passion to innovate.

Equal Opportunity & Accessibility

AspenTech is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. AspenTech does not discriminate against employees or applicants on the basis of age, race, color, religion, creed, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or related conditions, marital status, familial status, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, citizenship, military service or protected Veteran Status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Reasonable Accommodation: We will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals who have a disability or sincere religious reasons to request accommodation, when necessary to enable the individual to participate in the job application or interview process. If you wish to request an accommodation, please contact us at [e-mail].

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