Senior Product Owner
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Senior Product Owner responsible for backlog strategy and cross-functional delivery in government services. Engaging with clients and ensuring quality and predictability in product delivery.
Responsibilities:
- Own backlog strategy and prioritization for a major or complex product area, balancing customer needs, business goals, and technical constraints
- Lead a small-to-medium cross-functional team through discovery, planning, and delivery at the module level with minimal oversight
- Set the standard for high-quality epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria; establish backlog and Definition of Done practices for the team
- Serve as an escalation point for complex requirements, dependencies, and delivery risks
- Coach, mentor, and review the work of Associate Product Owners and Product Owners; share best practices and raise team craft
- Partner with engineering, architecture, and UX to sequence complex initiatives and resolve trade-offs
- Engage directly with government clients and stakeholders to validate direction and shape release plans
- Drive cross-functional initiatives and process improvements that increase delivery predictability and quality
- Define and monitor product health and delivery metrics; recommend changes based on evidence
- Represent the product area in internal reviews and, at times, to external customers
- Leverage AI productivity tools to scale backlog management and analysis across the team
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements:
- 6+ years in product ownership, product management, or business analysis, including complex or enterprise initiatives
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional delivery from discovery through adoption
- Deep Agile/SDLC proficiency; expert use of JIRA, Azure DevOps, and Figma; advanced AI productivity tools (Claude, ChatPRD, Copilot)
- Public sector / gov-tech domain experience strongly preferred (tax administration, short-term rental, revenue management, or payments)
- Strong grasp of technical components (APIs, Middleware, Services, SQL)
Benefits:
- Competitive benefits and compensation package



















