Technical Product Owner

Job Details:

Job Title: Technical Product Owner

Duration: Long-Term Contract

Location: Atlanta, GA || Hybrid

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Manage project scope, timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
• Coordinate Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospective meetings.
• Coach team members on Agile frameworks, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement.
• Facilitate effective internal communication and cross-functional collaboration.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for external communications with customers, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Partner with Product Owners to manage product backlogs, priorities, and new requests.
• Identify and remove blockers, resolve conflicts, and help teams implement changes effectively.
• Ensure sprint deliverables meet established quality standards.
• Guide development teams toward higher levels of Scrum and Agile maturity.
• Foster a productive environment where team members take ownership of the product and collaborate effectively.
• Drive product innovation and support end-to-end product launches.
• Collaborate with Digital Business partners and vendors to develop product roadmaps and drive products and features from concept through launch.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, including analytics, design/user experience, engineering, data, and user enablement.
• Translate data insights into products and capabilities that deliver actionable outcomes for customers.
• Continuously review business needs, refine priorities, define milestones and deliverables, and identify opportunities and risks within an Agile environment.
• Partner with stakeholders and customers across the organization to define product vision, strategy, features, and priorities.
• Partner with business teams to develop, own, maintain, and execute the product roadmap.
• Translate product roadmap initiatives into clearly defined product requirements, including features, user stories, technical requirements, and acceptance criteria.
• Prioritize and maintain sprint and product backlogs while balancing competing stakeholder, business, and technical requirements.
• Lead the product functional design process based on a strong understanding of users, business needs, and technology.
• Define and execute go-to-market plans and ensure Product Management, Marketing, Sales, and other stakeholders have the information and support needed for successful launches.
• Develop and maintain appropriate tracking, metrics, and reporting to monitor product performance after launch and support future investment decisions.
• Partner with Flight Operations stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve situational awareness, operational performance, and decision support.
• Collaborate with engineering, data, and analytics teams to deliver dashboards, tools, and operational capabilities.
• Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT), stakeholder communications, implementation readiness, and adoption activities to ensure successful product delivery.

Qualifications:

Top Must-Have Skills

• Skill                                                                                   -              Experience Level
• Product Ownership & Roadmap Management      -              Mid-Level (3–7 Years)
• Business & Technical Translation                              -              Mid-Level (3–7 Years)
• Agile Delivery Management                                       -              Senior (7+ Years)
• Flight Operations Domain Experience                     -              Mid-Level (3–7 Years)
• Stakeholder Engagement & Communication         -              Mid-Level (3–7 Years)

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, Business Analyst, or in a similar product-focused role.
• Proven experience owning and maintaining product roadmaps aligned with strategic business priorities.
• Strong experience gathering, analyzing, and translating business requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, functional requirements, and technical requirements.
• Demonstrated experience managing and prioritizing product and sprint backlogs to maximize business value and delivery efficiency.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, Scrum frameworks, and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes.
• Experience leading Agile delivery activities in fast-paced and highly visible environments.
• Experience working with Flight Operations stakeholders and understanding operational business needs.
• Ability to partner with engineering, data, analytics, design, and business teams to deliver technical products and operational capabilities.
• Experience leading User Acceptance Testing (UAT), product implementation, stakeholder communications, and user adoption activities.
• Proven ability to manage competing business and technical priorities.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive products from concept through launch and post-launch performance.