Senior Principal Product Owner Cloud & Observability

Location: Washington, DC (Hybrid)
Client: Randstad Major Industry Leader
Role: Senior Principal Product Owner Cloud & Observability
Focus: Cloud, Observability, CloudOps & Disaster Recovery

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Product Owner to drive platform strategy and delivery across Cloud, Observability, Disaster Recovery (DR), and CloudOps. The ideal candidate will champion a Platform as a Product approach, align business and technical teams, and drive enterprise platform adoption, resiliency, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and execute product vision, strategy, and roadmaps for cloud and observability platforms.

• Own, prioritize, and manage product backlogs aligned with business value and enterprise goals.

• Translate business requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria.

• Collaborate with CloudOps, enterprise architecture, engineering, and business stakeholders.

• Drive integration across cloud services, observability, and disaster recovery.

• Establish KPIs to measure platform adoption, value delivery, and operational efficiency.

• Support Agile product delivery using the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe).

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of experience as an Agile Product Owner or Product Manager in a large enterprise environment.

• Experience with Cloud, CloudOps, and enterprise platform services.

• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, observability, disaster recovery, and ITSM.

• Hands-on experience with Jira Software, Confluence, FigJam, and Jira Align.

• SAFe 6.0 POPM certification required, or equivalent 3+ years of large-scale Scaled Agile experience.

• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, analytical, and communication skills.

• Bachelor s degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.

Preferred:

• ITIL certification.

• Experience driving enterprise platform roadmaps and product-centric delivery models.