The Senior Product Owner (specifically Technical Product Owner) will define product vision and priorities for a research-collaboration tooling initiative, translating business and research collaboration needs into clear technical requirements and an actionable roadmap. This position partners closely with DevSecOps engineering and platform leads to keep this initiative's roadmap aligned with broader platform priorities.
The ideal candidate is both product-ownership fluent and technically literate, with enough platform-level knowledge of source-control, technical authoring, and file-collaboration tools to evaluate feasibility, ask informed questions of technical SMEs, and make informed technology decisions grounded in what the underlying platforms can actually do.
Required Experience:
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience in product ownership, technical business analysis, or a related role, ideally in a platform, tooling, or developer-collaboration context.
• Proven track record defining product vision and translating business/stakeholder needs into technical specifications and user stories.
• Experience working directly with business analysts, senior leadership, and engineers or architects to validate feasibility and make technology decisions.
• Working knowledge of source-control/developer-collaboration platforms (e.g., GitHub), technical authoring and research-collaboration platforms (e.g., Overleaf), and file collaboration/ research-sharing platforms.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; proven ability to translate between technical and non-technical audiences.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor) preferred.
• Ability to manage competing priorities across multiple stakeholders.
Preferred
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO), SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (POPM), or equivalent.
• Experience supporting a research-collaboration, academic-partnership, or external stakeholder engagement effort.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery practices (Scrum/Kanban).
• Federal government experience.
• Experience in a DevSecOps or platform engineering environment.
