Product Owner

About the role

Steampunk is seeking a Product Owner to drive the development of well-architected solutions in a government consulting environment. In this role, you will collaborate with Technical and Solutions Architects, Developers, and stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable solutions, ensuring successful delivery and client satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Product Owner, ensuring the successful completion of team deliverables, maintaining quality oversight, and securing client acceptance.
• Navigate challenging client situations, providing technical and business guidance to client executives.
• Lead product and training rollouts for new users, enhancing application adoption and knowledge.
• Develop and deploy tools to streamline processes, improve efficiencies, and enhance key metrics.
• Facilitate discovery workshops to understand business needs, prioritize work, and guide solution development.
• Conduct trade-off analysis to anticipate client needs and recommend optimal solutions.
• Act as the primary liaison between government sponsors, business owners, and delivery teams.
• Monitor progress against the product roadmap to ensure project and program success.

Requirements

• Eligible to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration or a related field.
• 4+ years of experience working in an Agile environment.
• Experience collaborating with business and product owners to translate needs into actionable plans.
• Strong ability to document requirements in the form of roadmaps, release plans, epics, features, and user stories.
• Proficiency in Agile Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools; Jira preferred.
• Proven ability to build strong customer relationships and lead enterprise software deployments.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, and organizational abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with software development lifecycle methodologies.
• Understanding of DevSecOps concepts and practical implementation experience.
• Experience working with design systems and automated testing tools.
• Passion for building and fostering high-performing teams and driving the government mission forward.

About Steampunk

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology, we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. As an employee-owned company, we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers – and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth.

As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.