Volunteer Technical Product Owner (Civic Tech Domain Integration & Delivery) — AI Apps for Human Communication

About the role

Crossing Party Lines (CPL) provides opportunities, training, and support for civil, respectful discourse between Americans with dissimilar ideologies. Our primary offering is the CPL meetup regularly scheduled, facilitated meetings to which all are welcome. At our meetups, attendees discuss current hot topics while facilitators focus the meetings to teach and model skills and create a safe space for members to be heard by and listened to by people with different political views, express views without negative repercussions, learn from one another through active listening, develop curiosity about perspectives that may be new and unfamiliar to them, find connection with members who espouse different views, and develop skills required for civil, respectful discourse. In 2016, two groups named "Crossing Party Lines" started independently of one another on opposite ends of the country, only a few months apart. They joined forces to bring civil, respectful conversation to the rest of the country. Crossing Party Lines is seeking an organized, decisive Technical Product Owner with Civic Tech Experience to join our Apps and Agents team. In this role, you will hold complete operational and feature ownership of our digital products. You will serve as the crucial hub connecting our depolarization subject‑matter experts with our AI and software engineers—extracting qualitative human insights, structuring actionable specifications, and driving product execution from concept to release. About The Apps And Agents Team: Our team blends generative AI agents, simulation environments, and multi‑agent workflows with Crossing Party Lines’ proprietary intellectual property—including cognitive depolarization models, active listening frameworks, and perspective‑taking methodologies. As we prepare an application to Y Combinator and build out scalable tools for workplaces, schools, and communities, having strong product ownership ensures our theoretical frameworks are accurately and reliably built into working software.

Responsibilities

• Take complete ownership of product delivery across assigned applications, managing the product lifecycle from initial discovery through deployment.
• Lead deep‑dive requirements‑gathering sessions with conflict‑resolution facilitators, behavioral experts, and leadership to capture nuanced