Product Owner- Fire and Mapping

Overwatch Imaging•Hood River, OR

7d•$110,000 - $130,000•Onsite

About The Position

Overwatch Imaging, founded in 2016 in Hood River, Oregon, specializes in AI-enabled Smart Sensors and Automated Sensor Operator (ASO) software for time-critical airborne imagery intelligence, with a primary focus on the wildfire market. The company's sensors are utilized by agencies worldwide to map fires overnight and deliver intelligence to incident command. The Product Owner – Fire & Mapping role reports to the Lead Product Owner and is responsible for leading a dedicated, cross-functional Fire & Mapping product team. The main objective is to expand the civil market through product development for wildfire, commercial services, and inspection, as well as product sustainment for existing customers. This role involves close collaboration with the Fire & Mapping Product Director, who sets the product vision and market strategy, while the Product Owner translates this into a backlog and delivery. The role has two primary goals: driving growth through product development by defining and delivering new features based on market and customer needs, and expanding into new market verticals like tactical fire response; and ensuring product reliability for existing customers by providing technical and functional support for their missions.

Requirements

3+ years as a Product Owner, Product Manager or Business Analyst.
Experience supporting customers on technical products while exploring and delivering new features.
Strong writing skills, especially user stories and acceptance criteria.
Experience with complex or hardware-enabled software.
A practical agile mindset and comfort with ambiguity.
Authorized to work on a permanent basis in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Wildfire, emergency management or fire agency experience
Airborne imaging, remote sensing or GIS background
Aviation or aerospace experience
Agile certification (CSPO, CSM, SAFe) and JIRA/Confluence

Responsibilities

Be the technical and functional product contact for existing fire customers, and work issues through with engineering and support.
Turn customer feedback and the Director's strategy into new features, including for tactical fire response.
Write epics, user stories and acceptance criteria in JIRA.
Own a prioritized backlog that balances fixes, customer needs and new features.
Run sprint ceremonies and keep delivery on track.
Plan releases in sync with the fire season and support release notes, training and documentation.