Product Owner

GRVTY • Sterling, VA

15d • $200,000 - $250,000

About The Position

GRVTY is seeking an experienced, self-starting, and driven Product Owner to maximize the value of software by translating operational needs into clear, actionable work for the development team. The role owns the product backlog, prioritizes work based on operational impact, and collaborates with government Systems Engineering Technical Assistance (SETA) personnel, the Operator community, UX designers, software developers, and other cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions aligned with mission strategy.

The Product Owner works with development teams to lead backlog grooming, increment and sprint planning, and capacity allocation for increment releases while ensuring compliance with system requirements. The position requires the aptitude to build a solid understanding of hardware integration components and the ability to independently turn vaguely defined tasks into high-quality artifacts.

The role also involves tracking sprint metrics and Operator feedback to guide backlog refinement and roadmap decisions, maintaining the prioritization of operational bugs and requests, defining feature acceptance criteria, and contributing to engineering, increment planning, change control, and release planning activities.

Requirements

• Secret clearance and ability to obtain TS/SCI.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Technical proficiency and familiarity with software development processes and tools, such as Agile methodologies, GitLab, and Command Prompt.
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced Agile environment.
• Experience maintaining sprints with software development tools such as Jira and Confluence.
• Ability to independently deliver high-quality artifacts from vaguely defined tasks.

Nice To Haves

• Applicable experience across cloud development and production environments, such as Department of Air Force CloudWorks or Platform One.
• Previous Electronic Warfare experience.
• Certified Scrum Product Owner or similar Agile certification.
• Technical background or ability to work closely with engineering on architectural discussions.
• Experience using data and analytics to drive sprint and increment decisions.
• Familiarity with UX/UI principles and user-centered design.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate daily with the Integrated Product Team Software Lead, Architect, Development Scrum Team, Systems Engineering Team, Integration and Test Team, Scrum Masters, and other Product Owners to proactively create increment and sprint work.
• Evaluate business needs and translate them into practical technology solutions that improve efficiency, capability, or user experience.
• Assess existing solutions, identify limitations or improvement opportunities, and implement changes that provide sustainable value.
• Track lessons learned for use in future increment and sprint planning and retrospectives.
• Monitor sprint metrics, including capacity versus load, velocity, and burndown, and provide timely input to the monthly Program Management Review package.
• Analyze development performance and Operator feedback to inform backlog refinement and roadmap decisions.
• Manage and maintain prioritization of operational-community bugs and requests in the backlog.
• Understand Operator needs and translate them into workable sprint items for the Software Development Team.
• Ensure each feature has well-defined acceptance criteria, meets operational mission objectives, and yields working software at the end of each sprint.
• Present and contribute at the Engineering Review Board and Increment Planning Sessions, and provide updates as needed at the Change Control Board.
• Work with team members to create end-of-increment and release-planning artifacts.
• Lead backlog grooming sessions, increment and sprint planning, and capacity allocation for increment releases.
• Develop a solid understanding of hardware integration components.

Benefits

• Robust health plan, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Health Savings Account with company contribution.
• Annual paid time off and paid holidays.
• Paid parental leave.
• 401(k) with generous company match.
• Training and development opportunities.
• Award programs.
• Company-sponsored events.
• Comprehensive benefits supporting healthcare, financial wellness, retirement planning, family assistance, continued education, and paid time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed