Technical Product Owner 3 (Cloud)

United Launch Alliance•Centennial, CO

1d•$113,122 - $188,537

About The Position

At United Launch Alliance (ULA), the Technical Product Owner 3 (Cloud) translates program-level features and priorities into actionable, well-defined stories for an engineering team within the Software Engineering organization. The role supports delivery excellence, technical alignment, and stakeholder satisfaction, working at the intersection of business needs and technical execution in close collaboration with Tech Leads, Solution Architects, Product Managers, and end users. The role owns the team-level backlog and aligns it with program priorities and strategic objectives. It leads sprint planning, delivery, and roadmap execution; coordinates dependencies and stakeholder priorities; accepts completed work against acceptance criteria; and escalates scope or priority conflicts. The Technical Product Owner also supports continuous improvement, onboarding, enablement, and cross-team coordination for migration, modernization, and operational support initiatives. The position is based in Denver, Colorado, with relocation potentially available and no or infrequent travel. ULA lists a salary range of $113,122 to $188,537 for Denver. Eligible employees may receive a discretionary annual bonus. This position requires applicants to be U.S. Persons under ITAR.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a STEM field from an accredited college or university.
At least 4 years of related work experience.
Strong backlog management and story-writing discipline, with comfort operating at execution-level detail.
Technical fluency to engage substantively with Tech Leads and Solution Architects about feasibility and tradeoffs.
Clear communication skills and ability to translate between business stakeholders and delivery teams.
Experience serving as a team-level Product Owner in a Scrum or SAFe team.
Demonstrated ability to lead team delivery, coordinate dependencies, and manage stakeholder priorities.
Consistent, high-quality work; dependable and proactive.
Ability to use metrics such as burn-up/down and planned versus unplanned work to improve predictability and delivery quality.
Applicants must be U.S. Persons as defined by ITAR.

Nice To Haves

Capability to work with architects to define medium- and long-term technical roadmaps and convert them into actionable backlog updates.
Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS/EKS), CI/CD pipelines, Software Configuration Management (SCM), and DevSecOps practices.
Familiarity with migration leadership, build discipline, and operational support excellence.
Exposure to configuration management, version control, and automation tools such as GitLab, Bamboo, SonarQube, and JFrog.
Ability to drive continuous improvement, mentor peers, and propose scalable solutions.
Hands-on experience leading vision across stakeholders and workflows.
Experience owning and evolving complex business logic and domain features, with system-level thinking and proactive risk identification.
Experience leading cloud migration or transition activities, Cloud Operations, and support of cloud-based systems in a mission-critical environment.
Experience driving LLM Ops or AI adoption, governance, cost control, and feature intake processes involving Solution Architecture integration.
Experience supporting AWS/EKS modernization, including optimization, observability, and team enablement for cloud-native workloads.
Ability to define and operationalize cloud on-call readiness, runbooks, process definitions, and shared responsibility models with IT Cloud Ops.

Responsibilities

Own and maintain the team-level backlog, aligning it with Program Backlog priorities and strategic objectives.
Write and refine epics and user stories with clear acceptance criteria and definition of done, collaborating with Tech Leads on feasibility and sequencing.
Represent customer and business needs in day-to-day team decisions and Agile ceremonies.
Lead sprint planning, delivery, and roadmap execution; coordinate dependencies and manage stakeholder priorities.
Accept completed work against acceptance criteria, escalate scope or priority conflicts, and produce reporting for assigned areas.
Develop and maintain RAID logs, support continuous improvement, and drive measurable outcomes across delivery scope.
Facilitate onboarding, enablement, and upskilling for new team members and roles.
Lead cross-team coordination for migration, modernization, and operational support initiatives, such as GitLab migrations, cloud operations readiness, and build pipeline reliability.