Technical Product Owner

REI Systems•Sterling, VA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

REI Systems is seeking an experienced, technically proficient Technical Product Owner to support mission-critical IT modernization and application development initiatives for the FDA. The role bridges FDA business stakeholders, program leadership, solution architects, development teams, and quality assurance teams, translating complex business and technical requirements into scalable, secure, high-performing technology solutions. The Technical Product Owner works closely with software engineers and architects, manages product backlogs, considers technical dependencies, and drives delivery of complex federal IT solutions. The role ensures product capabilities align with FDA mission objectives, federal security requirements, technical architecture, and program priorities. Work is hybrid at REI Systems’ Sterling, Virginia headquarters, with flexibility for remote work under company policy. The candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a clearance.

Requirements

At least 7 years of experience in IT, software development, business systems analysis, technical product management, or a related technical role.
At least 4 years of experience as a Technical Product Owner, Product Owner, Technical Business Analyst, or in a similar role supporting enterprise application development.
Strong understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile/Scrum methodologies, and iterative software delivery.
Demonstrated experience managing technical product backlogs, defining user stories, and developing detailed acceptance criteria.
Strong understanding of enterprise application architecture, web applications, APIs, microservices, and system integrations.
Working knowledge of Java, .NET, Angular, or comparable enterprise application technologies.
Experience with relational databases such as SQL Server, Oracle, or PostgreSQL, including familiarity with SQL queries and data structures.
Experience supporting cloud-based applications.
Familiarity with REST APIs, JSON, XML, and API integration concepts.
Experience with Agile and requirements management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, or similar platforms.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.
Ability to obtain and maintain a clearance.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
Experience supporting cloud-based applications in AWS.

Responsibilities

Own, manage, and prioritize the product backlog in alignment with FDA business objectives, technical requirements, and program deliverables.
Collaborate with FDA stakeholders, business analysts, technical architects, developers, and QA teams to define product vision, requirements, and delivery priorities.
Translate business and technical requirements into epics, features, user stories, development tasks, and acceptance criteria.
Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and product demonstrations with Scrum Masters and Agile teams.
Make decisions about feature prioritization, technical dependencies, and product enhancements.
Validate completed deliverables against business and technical expectations, and support release planning, roadmap development, and incremental delivery.
Identify and manage risks, dependencies, blockers, and technical constraints affecting product delivery.
Work with architects and engineering teams to understand application architecture, integrations, dependencies, and implementation approaches.
Participate in technical design discussions, solution evaluations, and architecture reviews to ensure alignment with business needs.
Support cloud-based application modernization and identify opportunities to improve performance, scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
Address requirements related to legacy system modernization, including migration, integration, and data transformation.
Collaborate with DevOps teams on CI/CD pipelines, deployment dependencies, and release readiness.
Define and prioritize reusable APIs and common capabilities for multiple consuming applications and broader FDA adoption.
Manage requirements for service catalogs, application onboarding portals, and administrative workflows, including self-service requests, approvals, status tracking, and auditability.
Support API lifecycle management, versioning, backward compatibility, and migration of consuming applications.
Coordinate service onboarding and adoption, including integration requirements, documentation, access dependencies, and acceptance expectations.
Serve as the primary product-level liaison among business stakeholders, service owners, consuming application stakeholders, and application delivery teams.
Facilitate integration discovery sessions to confirm use cases, interface requirements, data needs, dependencies, and implementation responsibilities.
Coordinate with application, middleware, infrastructure, security, and platform teams to resolve integration gaps and delivery blockers.
Assess and communicate the effect of service and interface changes on consuming applications, including required updates and testing.
Align application teams on integration milestones, environment availability, onboarding prerequisites, and release readiness.
Communicate product decisions, scope, risks, dependencies, and delivery status to technical and nontechnical audiences.
Partner with QA and testing teams on test coverage and alignment with acceptance criteria.
Support functional, integration, regression, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT); review test scenarios and validate solutions against requirements.
Participate in defect triage, prioritization, and resolution discussions.
Ensure consideration of federal security, accessibility, and compliance requirements, including FISMA, NIST, Section 508, and FDA-specific standards.
Work with security and technical teams to incorporate data protection, access controls, and security considerations into product requirements.
Support documentation, audit readiness, and requirements traceability throughout the software development lifecycle.