Senior Product Owner #5481

Summary The Senate Sergeant at Arms is seeking a Senior Product Owner. The complete vacancy announcement and application can be found on the United States Senate Career Page at https://sen.gov/1VNZQ. This vacancy announcement closes at 7pm EST on the closing date. Late applications will not be accepted. Duties Responsible for optimizing product value, coordinating with internal Senate stakeholders, facilitating Advisory Groups, and defining and communicating the product goals. Performs business analysis to assess current processes and identify automation opportunities through technology for each user type, including defining business cases, gathering stakeholder input, modeling requirements, and validating solutions, while helping customers develop improved business processes that address their collective needs. Manages and prioritizes the product backlog according to customer value, writes user stories and acceptance criteria based on business requirements, sets development priorities, provides guidance during the process, conducts feature testing, involves customers for feedback, documents issues, and collaborates with the technical teams to resolve them. Maintains relationships across Senate offices to support the establishment of customer Advisory Groups and technical team for each software project; Partners with representative offices to understand their business needs relating to the software. Collaborates closely with the Advisory Group to determine the scope of an application and the priorities of features in each release by continuously discovering features and prioritizing them against what is built. Acts as the liaison between the development team and customers for each software project to ensure there is a clear understanding of what features are needed in the product or application and their impact. Conducts demos and outreach to Senate offices to promote the software, ensuring frequent and timely feedback for improvement, while collaborating across the Senate to create engaging, accurate, and comprehensive demonstration materials that effectively highlight key features for diverse audiences. Builds and maintains product roadmaps to facilitate and ensure outcomes, product and project success, and product adoption by intended users. Requirements Conditions of employment For conditions of employment and citizenship requirements, please visit the job announcement on the United States Senate Career Page at https://sen.gov/YO0NL. Qualifications Other Duties/ Responsibilities Contributing to policies. Consulting with other Senate teams (e.g., outside of ES, Secretary’s office) and contractors on design, development, testing standards. Required Work Experience GED with at least 10 years of relevant work experience; Bachelor's with at least 5 years of relevant work experience; Master's with 2-4 years of relevant work experience. Required Special Skills/ Knowledge As part of our hiring process, we may conduct a skills assessment to better understand an applicant’s proficiency in key areas relevant to the role.  Ability to apply and explain software engineering principles and technology solutions and their opportunities and limitations. Ability to select and apply various business analysis techniques to understand customer problems and ways they can be modified. Ability and experience in agile development facilitation, negotiation, or similar. Ability and experience in agile development or Product Owner coaching, mentoring, or similar. Proven, highly skilled facilitator of small groups to reach agreement, e.g., negotiating, key performance indicators (KPI) establishment, coaching, mentoring. Knowledge of technical trends and emerging technologies. Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing. Ability to work as part of multiple project teams at the same time. Desired Qualifications Knowledge of Agile principles (e.g., Scrum, Kanban) and experience with Agile projects. Experience in Senate and/or Legislative environment. Experience writing technical documentation for developers. Experience leading complex projects with various high-level stakeholders. Ability to make strategic decisions and document best practices recommendations. PMI-ACP certification and/or other Agile Product Owner certification. Working Conditions Work requires occasional walking, standing, bending, and safely carrying items less than 25 pounds. Work requires extended periods of confined sitting and hand-eye coordination working with computers. May occasionally require work outside regular business hours to resolve problems or handle incidents. Security Clearance This position requires that the applicant obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Government security clearance. Applicants must be U.S. citizens in order for the SAA to submit your application for a security clearance. Education High School Diploma, GED. Additional information The Sergeant at Arms is an equal opportunity employer in accordance with the requirements of Senate rules, regulations, and applicable Federal Laws. This agency provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the agency. Decisions to grant reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Please email [email protected] with “Applicant Accommodation” in the subject line. No moving, relocation or pre-employment travel expenses will be paid for this position, or while in application for this position. Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution. Benefits A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits. Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.