Senior Product Owner #5476

Other Duties/ Responsibilities

• Contributing to policies.
• Consulting with other Senate teams (e.g., outside of TID, 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 at least 5 years of relevant work experience; Master's with 2-4 years of relevant work experience.

Required Special Skills/ Knowledge

• 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

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. 

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.
• Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to make strategic decisions and document best practices recommendations.
• PMI-ACP certification and/or other Agile Product Owner certification.

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.