FLEX Manager, Product Owner
On-siteBethesda, Maryland, United States
Job Summary
Own and prioritize the team backlog for a defined Unified Experience Layer product area, translating strategy into actionable epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria. Partner with Product Management, Engineering, Architecture, and stakeholders to refine requirements, validate feasibility, and drive backlog improvements using stakeholder feedback and operational insights. Lead Agile ceremonies including backlog refinement, sprint planning, PI Planning, and demos while making team-level product decisions on scope, sequencing, and trade-offs. Serve as the primary product point of contact for consumers and contributors, communicating priorities, risks, and delivery expectations clearly. Maintain a delivery-ready backlog with clear dependencies and environmental prerequisites, ensuring alignment with API-driven delivery standards and GraphQL concepts.
Required Qualifications
- 5 years' experience in product ownership, product management, business analysis, technology delivery, information technology application design/development, or a related technology discipline
- undergraduate degree or equivalent experience/certification
- Experience with API-driven product delivery, Agile/Scrum/SAFe methodologies, product development planning and execution, and tools including Jira, Confluence, and Postman
- Demonstrated ability to manage and refine product backlogs, epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, and Definition of Ready artifacts while partnering with Product Management, Engineering, Architecture, QA, Business Analysts, Scrum Masters, RTEs, and stakeholders in a matrixed environment
Desired Qualifications
- Working knowledge of GraphQL, developer-facing API capabilities, shared enterprise product capabilities, and consumer onboarding/adoption practices
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, communicate priorities, dependencies, risks, and trade-offs, and deliver results under complexity, ambiguity, and aggressive timelines
- Experience participating in PI Planning, backlog refinement, dependency management, release readiness, outcome/KPI reporting, and continuous improvement of product ownership practices
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