Apogee is seeking a PIR Enterprise Platform Product Owner to support the mission of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, OH. In this senior-level position, you'll provide product ownership for GSPO (O&M), focusing on the PIR Enterprise Platform and associated applications. You'll serve as the primary interface between government sponsors, users, and technical development teams, managing the product backlog and ensuring the delivery of mission-relevant capabilities that directly support critical intelligence operations.

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Maintain, groom, and prioritize product backlogs for the PIR Enterprise Platform and associated applications
Decompose roadmap objectives into refined user stories with clear acceptance criteria
Ensure the backlog consistently contains at least two sprints' worth of actionable, prioritized work
Act as primary interface between sponsors, users, functional leads, and development teams
Attend Agile ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives) and communicate user feedback
Facilitate user demos after deployment of key features and triage critical user-submitted bug and enhancement requests
Ensure product backlogs for PIR Enterprise Platform and its associated applications are maintained, groomed, and prioritized
Decompose high-level program roadmap objectives into refined user stories with clear acceptance criteria
Ensure the backlog contains at least two sprints worth of actionable, prioritized work at all times
Maintain backlog hygiene and remove outdated or irrelevant items
Continuously refine and update user stories based on evolving requirements and stakeholder feedback
Prioritize backlog items based on mission value, user needs, technical dependencies, and strategic objectives
Act as the primary interface between government sponsors, operational users, functional leads, and technical development teams
Reconcile competing user requests to propose a unified platform vision for Government approval
Balance diverse stakeholder priorities and negotiate trade-offs between competing needs
Translate operational requirements into actionable technical requirements for development teams
Ensure all stakeholder perspectives are considered in product planning and prioritization decisions
Build consensus among stakeholders with different priorities and perspectives
Attend stakeholder synchronization meetings, as required
Coordinate regular engagement with user communities to gather requirements and feedback
Facilitate user demos within two weeks after deployment of key features, provided the development environment and software releases are stable and available
Plan and schedule user demonstrations in coordination with development teams
Prepare demonstration scripts and materials highlighting new capabilities
Gather user feedback during demonstrations and document enhancement requests
Ensure users understand new features and how to leverage them effectively
Attend Agile ceremonies (sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives)
Communicate user feedback to answer developer's technical questions during Agile ceremonies
Provide product vision and direction during sprint planning sessions
Clarify requirements and acceptance criteria during development
Review completed work during sprint reviews and provide acceptance decisions
Participate in retrospectives to identify process improvements
Respond to and triage critical, user-submitted bug/enhancement requests within 24 hours in the government designated JIRA with a preliminary priority score
Evaluate urgency, mission impact, and severity of user-reported issues
Assign preliminary priority scores based on operational impact
Coordinate with development teams on resolution timelines
Track issues through resolution and verify user satisfaction
Translate operational, security, and cloud optimization needs into technical backlogs
Understand operational workflows and identify opportunities for improvement
Capture security requirements and ensure they are appropriately prioritized
Identify cloud optimization opportunities to improve performance and reduce costs

Minimum Experience:

Citizenship: Must be a US citizen
Clearance: Eligible for TS/SCI; able to obtain and maintain required clearances.

Certifications: Agile certification (e.g., Scrum Master or Product Owner) preferred but not required.

Education: Master’s degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.

Years of Experience:

Minimum of 10 years of experience in product management, project management, or systems integration roles.
An additional 8 years of relevant experience may be substituted for the Master’s degree; or 4 additional years plus a Bachelor’s degree.
Understanding of cloud-native architectures, microservices, containerization, and DevSecOps pipelines.
Experience with Agile methodologies and tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence).
Strong backlog management, prioritization, and stakeholder engagement skills.
Ability to translate operational needs into well-formed user stories.

Location:Wright Patterson AFB Dayton, OH
On-site/Hybrid/Remote: On-site
Travel: Occasional

Apogee Engineering, LLC

PIR Enterprise Platform Product Owner

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