Product Owner II

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Product Owner II based in the United States.

As a Product Owner II, you will play a key role in shaping and delivering innovative SaaS products designed to modernize public sector workforce planning, compensation, and benefits management. You will work across a portfolio of workforce analytics solutions, translating product vision and customer needs into actionable product requirements and successful releases. Combining product ownership expertise with hands-on AI capabilities, you will use tools such as Claude and Claude Design to accelerate discovery, prototyping, UI/UX design, and documentation. Working closely with engineering teams in the United States and India, you will manage product backlogs, drive agile delivery, and ensure alignment across technical and business stakeholders. You will also engage directly with government customers to validate solutions and incorporate feedback into product decisions. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a growing GovTech organization where AI-driven innovation, customer focus, and disciplined product execution are central to success.

• Product Discovery & Prototyping: Translate product vision, business objectives, and customer needs into interactive prototypes and UI/UX concepts using Claude Design. Validate product direction with customers and internal stakeholders before development begins.
• Product Requirements Documentation: Create comprehensive Product Requirements Documents (PRDs), leveraging AI tools to accelerate research, drafting, analysis, and edge-case identification while ensuring the accuracy and completeness of all deliverables.
• Customer & Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate directly with public sector customers and internal teams, including Customer Success, Sales, and Professional Services, to gather requirements, validate proposed solutions, and ensure customer feedback informs product decisions.
• Backlog Management: Translate PRDs into well-defined epics and user stories with clear, measurable acceptance criteria. Maintain prioritized and continuously refined product backlogs in Jira across assigned product areas.
• Product Ownership & Decision-Making: Serve as the primary day-to-day product decision-maker for assigned engineering teams, clarifying requirements, resolving questions, managing scope, and reviewing deliverables against acceptance criteria and the Definition of Done.
• Agile Delivery Management: Facilitate sprint planning, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. Coordinate daily stand-ups and asynchronous communication in collaboration with engineering leadership.
• Testing & Release Coordination: Organize User Acceptance Testing (UAT), coordinate release readiness, and manage release communications with Engineering, Quality Assurance (QA), Support, and Customer Success teams.
• Roadmap & Project Coordination: Track initiatives, dependencies, and cross-functional activities in Asana while maintaining product roadmaps, ideas, and priorities in Aha!. Ensure stakeholders have clear visibility into delivery progress and upcoming commitments.
• Product Performance & Optimization: Define success metrics for new features, analyze product usage data following releases, and use insights to refine product priorities and identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Strategic Product Contribution: Collaborate with the Chief Product Officer and broader Product Management team to support product vision, strategy, roadmap development, and long-term portfolio objectives.
• AI-Enabled Product Practices: Develop and share reusable AI workflows, prompts, templates, and best practices that improve product team productivity, consistency, and delivery efficiency.
• AI Quality & Data Protection: Review AI-generated outputs for accuracy, accessibility, and security while ensuring customer and public agency information remains protected when using AI-powered tools.
• International Team Collaboration: Work effectively with engineering teams based in India through clear written documentation, proactive communication, and regular collaboration during overlapping working hours.
• Delivery Ownership: Take responsibility for product outcomes, ensuring initiatives progress from initial concepts through prototyping, requirements definition, development, testing, and production release.

Requirements:

• 3–5 years of professional experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or in a comparable product role within an Agile software development environment.
• Demonstrated experience independently managing product backlogs, prioritizing development activities, and delivering measurable product outcomes.
• Hands-on experience using AI tools such as Claude throughout the product development lifecycle, including prototyping, UI/UX design, PRD creation, and user story development.
• Ability to demonstrate concrete examples of AI-assisted product workflows and explain their impact on productivity, quality, or delivery outcomes.
• Proven experience transforming initial ideas and business requirements into comprehensive PRDs, refined backlogs, and sprint-ready development work.
• Strong proficiency in Jira for backlog management, user story creation, prioritization, and Agile delivery coordination.
• Familiarity with product roadmap and project management platforms, particularly Aha! and Asana.
• Demonstrated ability to break down complex or ambiguous business challenges into clearly defined, achievable development tasks.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and the full software development lifecycle, including discovery, requirements gathering, development, testing, and release management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts and product requirements to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience collaborating closely with engineering teams, including developers, QA specialists, and technical leadership.
• Flexibility to work with international and offshore engineering teams, particularly teams based in India, including occasional meetings outside standard US business hours.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, combined with excellent attention to detail and prioritization abilities.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent practical professional experience.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience managing or collaborating with offshore engineering teams, particularly teams operating from a centralized location such as India.
• Previous experience in GovTech or working directly with public sector organizations and government customers.
• Background in B2B SaaS, ideally within a high-growth technology organization.
• Domain knowledge in Human Resources (HR) technology, compensation management, workforce planning, labor budgeting, or data analytics solutions.
• Familiarity with UX principles, design systems, and user-centered product development.
• Experience with product analytics and customer engagement platforms such as Pendo.
• Strong interest in developing scalable AI-enabled workflows and improving product management practices through emerging technologies.

Benefits:

• Competitive Compensation: Annual salary ranging from $105,000 to $125,000, depending on qualifications and experience.
• Remote Work: Fully remote position based in the United States.
• Equity Participation: Opportunity to receive stock options and participate in the company's long-term growth.
• Health & Welfare Coverage: Access to comprehensive health and welfare benefit plans.
• Life & Disability Insurance: Additional coverage to support employees and their families.
• Retirement Savings: Access to a company-sponsored retirement plan.
• Flexible Paid Time Off: Unlimited flexible paid time off to support personal commitments and work-life balance.
• Birthday Leave: Enjoy an additional day off on your birthday.
• Professional Development: Opportunities to expand expertise in product management, AI-powered workflows, SaaS technologies, and public sector innovation.
• Collaborative Environment: Work alongside international engineering and product teams in a fast-paced, supportive, and innovation-driven culture.
• Career Growth: Opportunity to take ownership of strategic product areas and contribute directly to product vision and roadmap development.