Product Owner

Job Title: Product Owner (PO)

Location: Littleton, CO (4 days onsite/1 day remote)

Contract: 6-18months (rolling contract possibility of extension or conversion to FTE) (W2 w/ benefits)

Pay: $60-$70/hr

Summary:

The PO champions the customer and business stakeholders, aligning technical teams with objectives within an agile AI delivery squad. They define business needs, prioritize the product backlog, and manage the AI initiative pipeline, emphasizing collaborative, paired development. The PO optimizes squad capacity for maximum value delivery.

Responsibilities:

Define business needs via stakeholder collaboration, articulating AI solution requirements.

Prioritize the product backlog based on value, goals, and capacity, focusing on paired data scientist/engineer initiatives.

Manage the AI initiative pipeline, balancing long-term goals with immediate needs, promoting early production integration.

Write and accept Epics as the primary value unit of decomposed value.

Collaborate with the team on User Story creation.

Communicate the product vision and roadmap, emphasizing paired programming's impact on faster deployment.

Monitor product performance, driving improvements via data insights, focusing on deployment speed and maintainability.

Manage stakeholder expectations, balancing priorities with feasibility, advocating for collaborative development.

Monitor ROI, ensuring maximum value within budget, considering paired programming efficiencies.

Qualifications:

7 years in product management, focusing on data-driven/AI/ML solutions, ideally in agile.

Strong understanding of agile/scrum, including paired programming principles.

Proven ability to manage stakeholders and communicate effectively with technical and business teams.

Experience managing product backlogs and delivering value via prioritized, paired development.

Ability to make data-driven decisions and analyze performance metrics, including code quality/deployment efficiency.