Technical Product Owner

Technical Product Owner Contract/ Contract to Hire Atlanta, GA

Manage project scope, timelines, milestones, and deliverables.

Coordinate Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospective meetings.

Coach team members on Agile frameworks, Scrum practices, and continuous improvement.

Facilitate effective internal communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Serve as the primary point of contact for external communications with customers, vendors, and stakeholders.

Partner with Product Owners to manage product backlogs, priorities, and new requests.

Identify and remove blockers, resolve conflicts, and help teams implement changes effectively.

Ensure sprint deliverables meet established quality standards.

Guide development teams toward higher levels of Scrum and Agile maturity.

Foster a productive environment where team members take ownership of the product and collaborate effectively.

Drive product innovation and support end-to-end product launches.

Collaborate with Digital Business partners and vendors to develop product roadmaps and drive products and features from concept through launch.

Work closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, including analytics, design/user experience, engineering, data, and user enablement.

Translate data insights into products and capabilities that deliver actionable outcomes for customers.

Continuously review business needs, refine priorities, define milestones and deliverables, and identify opportunities and risks within an Agile environment.

Partner with stakeholders and customers across the organization to define product vision, strategy, features, and priorities.

Partner with business teams to develop, own, maintain, and execute the product roadmap.

Translate product roadmap initiatives into clearly defined product requirements, including features, user stories, technical requirements, and acceptance criteria.

Prioritize and maintain sprint and product backlogs while balancing competing stakeholder, business, and technical requirements.

Lead the product functional design process based on a strong understanding of users, business needs, and technology.

Define and execute go-to-market plans and ensure Product Management, Marketing, Sales, and other stakeholders have the information and support needed for successful launches.

Develop and maintain appropriate tracking, metrics, and reporting to monitor product performance after launch and support future investment decisions.

Partner with Flight Operations stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve situational awareness, operational performance, and decision support.

Collaborate with engineering, data, and analytics teams to deliver dashboards, tools, and operational capabilities.

Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT), stakeholder communications, implementation readiness, and adoption activities to ensure successful product delivery.

Top Must-Have Skills

Skill - Experience Level

Product Ownership & Roadmap Management - Mid-Level (3–7 Years)

Business & Technical Translation - Mid-Level (3–7 Years)

Agile Delivery Management - Senior (7+ Years)

Flight Operations Domain Experience - Mid-Level (3–7 Years)

Stakeholder Engagement & Communication - Mid-Level (3–7 Years)

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, Business Analyst, or in a similar product-focused role.
• Proven experience owning and maintaining product roadmaps aligned with strategic business priorities.
• Strong experience gathering, analyzing, and translating business requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, functional requirements, and technical requirements.
• Demonstrated experience managing and prioritizing product and sprint backlogs to maximize business value and delivery efficiency.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, Scrum frameworks, and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes.
• Experience leading Agile delivery activities in fast-paced and highly visible environments.
• Experience working with Flight Operations stakeholders and understanding operational business needs.
• Ability to partner with engineering, data, analytics, design, and business teams to deliver technical products and operational capabilities.
• Experience leading User Acceptance Testing (UAT), product implementation, stakeholder communications, and user adoption activities.
• Proven ability to manage competing business and technical priorities.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive products from concept through launch and post-launch performance

All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.