Technical Product Owner

Job Type: Direct Hire

Job ID: 11415

Technical Product Owner, Washington, DC/Remote

Our client, located in Washington, DC, is seeking a Technical Product Owner for a direct hire, or contract to hire opportunity.

Description

Our client is seeking a Technical Product Owner to help drive the tactical execution of a Natural Language Processing (NLP) Data Infrastructure for the Department of Veteran's Affairs. A successful Technical Product Manager/Product Owner will focus on translating the business value of product initiatives into functional features and user stories, will work day-to-day with the Data Science/Engineering teams and key stakeholders to define the requirements for moving features from ideation through successful delivery.

Responsibilities

• Work with one or more development teams on large scope projects across the entire product lifecycle (concept through end-of-life) participate in team ceremonies including scrum of scrums, stand-ups, story refinements and team retrospectives, to align the team towards a clear vision of next steps and priorities.
• Work with Product Management and Data Science/Engineering teams to maintain a prioritized backlog.
• Work with Data Science/Engineering to create high fidelity user stories, research spikes, and tasks.
• Collaborate with Data Science/Engineering leaders to prepare and execute Agile ceremonies.
• Contribute to and maintain the program NLP roadmap.
• Strategic perspective and contribution in architecting an infrastructure tailed for hosting and registering customer NLP models.

Requirements

• 3+ years of Technical Product Management/Product Owner or equivalent experience in the enterprise software industry.
• Experience or education in Healthcare, Healthcare Management, Healthcare Administration a plus.
• Demonstrated success defining and launching software products in an Agile environment.
• Ability to use quantitative and qualitative data to assess priorities and influence roadmaps.
• Excellent communication skills, with ability to present complex ideas in a clear, concise fashion to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Detail oriented with critical thinking skills - ability to break down initiative-level requirements into feature and story attribute level details.
• Project management skills; ability to contribute to multiple projects simultaneously; strategic thinking with ability to build strong working relationships across organizational teams in a fast-paced and changing environment.
• Domain knowledge and experience with natural language processing, machine learning, deep learning and/or advanced analytics processing preferred.

Please Note

• Only those individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.
• No calls, inquiries, or Third Party Vendors please.
• We are an equal opportunity employer.  Due to our client engagements, we can only consider candidates who are self-represented and can work directly for any employer without requiring sponsorship. 
• $1000 Referral Bonus - www.aci.com.

Since 1988, The ACI Group, a Baltimore-based IT staffing firm, has been committed to hiring the industry’s leading professionals, and presenting exciting career opportunities. We have access to varied types of contract, permanent and contract-to-perm positions and offer a choice of employment options including a full benefits package.

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