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Product Owner/Application Lead

Steampunk

McLean, VAJob$75–150K/yrPosted 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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Compensation
$75–150K/yr
Location
McLean, VA
Work Authorization
US work authorization required

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Product Owner/Application Lead works with architects and developers to translate business requirements into Salesforce solutions for government clients. The role leads application delivery, oversees quality and client acceptance, provides technical and business guidance, and supports Salesforce administration, integrations, testing, and user training. It also develops process-improvement tools and evaluates new Salesforce features for potential internal use.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

SalesforceSalesforce AdministrationSalesforce DevelopmentSalesforce IntegrationsData MigrationTestingAgileUser Story DevelopmentProduct Backlog ManagementSprint CeremoniesPlanningCommunicationPresentationFacilitationInterpersonal SkillsCustomer-CentricityCultural DiversityOrganizationAnalytical Skills

Qualifications

US CitizenshipFederal Clearance Eligibility5+ Years Technology and Consulting LeadershipEnterprise Software Deployment ExperienceBachelor's in Information Technology or RelatedPMP or Scrum Master CertificationSalesforce Product Owner ExperienceSalesforce Agile Project Delivery Experience

Full job description

Overview

As a Steampunk Product Owner/Application Lead , you will work with Technical/Solutions Architects and Developers to translate business requirements into well‐architected solutions that best leverage the Salesforce platform driving delivery in a government client consulting environment. Develop, test, document and maintain solutions, integrations, and data migration elements of a Salesforce implementation using Salesforce declarative or programmatic development resources such as triggers, workflows, validations, approvals, Apex classes, Visualforce pages and Lightning components. Execute test plans to ensure quality delivery using test code and unit tests. Follow coding standards and participate in code reviews during projects to ensure appropriate design patterns are followed.

Contributions

  • Serves as the application delivery leader, accountable for completion of team delivery efforts including quality oversight and client acceptance.

  • Handles challenging client situations and offers technical and business guidance and direction to client executives.

  • Handle administrative functions in Salesforce applications including maintenance of user accounts, profiles, roles, security and data access, setting up workflows, sharing rules and permission sets.

  • Administer standard and custom fields, map them out across integrations.

  • Analyze database issues and troubleshoot problems.

  • Assist in training rollouts to new users and grow the application knowledge.

  • Envision, develop, and deploy tools to streamline processes to gain efficiencies and improve key metrics.

  • Keep up to date on new Salesforce features and help determine if we should implement internally.

Qualifications

  • US Citizen – able to get a Federal Government clearance

  • 5+ Years working in technology and leading in consulting services

  • Proven experience of leading the deployment of enterprise and custom software solutions in client environments

  • Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) with strong presentation and facilitation skills

  • Strong interpersonal skills, customer-centric attitude, ability to deal with cultural diversity

  • Strong organizational and analytical skills

  • A BS or BA, preferably in Information Technology and a proven background in consulting

  • PMP, Scrum Master certification preferred

  • Experience working with product owners to understand business needs and translate them into Salesforce specific user stories.

  • Experience delivering a Salesforce project using Agile, leading grooming sessions, developing the product backlog, leading sprint ceremonies, conducting planning and executing testing and other functional related activities.

About steampunk

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $75,000 to $150,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

Identity Statement

As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Steampunk is a Change Agent in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian, Health and DoD sectors. Through our Human-Centered delivery methodology , we are fundamentally changing the expectations our Federal clients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com .

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.

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Job Location US-VA-McLean

Posted Date (11/1/2026 10:36 AM)

Job ID 3953

Clearance Requirement Public Trust

How this job compares

Set against the 1,451 open Product Owner jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$75–150K/yr
  • Virginia median$102–168K/yr43 salary ranges
  • US median$102–175K/yr1,030 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $113K, is 15% below the Virginia median midpoint ($133K) — in the middle half of Product Owner salary ranges in Virginia.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 55 open Product Owner jobs in Virginia and 1,451 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Product Owner postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,211 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 429 of the 1,451 open Product Owner jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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