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Senior Product Owner

Steampunk

McLean, VAJob$75–150K/yrPosted 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$75–150K/yr
Location
McLean, VA
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Public Trust clearanceBachelor's degree

Job overview

Steampunk seeks a Product Owner to drive well-architected solutions in a government consulting environment. The role collaborates with architects, developers, and stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable solutions and support successful delivery and client satisfaction. The Product Owner guides product rollouts, discovery, prioritization, and roadmap progress while serving as a liaison among government sponsors, business owners, and delivery teams.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

AgileBusiness Needs TranslationRequirements DocumentationRoadmapsRelease PlansEpicsFeaturesUser StoriesAgile Lifecycle Management ToolsJiraCustomer Relationship BuildingEnterprise Software DeploymentsCommunicationPresentationFacilitationInterpersonal SkillsAnalytical SkillsOrganizational SkillsSoftware Development Lifecycle MethodologiesDevSecOpsDesign SystemsAutomated Testing ToolsTeam Building

Qualifications

Government Security Clearance EligibilityBachelor's in IT, Business Administration or Related7+ Years Agile Experience

Full job description

Overview

Steampunk is seeking a Product Owner to drive the development of well-architected solutions in a government consulting environment. In this role, you will collaborate with Technical and Solutions Architects, Developers, and stakeholders to translate business needs into actionable solutions, ensuring successful delivery and client satisfaction.

Contributions

  • Serve as the Product Owner , ensuring the successful completion of team deliverables, maintaining quality oversight, and securing client acceptance.

  • Navigate challenging client situations, providing technical and business guidance to client executives.

  • Lead product and training rollouts for new users, enhancing application adoption and knowledge.

  • Develop and deploy tools to streamline processes, improve efficiencies, and enhance key metrics.

  • Facilitate discovery workshops to understand business needs, prioritize work, and guide solution development.

  • Conduct trade-off analysis to anticipate client needs and recommend optimal solutions.

  • Act as the primary liaison between government sponsors, business owners, and delivery teams.

  • Monitor progress against the product roadmap to ensure project and program success.

Qualifications

  • Eligible to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration or a related field .

  • 7+ years of experience working in an Agile environment.

  • Experience collaborating with business and product owners to translate needs into actionable plans.

  • Strong ability to document requirements in the form of roadmaps, release plans, epics, features, and user stories.

  • Proficiency in Agile Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools; Jira preferred.

  • Proven ability to build strong customer relationships and lead enterprise software deployments.

  • Excellent communication, presentation, and facilitation skills.

  • Strong interpersonal, analytical, and organizational abilities.

Preferred :

  • Experience with software development lifecycle methodologies.

  • Understanding of DevSecOps concepts and practical implementation experience.

  • Experience working with design systems and automated testing tools.

  • Passion for building and fostering high-performing teams and driving the government mission forward.

If you're looking to make an impact in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment, apply today!

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 8309

Clearance Requirement Public Trust

How this job compares

Set against the 1,436 open Product Owner jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 2, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$75–150K/yr
  • Virginia median$102–168K/yr43 salary ranges
  • US median$102–175K/yr1,025 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 54 open Product Owner jobs in Virginia and 1,436 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 7 years of experience; Product Owner postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,201 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 430 of the 1,436 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 2, 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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