Senior Product Owner

You Are

As a Senior Product Owner, you will take full ownership of a product area, guiding it from concept through delivery with minimal oversight. You will be responsible for defining clear product requirements, maintaining detailed documentation, and ensuring traceability throughout the development lifecycle. Your day-to-day will involve managing and prioritizing the product backlog, establishing acceptance criteria, and collaborating closely with engineering, design, and compliance teams to deliver features that enhance user experience or operational efficiency. You will be expected to resolve issues proactively and drive execution, ensuring that releases are both incremental and safe.

The Work

• Lead and manage a cross-functional team to deliver high-quality software products using agile methodologies. This will include training and guiding new team members.
• Define and own product requirements, ensuring features measurably improve user experience or operational performance.
• Create, maintain, and manage comprehensive documentation and clear product backlogs.
• Establish and maintain acceptance criteria and traceability across requirements and delivery.
• Use data and user research to inform roadmap decisions and evaluate post-release results.
• Collaborate closely with engineering, design, and compliance stakeholders to ensure safe, incremental product releases.
• Build and nurture strong client relationships, acting as a key point of contact for product-related matters.
• Drive creative problem solving and issue resolution within the product area with minimal oversight.
• Provide people leadership, fostering a culture of accountability, growth, and high performance within the team.

Here's What You Need

• Strong background in agile software delivery, with hands-on experience in backlog management and documentation ownership
• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar platforms will help you manage requirements and track progress effectively.
• Ability to leverage data and user research to inform roadmap decisions and evaluate post-release outcomes will be crucial
• Experience in client relationship management, people leadership, and creative problem solving will enable you to foster collaboration across stakeholders and deliver measurable results.

Bonus Points If:

• Advanced Degree
• 15+ years of industry experience
• Motivated and proactive, with a desire to understand and address complex areas
• Curiosity for learning about new technology, industry best practices, and areas of risk, analyzing and turning new insights into concrete action
• Commitment to delivering tangible outcomes for customers and stakeholders
• Strong written and verbal communication/interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Excellent people management and relationship development skills
• In-depth knowledge of Accenture delivery methodologies and practices

The Extras:

• US Citizenship Required
• The ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance