Product Owner (Hybrid) - 26648

Enlighten, honored as a Top Workplace from USA Today, is a leader in big data solution development and deployment, with expertise in cloud-based services, software and systems engineering, cyber capabilities, and data science. Enlighten provides continued innovation and proactivity in meeting our customers’ greatest challenges. Our hybrid work approach ensures that you can collaborate in-person to get the job done while having the flexibility to work from home when needed to achieve focused results.

Overview

Enlighten is seeking a Senior Product Owner to lead the vision, development, and success of our next-generation Data Lakehouse platform. You will be the central figure driving a product designed to empower Department of War (DoW) cyber operators with data access and analytical capabilities. You will translate customer challenges into a strategic product roadmap and a prioritized backlog for our engineering teams, delivering products that provide a decisive information advantage for our nation’s cyber defenders. Work is performed in a hybrid environment with some onsite work 1-2 days a week in Columbia, MD and travel up to 25% to support customers CONUS and OCONUS as necessary.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Own the Product Vision: Define, own, and evangelize the product vision and roadmap, ensuring alignment with customer mission needs and our company’s strategic goals.
• Drive the Backlog: Develop, maintain, and prioritize the product backlog with detailed user stories, epics, and clear acceptance criteria to provide the engineering team with clarity to build the right solution.
• Engage the User: Act as the primary interface with DoD cyber stakeholders. Conduct in-depth discovery to understand workflows, data challenges, and desired outcomes of cyber analysts, threat hunters, and mission commanders.
• Engage Product Owners (POs): Conduct regular engagements with other POs within the Customer Experience Group (CEG). Gather and assess insights to correlate customer feedback with feature development.
• Translate Mission to Code: Convert high-level mission requirements into actionable, technical product requirements. Discuss data ingestion, query optimization, analytics integrations, and API specifications with the development team.
• Validate Software: Validate changes against user stories, design documents, and acceptance criteria defined by POs. Ensure features meet functional and non-functional requirements.
• Communicate Value: Articulate the platform’s technical capabilities and their direct impact on mission outcomes to diverse audiences.
• Support Go-to-Market Strategy: Collaborate with business development and marketing to shape product messaging and demonstrations that resonate with DoD requirements.
• Measure Success: Define and analyze key metrics to measure product performance, user adoption, and mission impact, using insights to guide iterations.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Security Clearance: A current Secret level U.S. Government security clearance is highly desired but not required to start. Must be able to obtain a Secret clearance; U.S. citizenship required.
• Experience: 9+ years in DoD cyber, agile development, and/or big data with a B.A. in a related field; 7 years with a Masters; or 13 years with a High School Diploma or equivalent.
• 5+ years in a Product Owner, Product Manager, or Technical Program Manager role within an Agile software development environment.
• Understanding of modern data architectures (data lakes, data warehousing, big data technologies).
• Experience in cybersecurity domains (SOC, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Network Defense, Incident Response).
• Proven ability to work with DoD or other Federal Government customers and understand procurement processes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to translate complex technical subjects for varied audiences.
• Strong organizational and attention-to-detail skills; ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Willingness to travel up to 25%, CONUS and OCONUS, sometimes on short notice.
• Ability to work on customer site 1-2 days a week in Columbia, MD. Flexibility to adapt to schedule changes as needed.

Preferred Requirements

• DoD 8140 / 8570 compliance certifications as directed by the customer.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native data platforms (e.g., Databricks, Snowflake, AWS/Azure data services).
• Experience in a customer-facing technical role within GovCon IT.
• Strong understanding of the data lifecycle in a cyber security context.

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