Summary
The Senate Sergeant at Arms is seeking a Senior Product Owner. The complete vacancy announcement and application can be found on the United States Senate Career Page at https://sen.gov/J5NY. This vacancy announcement closes at 7pm EST on the closing date. Late applications will not be accepted.
Duties
Responsible for maximizing value of a product and to coordinate with internal Senate customers; facilitates Advisory Groups. Responsible for defining and communicating the product goal. Conducts business analysis to understand the current business processes and what can be automated using
technology for each user type by analyzing business needs; defining a business case; eliciting information from stakeholders; modeling requirements; validating solutions. Helps customers explore new business processes that meet their collective needs to create better processes. Manages and prioritizes the product backlog based on value to the customer. Writes user stories and acceptance criteria based on business needs. Sets feature development priorities and provide guidance during development. Tests features built; involves customers in testing, gathers feedback; documents issues; works
with the technical team to resolve issues. Maintains relationships across Senate offices to support the establishment of customer Advisory Groups and technical team for each software project; Partners with representative offices to understand their business needs relating to the software; Collaborates closely with the Advisory Group to determine the scope of an application and the priorities of features in each release by continuously discovering features and prioritizing them against what is built. Acts as the liaison between the development team and customers for each software project to ensure there is a clear understanding of what features are needed in the product or application and their impact. Conducts demos and outreach to Senate offices to evangelize the software being built and ensures frequent and rapid feedback to improve the software. Collaborates across the Senate to ensure demonstration and outreach materials (e.g., intranet site, videos, emails, flyers) are engaging, accurate, thorough and highlight the ‘right’ features if there are multiple audiences for an application.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- For conditions of employment and citizenship requirements, please visit the job announcement on the United States Senate Career Page at https://sen.gov/J5NY.
Qualifications
Other Duties/ Responsibilities - Contributing to policies.
- Consulting with other Senate teams (e.g., outside of TID, Secretary’s office) and contractors on design, development, testing standards.
Required Work Experience - GED with at least 10 years of relevant work experience; Bachelor's at least 5 years of relevant work experience; Master's with 2-4 years of relevant work experience.
Required Special Skills/ Knowledge - Ability to apply and explain software engineering principles and technology solutions and their opportunities and limitations.
- Ability to select and apply various business analysis techniques to understand customer problems and ways they can be modified.
- Ability and experience in agile development facilitation, negotiation, or similar.
- Ability and experience in agile development or Product Owner coaching, mentoring, or similar.
- Proven, highly skilled facilitator of small groups to reach agreement, e.g., negotiating, key performance indicators (KPI) establishment, coaching, mentoring.
- Knowledge of technical trends and emerging technologies.
- Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
- Ability to work as part of multiple project teams at the same time.
As part of our hiring process, we may conduct a skills assessment to better understand an applicant’s proficiency in key areas relevant to the role. Desired Qualifications - Knowledge of Agile principles (e.g., Scrum, Kanban) and experience with Agile projects.
- Experience in Senate and/or Legislative environment.
- Experience writing technical documentation for developers.
- Experience leading complex projects with various high-level stakeholders.
- Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to make strategic decisions and document best practices recommendations.
- PMI-ACP certification and/or other Agile Product Owner certification.
Security Clearance - This position requires that the applicant obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Government security clearance.
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens in order for the SAA to submit your application for a security clearance.
Education
High School Diploma, GED, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application will be evaluated by a panel on the quality and extent of your total accomplishments, experience, and education. Highly qualified candidates may be interviewed and a reference check conducted.
Required Documents
You may be required to serve a probationary period. Subject to background/security investigation.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from
schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
How to Apply
All applicants must apply for jobs online using this link: https://sen.gov/J5NY. Paper application materials, resumes and attachments that are sent via email, mail or brought in-person will not be considered or accepted. All applicants MUST attach their documents to the online employment application.
Next steps
Qualified candidates will be contacted directly.
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