Product Owner - REMOTE
About Us
Systone is a digital services company that plays a pivotal role in supporting government missions and objectives through Agile Delivery Management, Human Centered Design and Software Engineering. We provide government and businesses with tools and services needed to serve citizens and customers.
Because we are passionate about empowering government and organizations with innovative technology solutions that drive efficiency and digital transformation, we made it our mission to support the government as the trusted liaison between business and technology.
At Systone, we empower teams to remain self-sufficient and self-directed by hiring people who can solve complex problems through collaboration. This means lending a hand and flexing your multi-skilled muscles (research, content, business analysis, information architecture, etc.), when needed.
Why Join Us?
Innovative Projects
- Work on impactful projects that improve the lives and health of citizens through technology.
Collaborative Environment
- Join a team that values open communication, collaboration, and a badgeless approach to working with clients and partners.
Professional Growth
- Take advantage of opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
Inclusive Culture
- Be part of a diverse and inclusive team that values different perspectives and experiences.
The Role
We're looking for a Technical Product Owner/Manager who can operate comfortably at the intersection of engineering, security, and client delivery. The problems this person works on are often ambiguous, technically deep, and evolving in real time. Success depends on genuine technical credibility, not translated requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and shape technical product direction on engagements where requirements are not fully defined up front. i.e.; working through ambiguity rather than waiting for it to resolve.
- Act as the primary technical point of contact for client and government stakeholders, translating between technical detail and business/programmatic priorities in both directions.
- Write clear, concise, technically accurate user stories and requirements that a development or engineering team can act on without repeated clarification.
- Engage directly with technical implementation details; systems, security, and development considerations rather than operating purely at the process layer.
- Build and maintain trust with government or enterprise stakeholders, managing expectations and communicating progress, risk, and trade-offs clearly.
- Prioritize and sequence work in fluid environments, adjusting direction as new information emerges.
Required Skills And Experience
- 7+ years of combined experience in product ownership and software, security, or systems engineering.
- Strong technical background, with hands-on experience in a developer, security, or systems engineering role (not solely a product/process background).
- Proven ability to communicate effectively with clients, including experience navigating government or public-sector stakeholder environments.
- Demonstrated comfort operating in ambiguous, loosely defined situations where the path forward is not obvious.
- Ability to write clear, concise, technically grounded user stories and documentation.
Preferred Requirements
- Prior experience working directly with government clients or in a public-sector contracting environment.
- Background spanning both a technical execution role (developer, security engineer, systems engineer) and a product or delivery-facing role.
What This Role Is Not
To be clear about fit, this role is not:
- A traditional Product Owner role within a well-established agile software development process.
- Suitable for candidates without hands-on developer, security, or systems experience. Technical credibility is required, not optional.
- A fit for candidates who struggle to write clear, concise, technical user stories, or who need heavily structured, unambiguous requirements to be effective.
Ideal Candidate Profile
Someone who has been a hands-on engineer or technical practitioner, has since moved toward product or delivery ownership, and is energized, not unsettled by unclear problems and shifting requirements. Comfortable in front of demanding stakeholders, including government clients, and able to turn ambiguity into a clear technical plan of action.
Who you are;
- Must be eligible to work in the US
- Comfortable working remotely
- Capable of both deciding next actions, and knowing when the decision requires sign off from management
- Comfortable in a dynamic (i.e., startup) work environment
- Embrace AI assistants (e.g., ChatGPT, Notebook) as force multipliers to accelerate innovation, iterate faster, and maintain high-quality output.
- A good communicator with the ability to express and share ideas to business leaders with a non-technical background
- Ability to work collaboratively within a group, actively network with others and provide varying feedback to the team at the appropriate time to ensure that decisions stick.
- Ability to identify and communicate constraints and can work within them.
Why work with us?
- Be a part of an organization that wants to make an actual difference in the society.
- Opportunity to work from anywhere (Within Continental USA)
- Accrued PTO + 11 federal holidays + your birthday off
- Trainings & Certifications budget
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Referral Bonus
- 401k
Compensation
We have a competitive compensation model that compares very well against the market rates. And we ensure everyone at Systone— regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, nationality, or negotiation skills — is given equal pay for equal work.