Technical Product Owner/Project Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 25, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 23, 2026.
Technical Product Owner/Project Manager
Overview
We are seeking a proactive, detail-oriented Technical Product Owner / Project Manager to join our Product Development team. This hybrid role combines product ownership, project management, and business analysis and serves as a key connection between business stakeholders, clients, developers, QA, IT, and operational teams.
The ideal candidate can take a business need from initial discovery through delivery by defining requirements, establishing priorities, managing projects, identifying risks and dependencies, and ensuring development teams have the information needed to successfully execute.
This role requires someone who does more than coordinate tasks. We are looking for an individual who takes ownership, asks the right questions, identifies gaps, follows issues through resolution, and communicates risks and blockers early.
This hybrid position will be primarily remote for candidates in the local DC/Maryland/Virginia area. Initial training will take place onsite in Reston, VA, Mandatory meetings will be required onsite at our Reston offices.
Benefits
- Casual Work Environment
- 100% Company Paid Medical (choice of 3 plans), Dental and Vision for Employee
- Available FSA or HSA account
- 100% Company paid Basic Term Life and AD&D Insurance
- 100% Company paid Long Term Disability Insurance
- AFLAC is Available
- 401(k) Plan
- Paid Sick and Vacation Leave
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as Product Owner for assigned products, applications, enhancements, and initiatives.
- Gather, analyze, and document business and functional requirements.
- Translate business needs into clear, actionable Jira epics, stories, and tasks.
- Develop user stories, acceptance criteria, business rules, process flows, and supporting documentation.
- Maintain and prioritize the product backlog based on business needs, client commitments, dependencies, and technical priorities.
- Ensure requirements are complete and development-ready before work begins.
- Manage projects from planning through implementation, including milestones, deliverables, owners, dependencies, and target dates.
- Proactively identify and escalate risks, blockers, resource constraints, and schedule impacts.
- Partner closely with developers and QA to clarify requirements and resolve questions throughout development and testing.
- Coordinate with internal teams, clients, vendors, and other stakeholders.
- Lead project and requirements meetings and ensure decisions and action items are documented and followed through completion.
- Maintain accurate project status, requirements, and supporting information in Jira and other project-management tools.
- Communicate project status, priorities, risks, and changes clearly to technical and nontechnical stakeholders.
Required Qualifications
- Experience in product ownership, project management, business analysis, or a combination of these areas.
- Experience gathering and documenting business and functional requirements.
- Strong project-management, organizational, and prioritization skills.
- Experience working with developers, QA, business stakeholders, and operational teams.
- Experience creating user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to identify requirement gaps, dependencies, risks, and unresolved issues.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and follow work through completion.
- Experience with Jira or a similar work-management platform.
Preferred / Nice-to-Have
- Experience in an Agile or hybrid software-development environment.
- Experience with software implementations, integrations, APIs, data exchanges, or data mapping.
- Experience with client-facing technology solutions.
- Experience supporting QA and user acceptance testing.
- Experience with Microsoft 365 collaboration tools.
What We’re Looking For
We are looking for someone who combines ownership, analytical thinking, strong communication, and follow-through. You should be comfortable asking detailed questions, challenging unclear requirements, organizing complex information, managing competing priorities, and keeping both business and technical teams aligned.
Success in this role means delivering clear requirements, development-ready work, accurate project visibility, proactive risk management, and consistent follow-through from concept through implementation.