[Hiring] Product Owner @DLB Associates

Role Description

AI2IO is seeking a Product Owner to own the day-to-day product and delivery operating model for a software development team. You will partner with engineers, designers, QA specialists, project managers, client-facing teams, and business stakeholders to discover meaningful problems, define valuable solutions, prioritize work, facilitate Agile delivery, and validate outcomes.

This role combines product ownership, requirements analysis, Agile facilitation, and delivery coordination. The Product Owner serves as the central source of product context, decisions, priorities, requirements, and outcome validation.

Essential Functions

• Own Product Direction & Priorities
  • Own backlog prioritization and work readiness for an assigned software delivery team.
  • Collaborate with users, stakeholders, and others to understand business needs and desired outcomes.
  • Translate business problems into actionable product work.
  • Evaluate competing priorities, risks, dependencies, and delivery constraints.
  • Ensure delivered work aligns with product goals and user needs.
• Lead Discovery & Requirements Development
  • Facilitate discovery sessions with stakeholders, users, and subject-matter experts.
  • Create workflows, user stories, business rules, acceptance criteria, and supporting requirements.
  • Identify assumptions, dependencies, risks, and edge cases early.
  • Help the team understand the problem before committing to a solution.
  • Validate proposed solutions against intended outcomes.
• Facilitate Agile Delivery
  • Facilitate Agile team ceremonies and maintain a healthy delivery process.
  • Help the team remove blockers and resolve delivery issues.
  • Promote continuous improvement through retrospectives and delivery feedback.
  • Maintain visibility into team priorities, commitments, dependencies, and risks.
  • Improve predictability, transparency, and team effectiveness.
• Coordinate Across Teams & Functions
  • Partner with Product Design, QA, Engineering, Client Success, Product Adoption & Training, and Project Management.
  • Align stakeholders around product decisions and delivery priorities.
  • Coordinate dependencies affecting delivery outcomes.
  • Ensure handoffs remain clear and product intent remains consistent throughout implementation.
• Validate Outcomes
  • Participate in release-readiness activities.
  • Validate delivered functionality against approved requirements and intended workflows.
  • Gather feedback after release and incorporate learning into future priorities.
  • Help ensure completed work achieves meaningful user and business outcomes.
• Grow Your Product Leadership Capability
  • Take on increasingly complex initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, workflows, integrations, and business processes.
  • Develop stronger prioritization, facilitation, discovery, and delivery-leadership skills.
  • Build readiness for future advancement into Senior Product Owner, Product Management, or Solution Delivery leadership opportunities as AI2IO continues to grow.
• Performs Other Related Duties as Assigned

What Success Looks Like

• Teams consistently receive clear, actionable, prioritized, and testable work.
• Product decisions reflect user needs, business outcomes, technical realities, and informed tradeoffs.
• Agile ceremonies produce alignment, decisions, learning, and improvement rather than administrative overhead.
• Risks, blockers, and dependencies are surfaced early and addressed proactively.
• Stakeholders understand priorities, decisions, constraints, and delivery expectations.
• Cross-functional teams trust the Product Owner as a reliable partner.
• Delivered solutions achieve intended user and business outcomes.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in product ownership, business analysis, Agile delivery, software product development, solution delivery, or a related discipline.
• Experience supporting software development teams in a Product Owner, Business Analyst, Scrum Master, Product Management, or comparable role.
• Experience creating user stories, acceptance criteria, workflows, requirements, and backlog-ready work.
• Working knowledge of Agile and Scrum delivery practices.
• Ability to facilitate discussions involving competing priorities and stakeholder needs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across technical and business teams.
• Experience balancing user value, quality, feasibility, delivery risk, and business priorities.
• Product Owner, Scrum, Agile, Business Analysis, or related certifications.
• Experience with enterprise software, internal business applications, workflow tools, AI-enabled platforms, data-intensive applications, or digital-transformation initiatives.
• Experience collaborating with Design, Engineering, QA, Project Management, and customer-facing teams.
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Microsoft 365, Jira, or comparable delivery-management platforms.

Benefits

• Choice of comprehensive medical plans (including two PPO-style plans and a HDHP w/ HSA option).
• Flex spending accounts (FSA).
• Dental and vision plans.
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits extended to spouse/domestic partner and dependent children up to age 26.
• 401k with company match and self-directed brokerage account option.
• PTO including additional paid time off during the last week of the year.
• Company paid life insurance coverage for employees and their eligible dependents.
• Short and long-term disability, AD&D coverage.
• Professional development opportunities, tuition reimbursement and professional licensing assistance.
• Paid parental leave after one year of employment.