[Hiring] Product Owner @Brandt Information Services. LLC

Role Description

The Product Owner is accountable for the value a Go Outdoors delivery team delivers: what the team works on, in what order, how clearly the work is defined, and whether what ships achieves its intended outcome. As the single owner of product definition for the team, the Product Owner leads discovery, requirements, and acceptance end to end, using AI tools to accelerate analysis and drafting while remaining accountable for every decision and approved artifact. The role partners closely with Product Management, Engineering, QA, clients, and client-facing teams, and makes priority and scope decisions within the team's agreed objectives.

What You'll Do

• Backlog Ownership & Prioritization: Own the team backlog as the single ordered list of work. Decide what to pursue, defer, or decline within the team's objectives, and communicate the rationale to stakeholders.
• Product Definition: Work directly with clients, stakeholders, and users to define what the product must do. Own PRDs and feature definitions, including business rules, edge cases, and acceptance criteria, complete enough that the team can build and test without guessing.
• AI-Enabled Analysis: Use approved AI tools to synthesize feedback, draft and refine feature specifications, trace contract requirements, and surface gaps. Verify AI output against source evidence before approving it.
• Discovery & Research: Lead discovery using user research, usability testing, usage and support data, regulatory changes, and direct conversations with clients and end users. Bring evidence of the user, problem, desired outcome, and success measure before work enters planning.
• Scope and Value Management: Negotiate scope when demands compete, keeping the team focused on the most valuable outcomes. Validate client requests against contract requirements and escalate interpretation questions rather than committing Brandt to new scope.
• Delivery Partnership: Partner with Engineering to keep well-defined features ready ahead of the team at the pace it delivers. Make timely product decisions during delivery so the team is never blocked waiting on answers.
• Acceptance & Quality: Own product acceptance of delivered features and client UAT readiness.
• Outcome Validation & Continuous Improvement: Inspect what you expect. Measure delivered changes against their success measures and recommend the next action. Continuously improve team practices, templates, and AI tooling.

Qualifications

• A track record of defining features that shipped with minimal rework and measurably improved outcomes in high-volume software applications with large user bases and complex business rules, such as licensing, eligibility, fees, or payments.
• Sound judgment in prioritizing competing demands, with the confidence to make and defend decisions.
• Practical use of AI tools in product work, paired with the rigor to catch and correct what they get wrong.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills with Product Managers, Engineering, QA, and client-facing teams.
• A customer-centric, data-informed approach and a high level of ownership from discovery through outcome.

Requirements

• 2–4 years of experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or in a similar role in a technology environment.
• Hands-on experience defining requirements with clients and stakeholders, maintaining a backlog, and preparing work for development.
• Working knowledge of prioritization techniques, feature definition, and acceptance criteria.
• Regular use of AI tools to draft and analyze requirements, with demonstrated review discipline.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps or a similar work management tool.

Benefits

• The compensation range is $85,000.00 – $95,000.00, with final level and salary determined based on the candidate’s expertise, qualifications, and prior experience within the applicable pay band.
• Health insurance, with some plans fully covered for the employee (family members can be added at a discounted rate).
• Vision insurance fully covered for the employee (family members can be added at a discounted rate).
• Dental insurance available for purchase.
• Flexible/open paid time off (PTO) policy (available after 30 days of continuous service).
• Nine (9) paid holidays.
• 401(k) plan with matching company contributions.
• Annual year-end performance bonus (3.5% target).
• Up to 8 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Life insurance fully covered by the company.
• Long-term disability insurance fully covered by the company.
• Free Udemy account for ongoing professional development and learning, along with in-house AI trainings provided by the notable system thinkers within our organization.