Senior Technical Product Owner

We are seeking a Senior Technical Product Owner to serve as the voice of the developer community and IT customer within our DevSecOps Engineering team. You will be responsible for driving security outcomes and building out internal cybersecurity tooling used by the entire developer community.

As a Senior Technical Product Owner, you will:

• Serve as Product Owner for the DevSecOps Engineering team, driving security outcomes and building out internal cybersecurity tooling used by the entire developer community.
• Help craft and maintain the product roadmap in partnership with team leadership, translating strategic priorities into a sequenced, actionable plan across quarters.
• Own delivery at both the quarterly and sprint level , accountable for translating roadmap commitments into shipped outcomes, tracking progress against PI Objectives, and course-correcting scope or sequencing when delivery is at risk.
• Maintain and prioritize the product backlog, translating platform needs , microservices work (.NET/C#, Azure App Services, Azure Functions, Apigee, Azure Service Bus), data flows (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Databricks, ADLS Gen2), and pipeline gating (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GLAPI) , into well-formed, ready-to-develop stories.
• Own prioritization decisions balancing new feature work against technical debt reduction, legacy SaaS worker deprecation, and API bloat reduction, in partnership with engineering leads.
• Partner closely with team leadership to hold the delivery team accountable to commitments, removing blockers and escalating risks early rather than after the fact.
• Serve as internal evangelist and communicator for the Product Security team's roadmap, including supply chain security initiatives (JFrog Artifactory, HashiCorp Vault, LaunchDarkly).
• Partner with the Principal DevSecOps Engineer, Engineering Directors, Compliance, Governance, and downstream DevOps teams , serving as the delivery voice within the team while ensuring alignment with program governance and enterprise standards.
• Participate in ART Sync, PO Sync, and PI Planning ceremonies; ensure the technical backlog remains aligned to feature priorities and PI Objectives, and escalate risks or blockers promptly.
• Improve and expand security outcomes across the application portfolio through automation and developer self-service tooling.
• Mentor others and serve as an escalation point for complex backlog or prioritization questions.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience, along with 6+ years of technical experience, including 3+ years of project/product leadership experience.
• At least 3 years of experience in application security, DevOps/DevSecOps, or as a cybersecurity practitioner, with a strong background in product management or leading security outcomes.
• Prior software engineering experience (any of: C#, .NET, JavaScript, Java, Python, TypeScript) sufficient to credibly engage in technical design conversations.
• Demonstrated track record of owning delivery , not just planning it , at the sprint and quarterly/PI level, with clear examples of committed work being shipped on schedule.
• Experience leading a product or development team with a lean Agile delivery mindset.
• Experience with CI/CD practices using Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, JIRA, or similar tools.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence engineering leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Understanding of developer needs, workflows, tooling, and Agile ways of working.

Preferred Skills:

• Exposure to Application Security, SAST/DAST/SCA tooling, or Penetration Testing (e.g., Checkmarx, AppScan, Cycode).
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) and Git-based workflows.
• Product Owner Certification (CSPO, SAFe POPM, or equivalent).
• 3+ years of experience working in a formal product team, with understanding of design, delivery, and ownership.
• Knowledge of OWASP Top 10.
• Uses AI tools and applies systems thinking to daily work.