Product Owner

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Job Family:

• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of business analysis experience within the IT industry.
• CDER-Panorama working knowledge required.
• 6+ years of experience supporting Federal Government agencies or projects.
• Hands-on experience with data requirements, including working with analytics teams to define data models, reporting structures, and dashboards.
• Proficiency in UI/UX design tools to create wireframes, mockups, and process flows.
• Strong understanding of Agile development methodologies (SCRUM), including managing backlogs and leading sprint planning sessions.
• Experience managing collaboration tools such as Atlassian suite (JIRA, Confluence) and familiarity with data tools such as Tableau, Power BI, or SQL.
• Recent FDA-related experience in a similar or related capacity is required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust with residency in the US 3 out of the last 5 years

• Professional Agile certification (e.g., Certified ScrumMaster, PMI-ACP).
• Experience working with Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products such as Appian, Salesforce, or Pega.
• Knowledge of integrating applications with enterprise data solutions or low-code platforms like Appian.
• Expertise with data governance, analytics, and visualization tools to enable and validate actionable insights.
• Strong leadership skills to drive requirement delivery and support cross-functional teams effectively.
• An analytical thinker who can use data to support requirement validation and business decision-making.
• Exceptional communication skills to articulate complex technical requirements to both business and technical teams.
• Self-motivated and organized, with the ability to manage competing demands in a fast-paced environment.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

Job Description:

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) is seeking a Product Owner to support a new contract with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This role requires significant functional experience with Panorama, CDER’s centralized work management platform that integrates with key business applications such as DARRTS and Microsoft Outlook.

As the Product Owner, you will play a hybrid techno-functional role, bridging the gap between business and technical teams. You will collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements, oversee product development, and ensure data-driven solutions align with business goals.

The ideal candidate will bring strong leadership, techno-functional experience, requirements analysis skills, and UI/UX knowledge. Proven ability to work with data and analytics teams to enable actionable insights is critical. Recent FDA-related experience is required.

This is a hybrid position, which includes a 3-day on-site requirement at either the GDIT office in Gaithersburg, MD or the FDA office in Silver Spring, MD.

• →Serve as a CDER-Panorama subject matter expert of the Panorama work management system, providing guidance and expertise on its use and integration across CDER.
• →Analyze and map specific Panorama work processes into the OneNexus application and other downstream systems, ensuring seamless workflow integration and process optimization.
• →Develop Panorama-specific training materials and deliver hands-on sessions to GDIT and FDA FTE at all levels, helping staff understand how to organize files, communicate with colleagues, and track work within the platform
• →Managing the product backlog and prioritizing work to align with stakeholder needs and business goals.
• →Techno-Functional Bridge: Serve as a liaison between business, data, and technical teams, ensuring alignment and effective communication throughout the project lifecycle.
• →Requirements Gathering & Documentation: Collaborate with stakeholders to gather detailed business and technical requirements. Document and communicate these requirements clearly to development teams.
• →Data Analysis & Insights: Analyze and interpret data to validate business requirements and support data-driven decision-making. Collaborate with analytics teams to define and deliver data-rich solutions.
• →User Stories & Acceptance Criteria: Develop detailed user stories, process flows, and acceptance criteria to support sprint planning and team execution. Ensure requirements are translated into actionable technical deliverables.
• →UI/UX Design & Documentation: Create wireframes, process flows, and design mockups to align functional requirements with user experience goals. Collaborate with design teams to ensure implemented solutions adhere to best practices.
• →Testing & Validation: Lead functional testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), and data validation efforts to ensure requirements have been adequately implemented.
• →Collaboration Tools: Leverage tools such as JIRA, Confluence, and other project management or data analytics tools to manage requirements, document progress, and facilitate collaboration.
• →Process Improvements: Proactively recommend process improvements to enhance product delivery, increase efficiency, and ensure scalability.

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