Senior Product Owner, Data Insights

Simplesense builds deploys and sustains the Installation Resilience Platform that enables mission operators to rapidly adapt and respond. The Platform protects critical infrastructure from cyber attack while unlocking previously siloed information to monitor diagnose and improve response times to incidents. Our adversaries rapidly adopt the latest technology : we help defense users respond in kind.

Simplesense is a non-traditional defense contractor and prime on the Air Forces Installation Resilience Operations Command and Control (IROC) program which is now expanding to five additional Air Force Space Force and Army installations from the one prototype installation Tyndall Air Force Base.

Our team combines over 100 years of direct mission experience solving hard problems with 50 years technical expertise deploying DevSecOps cybersecurity and cloud infrastructure giving us a deep appreciation for our customers mission and end users priorities. We build for scale architecting and prioritizing technical work for long term sustainability.

Simplesense is looking for a Senior Product Owner Data Insights to join our hybrid US-based team.

The Senior Product Owner Data Insights will serve as the Tactical Delivery Lead for the Insights capability focused on translating the strategic vision for Actionable Intelligence User Experience (UX) and Operational Efficiency into clear ready-to-build engineering plans. This role is responsible for driving the execution strategy and managing the end-to-end delivery lifecycle for the team converting raw data into actionable human-readable interfaces alerts and decision support tools.

This position requires a seasoned individual capable of handling significant complexity mentoring junior team members and proactively influencing cross-functional technical alignment.

This role reports to the Head of Product.

Key Responsibilities : Tactical Delivery & Execution Ownership

As the Tactical Delivery Lead for the Insights capability your responsibilities will focus on delivery excellence technical clarity and process maturity :

• Advanced Backlog Refinement : Proactively translate complex multi-system requirements into meticulously detailed actionable engineering plans (epics user stories tasks) ensuring zero ambiguity for the technical team.
• Day-to-Day Delivery Anchor : Act as the first point of escalation for the engineering team providing rapid informed decisions to unblock work clarify technical acceptance criteria and maintain sprint momentum.
• Delivery Sequencing & Risk Management : Work intimately with Program Management to strategically sequence the teams work to meet critical contract commitments and high-stakes delivery milestones proactively identifying and mitigating execution risks.
• Mentorship and Process Improvement : Elevate the teams output by establishing and enforcing best practices for story writing acceptance testing and definition of done. Provide guidance to junior colleagues and actively identify and fix process inefficiencies within the delivery pipeline.
• Cross-Functional Technical Alignment : Collaborate closely with the Engineering teams to ensure dependencies are managed interfaces are clear and the overall technical solution design aligns with long-term strategic architectural goals.
• Acceptance & Quality Gate : Serve as the final arbiter for validating that all delivered features meet defined technical specifications and functional requirements ensuring a high-quality user experience (UI / UX) for the User Access Layer deliverables.

Success Criteria

Success in this role will be defined by the ability to manage complex delivery cycles and demonstrate strong leadership in execution :

Requirements

Preferred but Not Necessary

Pay Range : $130000-$160000 per year depending on your experience skill and location.

Our compensation ranges are developed using market benchmarking tools and regularly reviewed to ensure alignment with competitive pay practices and internal addition to base pay all employees are eligible for comprehensive benefits.

Competitive Benefits

Our Typical Hiring Process

Simplesense is an equal opportunity employer committed to a policy of merit-based employment. All employment decisionsincluding recruitment hiring promotion compensation benefits training and terminationare made based on individual qualifications performance and business needs. We strictly prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind on the basis of protected characteristics as recognized by federal state or local law. As a U.S. government contractor Simplesense complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity laws Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA). If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete the application or take part in the interview process please contact People Operations at .

Required Experience :

Senior IC

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Yearly Salary Salary : 130000 - 160000