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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 team's work to meet critical contract commitments and high-stakes delivery milestones, proactively identifying and mitigating execution risks.
• Mentorship and Process Improvement: Elevate the team's 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:

• Predictable Feature Delivery: Consistently delivering features and increments on time, minimizing scope creep and schedule volatility.
• Technical Clarity & Quality: Maintaining a high-quality, prioritized backlog that leads to reduced rework, lower incidence of bugs, and high technical team satisfaction.
• Proactive Dependency Management: Successfully identifying and resolving cross-capability dependencies (e.g., with Platform or Connectivity) before they impact the Insights delivery schedule.
• Process Maturity: Establishing sustainable, scalable delivery processes (e.g., grooming standards, QA protocols) that improve team efficiency and readiness.
• Deployment Schedule Accountability. Ensure feature delivery meets contract deliverables, holding the team accountable to meeting all deadlines.

Requirements

• Extensive professional experience (5-10 years) in a dedicated Product Owner, Technical Product Manager, or similar execution-focused delivery role, preferably within a data, SaaS, or enterprise software environment.
• Proven expertise in leading technical teams through complex, multi-sprint delivery cycles using Agile methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to translate highly technical concepts (e.g., data modeling, alerting logic, UI frameworks) into clear business value and actionable stories.
• Experience operating with minimal supervision and autonomously managing the execution plan for a core product capability.
• Ability to work a hybrid schedule, primarily based in the Denver Metro Area, with an expectation of being in the office weekly, and a full week in the office quarterly for planning.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain a DoD NIPR network account and Common Access Card (CAC).
• Must have, or be able to obtain, a Secret Clearance.

Preferred but Not Necessary

• Deep knowledge of data visualization principles, real-time alerting systems, and/or operational intelligence platforms.
• Building control systems experience, particularly with the use of data to optimize building management and energy optimization
• Professional certification in Agile methodologies (e.g., SAFe PO/PM, CSM/CSPO).

Pay Range: $130,000-$160,000 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 equity. In addition to base pay, all employees are eligible for comprehensive benefits.