Data & AI Product Owner (Job ID:4341)

Remote Status: Hybrid Job Id:  4341 # of Openings:  1

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• Valkyrie Enterprises has need for a Data & AI Product Owner in Virginia Beach, VA.
• This role is Hybrid.
• The Data & AI Product Owner supports Valkyrie’s Data & AI initiatives by helping ensure technical efforts remain aligned to business needs, operational priorities, and measurable outcomes.
• This role is responsible for managing the product backlog, prioritization process, roadmap coordination, and stakeholder engagement activities for Data & AI capabilities across the organization.
• The Data & AI Product Owner serves as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technical delivery teams, helping translate business needs into structured, actionable work that supports successful delivery and adoption.
• The role focuses on supporting delivery teams and stakeholders by providing structure, prioritization,and coordination across data, reporting, automation, and AI initiatives.
• This position works closely with IT Services and stakeholders across the enterprise to support the successful planning, delivery, adoption, and ongoing improvement of Data & AI solutions.

• The Data & AI Product Owner is responsible for managing the Data & AI backlog, supporting roadmap execution, facilitating prioritization activities, and coordinating stakeholder engagement.

• Support development and maintenance of product roadmaps across data platform, reporting, automation, and AI initiatives.
• Translate business needs into structured epics, user stories, acceptance criteria, release plans, and measurable outcomes.
• Facilitate prioritization discussions, sequencing activities, and tradeoff analysis among stakeholders and technical teams.
• Support backlog refinement, sprint planning, release coordination, and launch readiness activities.
• Support adoption of delivered capabilities through communication, training coordination, user feedback collection, and stakeholder engagement.
• Partner with engineering and technical leads to ensure delivery efforts remain focused on business value, operational efficiency, and measurable impact.
• Work with internal stakeholders to identify workflow inefficiencies, automation opportunities,reporting gaps, and operational improvement initiatives.
• Track adoption metrics, product effectiveness, and realized business value following solution deployment.
• Communicate roadmap updates, delivery status, risks, and prioritization decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Contribute to the continued development of product management practices and delivery processes within the Data & AI function.

• Must have a bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Data Analytics, or a related field and at least of five 5 years of relevant professional experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must have experience in product management, product ownership, business analysis, project coordination, or related roles supporting software, data, analytics, or platform initiatives.
• Must demonstrate experience managing backlogs, prioritization activities, stakeholder engagement, and translating business requirements into actionable user stories, requirements, and delivery plans.
• Must have experience supporting Agile delivery practices, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, user story development, and iterative delivery methodologies.
• Must possess strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively across technical and non-technical teams.
• Must demonstrate the ability to facilitate collaboration, manage competing priorities, and support organizational decision-making across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Must be able to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and take ownership of complex, cross-functional initiatives.

• Experience supporting data platform, analytics, AI/ML-enabled, or enterprise automation initiatives, including familiarity with platforms such as Azure and Snowflake, preferred.
• Experience working in a defense contractor, government, or regulated compliance environment, preferred.
• Experience supporting operational, financial, workforce, or workflow-intensive business environments, preferred.
• Experience working in a defense contractor, government, or regulated compliance environment, preferred.
• Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or similar Agile/product management certification, preferred.
• Experience helping establish, mature, or scale a new technical or operational capability within an organization, preferred.

• Must have the ability to obtain a U.S. Government security clearance.
• Must comply with all Valkyrie Enterprises security policies and procedures.

• Travel may be required on an as-needed basis to support stakeholder engagement, workshops, project coordination, or key business initiatives.
• If position requires travel by domestic flight or access to secure federal facilities/military bases, candidate must be able to obtain (by start of position) and maintain appropriate identification credentials, such as REAL ID. (More information regarding REAL ID can be found:  https://www.dhs.gov/real-id )

• Remaining in a stationary position, often standing, or sitting for prolonged periods.
• Able to sit and work on a computer for long periods of time.
• Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another.
• Light work that includes moving objects up to 20 pounds.

Pay Range: $100,000 - $150,000 per year