Job Description

Job Description: Product Owner

About goTenna

goTenna is advancing universal access to connectivity by building the world's most intelligent and scalable mobile mesh networks. goTenna is the world's leading mobile mesh networking company, providing off-grid connectivity solutions for smartphones and other devices, as well as augmenting traditional communications networks. This technology enables mobile, long-range connectivity without cell, wifi, or satellite connectivity. goTenna's drive to create resilient connectivity began during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, when approximately a third of cell towers and power stations in affected areas failed. goTenna's products are currently used by over 300 law enforcement, military, and public safety agencies worldwide. goTenna is backed by investors, including Union Square Ventures, Founders Fund, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Comcast Ventures, MentorTech Ventures, Walden Venture Capital, and ONE9.

About the Role

The goTenna Product team is seeking a professional Product Owner to develop and grow our professional situational awareness product ecosystem. The ideal candidate will have a track record in translating product vision to releasable customer value and managing a portfolio of diverse software products as a Product Owner in an Agile development environment.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work with Product Managers, Product Architects and Software Architects to translate product vision and articulate high level product requirements into feature definitions and actionable user stores.
• Work directly with customers and/or internal customer-facing teams (Sales, Customer Experience, etc.) to gather insights to help refine requirements and user experience.
• Assist Product Management leads in assessing Business Value, priority and execution timing for feature/functional requirements and non-functional requirements.
• Lead requirements definition, and estimating, and execution planning with engineering teams and coordinating cross-functionally with other Product Owners as needed.
• Work with Product Managers and Engineering Operations to establish and manage project or team Jira boards and associated backlogs.
• Partner with Software Engineering teams (including Linux Development, Web Services, Mobile Applications and Firmware) as well as QA teams to develop and deliver requirements, work estimates and groomed backlogs.
• Lead Agile ceremonies such as Sprint Planning and Backlog Grooming
• Participate in weekly status and quarterly Agile planning exercises to align cross-team dependencies and resource management to ensure successful Value Delivery in accordance with the established release cadence and/or milestone requirements.
• Collaborate with Technical Project Managers on Hardware Product Development Processes as it pertains to software functionality alignment to hardware systems.
• Collaborate with Project Managers and the Project Management Office to report on milestone status tracking for NRE-funded contract work
• Coordinate development of product documentation for internal teams (Engineering, Customer Experience, Sales) and Customer-facing documentation such as user manuals or marketing assets.
• Assist Product Managers, Development Engineering and QA in development of test plans, product testing, user acceptance, and go-to-market efforts for releases

Required Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Solid experience in software development, particularly with Linux-based systems and developing APIs.
• Knowledge of software design principles and a strong understanding of microservices architectures.
• 4+ years of experience working in Software Development as a Product Owner or Product Manager
• 4+ years of experience with Agile methodologies including use of Jira & Confluence
• Experience with Web, Mobile and Linux products
• Experience with Firmware, and/or embedded/optimized Linux OS hardware integrations
• Experience conducting market, competition, and technical research
• Professional Communication skills: project specifications, documentation, presentations, etc.

Preferred Experience:

• Scrum PSPO or SAFe PMPO Certification
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, software development or business focus.
• Working knowledge of software encryption and security best practices
• Working knowledge of multi-platform software solutions such as Kotlin, Flutter, Dart
• Working knowledge of Embedded Edge Compute software architectures and components such as Containers / Docker / Podman and orchestration engines such as K3s, KubeEdge and Rancher/Edge
• Experience with products targeted to Public-Sector, Government, or Military
• Military, Public Safety, or First Responder Experience
• Experience with various radio system topologies such as MANET, LMR or radio mesh networking.
• Development/coding experience

ITAR: U.S. Citizen or Green Card Required

Placement at the appropriate job level (entry, senior, etc.) will be determined by a combination of years of experience, demonstration of proficiency in this field, and other qualifications.

goTenna is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

goTenna Benefits:

• Equity
• 401(k) plan
• Unlimited PTO
• Parental Leave with Pay
• Holiday pay (including December recess)
• Medical, Dental, Vision and life insurance
• Pre-tax benefits
• Short- and Long-term disability plans
• Professional Development Stipend

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