Product Owner
GDIT· enterprise· Defense IT· Oct 15, 2026 · 12d ago
Gaithersburg, MD
Hybrid
Full-time
Principal
$143K–$190K
10+ years exp
Job description
Type of Requisition:
Regular
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
None
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
None
Public Trust/Other Required:
MBI (T2)
Job Family:
Software Engineering
Job Qualifications:
Skills:
Agile Methodology, Business Process Improvements, Product Ownership, Requirements Analysis Certifications:
None Experience:
10 + years of related experience US Citizenship Required:
No
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.
Key Responsibilities
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.
Requirements
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
Desired Qualifications
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.
The likely salary range for this position is $142,792 - $189,750. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
Travel Required:
50-75%
T elecommuting Options:
Hybrid
Work Location:
USA MD Gaithersburg
Additional Work Locations:
Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
Our Identity Verification Process:
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.
About Our Work:
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