Data Science Product Owner

Company: Base-2 Solutions, LLC
Location: Bethesda
Posted on: June 26, 2025

Job Description:

Job Description Work closely with a tight-knit team of data scientists, as well as a larger team of software developers, network engineers, senior investigators, program managers, researchers, and data analysts to design, build, and optimize a Data Science platform to produce and analyze results, disseminate findings, and contribute to publications and presentations. Provide a single point of contact for the D3P Data Science Team with government customers and stakeholders. Participate in requirements sessions, briefings, and status meetings. Develop, manage and continually improve the backlog of work items for an Agile scrum team. Update and prioritize stories and epics via feedback from various program stakeholders ensuring the team is always working on the highest-value tasks. Provide technical support, coordination, and execution of product owner activities such as feature/requirements analysis, design, implementation planning, integration and test, sustainment, documentation, deployment, and system assessment. Support Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) program increment planning and execution through creation of work tickets as well as program/system documentation using collaboration software. Participate in all Agile ceremonies to include daily stand up, planning, reviews, and retrospectives. Stay informed of increment and sprint progress and work with the team to identify and remove impediments and dependencies. Perform backlog refinement on a regular basis. This may include decomposing features into workable stories, prioritizing or reprioritizing items in the backlog for upcoming sprints, refining acceptance criteria and complexity estimates or removing tickets that are no longer relevant. Accept or reject completed work based on defined acceptance criteria to ensure delivery of high-quality software. Required Skills BS Degree and 12-15 years of prior experience or Masters with 10-13 years of prior relevant experience in a quantitative or analytical field such as Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, or Computational Social Science or related field. 10 years of experience in data science, analytics, or quantitative intelligence analysis, and demonstrating progressive technical development and outcomes. Must have an active TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance. Experience as a Product Owner, Scrum Master or a similar role in an Agile software development team. Demonstrated ability to break down complex problems into actionable steps. Experience managing and prioritizing product backlogs effectively. Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, and experience with tools for ticketing and documentation (e.g., Gitlab, Jira, Confluence). Experience with facilitating scrum for the team (Planning, Retrospective, Grooming & Review/Demo). Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) to articulate technical and non-technical concepts to diverse audiences. Proven ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, design, and project management teams. Demonstrated ability to manage expectations and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders. Desired Skills A significant share of your data analytics experience in direct support of military or intelligence community customers, demonstrating progressive technical development and mission-focused outcomes. Significant experience dealing with at least two of the following data classes: open source, publicly available information (PAI); forensic media (i.e., DOMEX); measurement and signatures intelligence (MASINT); or cybersecurity and cyber forensics. Agile certification: Certified Scrum Product Owner (CPSO), SAFe Agilist or other. Experience with Elastic Search, Kubernetes, and Python. Familiarity with continuous integration/continuous development tools (e.g., Gitlab, Jenkins, Bamboo). Experience with creating design packages and workflows. Experience in writing technical solutions and whitepapers. Pay & Benefit Highlights Compensation Above market fixed salary or hourly pay. Up to $10,000 bonus for each referral. Additional bonuses for exceptional performance, assisting with business development and company growth. Health 100% paid premiums for health insurance. Choose from over 80 gold-level medical plans from Aetna, CareFirst, Kaiser and UnitedHealthcare. Choose from PPO, EPO, POS, HMO, and HSA-compatible. HSA and FSA options. 100% paid premiums for dental insurance. 100% paid premiums for vision insurance. Income Protection 100% paid premiums for short-term disability. 100% paid premiums for long-term disability. 100% paid premiums for accidental death & dismemberment. 100% paid premiums for life insurance with a $200,000 max benefit. Retirement 8% company contribution to 401k with immediate vesting. 401k pre-tax and Roth options. Leave Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO). 11 days of paid floating holidays. Work-Life Balance Flexible work schedules including flex time and compressed work period. Remote work including partial or fully remote (contract and project-dependent). View our detailed Pay & Benefits Equal Opportunity Employer Base-2 Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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