Product Owner Jobs in Colorado
Product Owner jobs in Colorado concentrate in software, aerospace, telecommunications, and financial technology, with demand anchored in the Denver-Boulder corridor, Colorado Springs, and Fort Collins. Employers like Lockheed Martin, Dish Network, and Charles Schwab maintain deep product teams in the state and hire product owners across seniority levels, from associate to senior and principal. The most in-demand specialties are agile product management, platform and API product ownership, and embedded software product roles tied to Colorado's defense and aerospace sectors. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Job ID: 2616873
Location: Denver, CO, US
Date Posted: 2026-09-16
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes - 10% of the time
Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI with Poly
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC is seeking an Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead to join the National Security and Space Sector (NSS). You would work on a joint Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) crown jewel program providing highly specialized space/counter-space engineering, scientific, and analytical services from DenverAurora, Colorado. We support the Nation’s leading-edge IC and DoD space programs and offer compelling, deep-technical work that has direct influence and impact on program development and operations. Our team has Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across a variety of disciplines, including physics, math, RF, optics, space acquisition and operations, and intelligence collection and analysis.
This IPT Lead will work in a collaborative team-focused environment of U.S. Government civilians and contractors solving applied technical problems and developing usable solutions for multiple space-related capabilities and threats. The ideal candidate will:
Demonstrate the ability to provide technical leadership to teams of SMEs to include providing technical guidance and oversight, mentoring team members, integrating and delivering timely, quality products- Have excellent written and oral communication skills
- Have experience briefing and interacting with senior government customers
- Have experience creating, writing, integrating, and presenting technical briefings and documents
- Have the ability to decompose problems into analytical tasks
- Have experience with program planning, task decomposition, and resource assignments
This position qualifies for enhanced benefits.
Duties and responsibilities include:
Lead a team of multi-disciplined engineers and analysts in program-specific analyses, foreign threat capabilities and development and research- Tasking, timelines, status, and deliverables for the IPT across the analysis, threat and phenomenology functions
- Maintain communications and schedule meetings with end-customer offices, coordinate information needs, product delivery timelines and status
- Provide status of IPT projects, tasks, and deliverables to program and immediate government customer management at periodic reviews
- Identify, remove, and/or escalate blockers to team tasks or deliverables
- Participating in intelligence or cross-team product production meetings as required
- Achieving detailed understanding of multiple satellite systems, designs, operations and classifications
- Identifying gaps and prioritizing recommendations to achieve program protection objectives
- Author, review, and coordinate documents to facilitate Government decision making;
- Repeated use and application of technical standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniques
- Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of U.S. national security space capabilities, foreign space capabilities, and counter-space threats;
- Participate and represent the customer in various Government and contractor meetings and attend contractor programmatic and technical reviews (e.g. PMR, PDR, CDR, etc.) to provide technical recommendations and risk assessments;
- Frequently interacting with program managers, SETAs, FFRDCs and external stakeholders;
- Developing productive relationships with the Program Office, Prime, and Subcontract counterparts, functional IC or DoD counterparts, and other SMEs;
Qualifications
Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering, Physics or Mathematics and 16 or more years 14 or more with a Masters, 9 or more with a PhD) of experience in engineering/scientific fields
- In-depth technical expertise in at least two of the following areas: orbital analysis, satellite communication systems, space surveillance technologies, radar systems, and/or optical systems
- Experience with satellite acquisition, development, and operations
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience interacting with the intel community to include reading and applying intel assessments and coordinating with intel community experts
- Experience using STK or similar satellite mission analysis software
- Active TS/SCI Clearance with Special Access eligibility and consent to a Counterintelligence (CI) polygraph. US Citizenship is required
- Demonstrated record of effective individual and group work behaviors, with abilities to proactively initiate and operate in dynamic and incompletely defined environments
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams of scientists and engineers through adaptive leadership and high emotional intelligence
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience conveying technical concepts, results, and summaries to internal customers, external customers, and stakeholders of diverse technical backgrounds
Strongly Desired Skills:
- Masters or Doctorate Degree in Physics, Engineering, or Mathematics
- Experience in space system acquisition or space technology development
- Experience with project or task technical leadership
- Working knowledge of radar and/or optical technologies
- Familiarity with National Security Space architecture (IC and/or DoD)
- Experience using Systems Tool Kit (STK), MATLAB, Linux, Python or COAST/FIST
- Demonstrated proficiency with program-planning processes and tools (such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project)
Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
Job ID: 2616873
Location: Denver, CO, US
Date Posted: 2026-09-16
Category: Engineering and Sciences
Subcategory: Systems Engineer
Schedule: Full-Time
Shift: Day Job
Travel: Yes - 10% of the time
Minimum Clearance Required: TS.SCI
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI with Poly
Potential for Remote Work: ORA_ON_SITE
Description
SAIC is seeking an Integrated Product Team (IPT) Lead to join the National Security and Space Sector (NSS). You would work on a joint Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) crown jewel program providing highly specialized space/counter-space engineering, scientific, and analytical services from DenverAurora, Colorado. We support the Nation’s leading-edge IC and DoD space programs and offer compelling, deep-technical work that has direct influence and impact on program development and operations. Our team has Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) across a variety of disciplines, including physics, math, RF, optics, space acquisition and operations, and intelligence collection and analysis.
This IPT Lead will work in a collaborative team-focused environment of U.S. Government civilians and contractors solving applied technical problems and developing usable solutions for multiple space-related capabilities and threats. The ideal candidate will:
Demonstrate the ability to provide technical leadership to teams of SMEs to include providing technical guidance and oversight, mentoring team members, integrating and delivering timely, quality products- Have excellent written and oral communication skills
- Have experience briefing and interacting with senior government customers
- Have experience creating, writing, integrating, and presenting technical briefings and documents
- Have the ability to decompose problems into analytical tasks
- Have experience with program planning, task decomposition, and resource assignments
This position qualifies for enhanced benefits.
Duties and responsibilities include:
Lead a team of multi-disciplined engineers and analysts in program-specific analyses, foreign threat capabilities and development and research- Tasking, timelines, status, and deliverables for the IPT across the analysis, threat and phenomenology functions
- Maintain communications and schedule meetings with end-customer offices, coordinate information needs, product delivery timelines and status
- Provide status of IPT projects, tasks, and deliverables to program and immediate government customer management at periodic reviews
- Identify, remove, and/or escalate blockers to team tasks or deliverables
- Participating in intelligence or cross-team product production meetings as required
- Achieving detailed understanding of multiple satellite systems, designs, operations and classifications
- Identifying gaps and prioritizing recommendations to achieve program protection objectives
- Author, review, and coordinate documents to facilitate Government decision making;
- Repeated use and application of technical standards, principles, theories, concepts and techniques
- Develop and maintain in-depth knowledge of U.S. national security space capabilities, foreign space capabilities, and counter-space threats;
- Participate and represent the customer in various Government and contractor meetings and attend contractor programmatic and technical reviews (e.g. PMR, PDR, CDR, etc.) to provide technical recommendations and risk assessments;
- Frequently interacting with program managers, SETAs, FFRDCs and external stakeholders;
- Developing productive relationships with the Program Office, Prime, and Subcontract counterparts, functional IC or DoD counterparts, and other SMEs;
Qualifications
Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in engineering, Physics or Mathematics and 16 or more years 14 or more with a Masters, 9 or more with a PhD) of experience in engineering/scientific fields
- In-depth technical expertise in at least two of the following areas: orbital analysis, satellite communication systems, space surveillance technologies, radar systems, and/or optical systems
- Experience with satellite acquisition, development, and operations
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience interacting with the intel community to include reading and applying intel assessments and coordinating with intel community experts
- Experience using STK or similar satellite mission analysis software
- Active TS/SCI Clearance with Special Access eligibility and consent to a Counterintelligence (CI) polygraph. US Citizenship is required
- Demonstrated record of effective individual and group work behaviors, with abilities to proactively initiate and operate in dynamic and incompletely defined environments
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams of scientists and engineers through adaptive leadership and high emotional intelligence
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience conveying technical concepts, results, and summaries to internal customers, external customers, and stakeholders of diverse technical backgrounds
Strongly Desired Skills:
- Masters or Doctorate Degree in Physics, Engineering, or Mathematics
- Experience in space system acquisition or space technology development
- Experience with project or task technical leadership
- Working knowledge of radar and/or optical technologies
- Familiarity with National Security Space architecture (IC and/or DoD)
- Experience using Systems Tool Kit (STK), MATLAB, Linux, Python or COAST/FIST
- Demonstrated proficiency with program-planning processes and tools (such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project)
Target salary range: $200,001 - $240,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.
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- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager certification preferred
- Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, or a related technical field required
- Three or more years of experience writing and prioritizing user stories in an agile environment
- Demonstrated ability to manage a product backlog and facilitate sprint planning with engineering teams
- Experience working with cross-functional stakeholders in defense, fintech, or SaaS product organizations
- Familiarity with product management tools such as Jira, Aha, or Productboard
Product Owner Jobs in Colorado: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a product owner in Colorado?
There is no state-issued license for product owners in Colorado, so the path runs through education and industry certification. Most Colorado employers expect at least a bachelor's degree in a technical or business field, followed by hands-on agile experience. Earning a Certified Scrum Product Owner credential through the Scrum Alliance or a SAFe Product Owner certification substantially strengthens applications, particularly for Colorado's defense contractors and fintech employers who work in scaled agile frameworks.
Which companies hire product owners in Colorado?
Colorado product owner roles are posted by LiveWell Homecare Agency, Ibotta, and CVS Health and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Colorado's mix of aerospace primes, telecommunications companies, and fast-growing software firms keeps product owner demand broad and relatively stable across economic cycles.
Which Colorado cities have the most product owner jobs?
Denver, Colorado Springs, and Boulder have the most product owner openings in Colorado. Denver anchors the market because it is home to the largest concentration of software, fintech, and telecommunications headquarters, while Boulder draws product talent to its dense startup and SaaS ecosystem and Colorado Springs benefits from the substantial defense and government contracting presence surrounding Fort Carson and Peterson Space Force Base.
Are there remote product owner jobs in Colorado?
Yes, and more than most fields. Product ownership is a communication and coordination role that translates well to distributed teams, making it one of the more remote-accessible positions in tech. About 68% of product owner openings tied to Colorado are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting how broadly Colorado employers have embraced flexible work for this role. Backlog refinement, stakeholder interviews, and roadmap planning are the tasks most commonly handled fully remotely.
How can I get hired as a product owner in Colorado with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a lateral move from a business analyst, QA engineer, or project coordinator role, since those positions build the backlog, stakeholder, and delivery skills Colorado employers look for first. Large Colorado employers like Lockheed Martin and Dish Network hire associate product managers and rotate people from adjacent technical roles. Earning a CSPO certification and building a small portfolio, such as a side project with documented user stories and a prioritized backlog, gives candidates without a formal title a concrete credential to point to in applications.
Where can I find and apply to product owner jobs in Colorado?
You can find and apply to product owner jobs in Colorado on Migrate Mate, which lists current Colorado openings across industries including aerospace, software, fintech, and telecommunications. Search the listings, find roles that fit your experience and location preference, and apply directly to the ones that match.
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