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Management and Program Analyst (Product Owner)
Veterans Benefits Administration · Posted 4 days ago
Hybrid Washington, DC $64K – $118K Apply by Jun 5, 2026 Management And Program Analysis ENTJINTJINTPISTJ
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This position is in the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) Education Service (EDU). EDU has department-wide responsibility for activities relating to administering VA educational assistance programs to Veterans, Service members, National Guard and Reserve members, and eligible dependents for their military service to the Nation. This mission is accomplished by providing financial assistance in the form of monthly benefit payments, as mandated in Title 38 and Title 10, United States Code.
What You'll Do
- →Specific duties include: The incumbent serves as a Product Owner, supporting the EXTRO Lead under the Digital GI Bill (DGIB) Program Lead.
- →The Product Owner incumbent serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME), responsible for acting as the voice of the customer to ensure the product meets stakeholder needs and customer expectations.
- →The Product Owner incumbent will oversee development work and prioritize the work to be delivered in the product backlog and each program increment.
- →The Product Owner incumbent will also be responsible for requirements management on the DGIB program to ensure proper controls are in place to increase efficiency and drive successful DGIB program releases and implementations.
- →The incumbent should have familiarity with Agile and SAFe methodologies.
- →The incumbent is responsible for Business Operations analysis, planning the human aspects of the transition from legacy systems to vendor operations to ensure claims processing productivity and accuracy is not negatively impacted.
- →The incumbent will work closely with the Release and Configuration Management Lead and impacted stakeholders to define new business processes.
- →The incumbent is responsible for DGIB Program requirements management, including defining, designing, and conducting business processes, workflows, and business processes.
- →The incumbent will also document/define the AS-IS and TO-BE workflows, as required, for the DGIB Program.
- →The Product Owner incumbent will identify potential process improvement opportunities, and directly link them to business outcomes.
- →The incumbent will liaise with Product Management, Product Owners, business stakeholders, and other cross-functional teams to define, groom, and prioritize user stories in the requirements backlog.
- →The incumbent will act as the voice of the customer and define acceptance criteria to ensure the product meets stakeholder needs and customer expectations.
- →The incumbent will prioritize requirements to be delivered through program increments and user stories, setting goals, and making refinements as needed to reflect user feedback.
- →The incumbent participates in development meetings and provides guidance to developers.
Requirements
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 You may be required to serve a probationary period Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements I-9 Acceptable Documents.
- ✓Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education to be credited towards qualifications.
- ✓Provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓All education claimed by applicants will be verified upon appointment.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript to receive credit.
Personality Fit
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