IT Product Development Specialist

Summary

Kickstart your career at an agency that celebrates and thrives on building the bridge that ensures effective access to patent and trademark information. The United States Patent and Trademark Office is seeking talented professionals to serve as an IT Product Development Specialist to assist with the communication of product vision to the development team on a variety of topics relating to the execution of product development activites.

Duties

The physical worksite for this position is located in Alexandria, Virginia. Presence at the Alexandria, VA campus is required for this role, as it includes on site functions that must be performed in person. Position may be eligible for situational telework in accordance with agency policy/business unit discretion. The agency currently allows for 52 hours of telework per calendar year. This rewarding career role is ideal for you if: You are committed to chairing sessions to define IT products for assigned organizational business areas in clear terms that can be understood by a product development team. You are ready to use strong interpersonal skills and abilities to lead, direct and motivate cross-functional, multidisciplinary product development teams and work collaboratively with customers and stakeholders. You are interested in using knowledge of agile and other iterative product development methodologies in order to ensure that IT products are developed in accordance with organizational iterative development methodologies. You are ready to independently plan and carry out work, integrating and coordinating work of developers.

Qualifications

You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. OPM Qualifications Standards are available at Regulatory Impact Analyst (Research) Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped applicants with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the federal service. For this position, the next lower grade level is a GS-12. Specialized experience for this position includes: Experience communicating, both orally and in writing, products visions to the development team and key stakeholders; Experience working with customers and stakeholders to define product needs, assess business requirements, determine appropriate priorities, support trade-off decisions involving scope, resources, and support the development of IT products that provide business value and; Experience applying Agile and other iterative development approaches to plan, coordinate, and monitor product development activities. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Education

Education may not be substituted for specialized experience at this grade level.