BMV Product Owner
Date Posted: Apr 24, 2026
Requisition ID: 476662
Location:
Indianapolis, IN, US, 46204
Work for Indiana
Begin a fulfilling career with the State of Indiana by joining one of the largest employers in the state, offering a range of opportunities across 60+ agencies. At the state, you'll find competitive compensation, a robust benefits package and a commitment to work-life balance. Most importantly, you'll have the chance to make a real and measurable impact on the lives of Hoosiers across Indiana.
About the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV):
The Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles has been named one of Indiana's 2023 Top Workplaces by its employees.
The BMV's mission is to serve all Hoosiers by providing best-in-class driver and vehicle services in a timely and accurate manner while ensuring security and transparency. The BMV team works throughout the state of Indiana and is dedicated to fostering an environment where we:
Invest in our employees
Engage our customers
Provide sustainable systems
Embrace product innovation
Role Overview:
The Product Owner is a member of the Agile team who serves as the customer proxy responsible for working with BMV departments and other stakeholders -- including other Product Owners -- to define and prioritize user stories in the team backlog. You will provide technical guidance and Agile leadership for software development. You will focus on leading your Agile team of Developers and Quality Assurance Analyst Engineers to develop and deploy new application functionality and break-fix deployment.
Key outcomes for this role are:
Make technical decisions to meet the design goals articulated in the product road map.
Work as a technical support and liaison to designated IT personnel to provide testing, support and feedback on enhancement requests and regular updates/releases; adhere to release schedules.
Demonstrate a high level of subject matter expertise in functional areas to bridge business requirements and IT solutions; provide technical direction and ensure compliance with best practice solutions.
Review of functional, and non-functional test plans and user acceptance test plans/scenarios.
Participate in the testing of new features and functionality to ensure the delivered solution meets the business requirements.
Solicit final customer acceptance of the delivered solution.
Provide analytical support for critical corporate initiatives including business function support for system migrations and consolidations, significant business area process improvement projects and complex product installations.
Provide subject matter expertise to the Scrum teams, Production Support, and other teams (as needed).
Manage, build, and maintain team backlog ensuring user stories are clearly defined, prioritized, and ready for development.
Review and reprioritize the backlog as part of the prep work for iteration planning, including coordination of dependencies with other Product Owners and stakeholders.
Update user story?definition, providing the clarifications necessary to assist the team with their story estimates and sequencing.
Assist in drafting the team's specific objectives for the upcoming release(s).
Act as primary source for story detail, and priorities, and has the responsibility of accepting the final iteration plan.
Maintain the user story flow through each iteration and during Iteration Planning.
Collaborate with team to detail stories with clear acceptance criteria.
Participate in Agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint planning, , iteration planning, and team syncs.
Work across teams to define and implement improvement stories that will increase the velocity and quality.
Establish timelines and product benchmarks.
Ensure product aligns with company mission and goals.
Collaborate with various business teams to translate requirements and business needs into well-defined user stories and acceptance criteria.
Salary:
The salary for this position traditionally starts at $61,022 but may be commensurate with education and experience.
Use our Compensation Calculator (https://in.accessgov.com/spd/Forms/Page/spd/compensation-calculator/) to view the total compensation package.
A Day in the Life:
In this role you will:
Conduct?thorough research, fact-finding, and analysis of user needs and problems required to develop and maintain information systems of moderate complexity.
Assist in analyzing business processes and workflows to determine how applications can be optimized to meet organizational goals.
Prepare?project feasibility studies.
Prepare?user requirements, functional design, physical design, and other relevant system design components.
Formulate?system scope, project cost, time estimates, and human resource and equipment requirements for implementation of new application software or enhancements to existing application software systems.
Assist in coordinating tasks, managing timelines and ensuring project deliverables are met.
Provide technical support for application systems, including diagnosing and resolving issues.
Design, code, and debug new application software programs and/or makes enhancements to existing application software programs of all levels.
Test and troubleshoot system interfaces to ensure smooth data flow between applications.
Provide?complete documentation for new or modified information systems and/or application software programs.
Mentor, gudide, and train new and lower-level staff.
Monitor?completed application software systems to ensure proper execution and performance.
The job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time.
This position is exempt from overtime compensation for additional work hours that may be required to complete essential functions or other assigned work. Exempt employees may work more than 75 hours in a pay period without additional compensation and must report a minimum of 75 hours per pay period of work hours and/or paid leave taken to receive their base biweekly salary.
What You'll Need for Success:
Credentials:
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or Information Technology is preferred, but not required. Relevant experience may substitute for degree.
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) certification from Scrum Alliance is a plus.
Experience in a Product Owner role using Agile development methodology, is desired.
Process definition, management and monitoring, release management, web experience, database, XML, XSL and/or requirement definition is desired.
Proficient in Azure DevOps.
Additional qualifications:
Working knowledge of business functions and a successful history of solution implementation.
Ability to balance multiple priorities and to adapt to changing needs and dealines.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to understand and effectively communicate technical concepts in a compelling, persuasive manner to non-technical persons.
Excellent troubleshooting skills and ability to quickly assess complex issues.
Coaching, mentoring, and teaching skills.
Collaborative work style.
Ability to work under tight deadlines and handle multiple detail-oriented tasks.
Ability to influence at all levels of the organization.
High proficiency in using Windows Operations System and Microsoft Office applications.
Able to perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
A degree is not required. However, at least 2-4 years of experience applying the outlined knowledge, skills, and abilities in a similar role may be considered.
Supervisory Responsibilities/Direct Reports:
This role may be utilized in a supervisory capacity based on agency needs.
Benefits of Employment with the State of Indiana:
The State of Indiana offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees that includes:
Three (3) medical plan options (including RX coverage) as well as vision and dental plans
Wellness Rewards Program: Complete wellness activities to earn gift card rewards
Health savings account, which includes bi-weekly state contribution
Deferred compensation 457(b) account (similar to 401(k) plan) with employer match
Two (2) fully-funded pension plan options
A robust, comprehensive program of leave policies covering a variety of employee needs, including but not limited to:
150 hours of paid New Parent Leave and up to eight weeks of paid Childbirth Recovery Leave for eligible mothers
Up to 15 hours of paid community service leave
Combined 180 hours of paid vacation, personal, and sick leave time off
12 paid holidays, 14 in election years
Education Reimbursement Program
Group life insurance
Referral Bonus program
Employee assistance program that allows for covered behavioral health visits
Qualified employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program
Free Parking for most positions
Free LinkedIn Learning access
Equal Employment Opportunity:
The State of Indiana is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to recruiting, selecting, developing, and promoting employees based on individual ability and job performance. Reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to complete the application and interview process as well as perform the essential functions of a role. If you require reasonable accommodations to complete this application, you can request assistance by contacting the Indiana State Personnel Department at jobs@spd.IN.gov.
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