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KPA helps organizations keep people safe, protect their business, and elevate compliance.
The Role
As Product Owner, you'll drive execution of the product roadmap, translating strategy into detailed requirements and priorities, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful solutions that enhance workplace safety.
Summary Generated by Built In
Founded in 1986, KPA is a leading provider of Workforce Compliance software and consulting services. We succeed if our clients can send their employees home at night, having not experienced a workplace accident or injury. The combination of software, consulting, and training helps clients identify, remedy, and prevent workplace safety and compliance problems so they can focus on what’s important – their core business.
Help us help keep people safe and businesses working efficiently. Named as one of Built In Colorado’s Best Places to Work for six years in a row, KPA is made up of talented individuals working together for the greater good. We’re here to help our clients build safe, thriving organizations, and we’re looking for people with a common goal to help us do it.
Position Overview
As the Product Owner for FLEX, you’ll be responsible for driving the successful execution of the product roadmap. You’ll translate the strategic direction set by the Product Manager into clear, detailed requirements and ensure that development teams deliver high-quality, impactful functionality.
You’ll collaborate daily with engineering, design, QA, and subject matter experts to deliver features that help customers strengthen safety culture, engage employees, and reduce workplace risks. The ideal candidate is organized, curious, and passionate about turning vision into working software that customers love to use.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with the Product Manager to understand product strategy, customer needs, and business goals.
- Translate product strategy and concepts into well-defined epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Own and prioritize the product backlog, balancing customer impact, usability, and technical feasibility.
- Lead backlog refinement sessions to keep the development team aligned and focused.
- Collaborate closely with design and engineering throughout the build process, clarifying requirements and validating deliverables.
- Act as the voice of the user during development, ensuring releases deliver meaningful value and a great experience.
- Work with QA to validate functionality and ensure product quality.
- Support release readiness and communicate progress, changes, and outcomes to stakeholders.
- Continuously seek feedback from customers and internal teams to inform backlog priorities and enhancements.
Qualifications (Required):
- 3+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or similar role in a SaaS environment.
- Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum practices and backlog management.
- Demonstrated ability to write clear, detailed user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical teams.
- Strong sense of ownership and attention to detail.
Qualifications (Preferred):
- Experience in EHS, safety management, risk reduction, or related operational software.
- Understanding of safety workflows such as incident management, inspections, and observations.
- Familiarity with UX principles and data-driven design.
- Product Owner certification (e.g., CSPO or equivalent)
Compensation:
- Annual Base Salary Range of 95k-120k
- Annual Bonus Opportunity of 10%
Physical Requirements:
- Working on a computer, typing, and viewing a screen - all of the time
- Stationary sitting or standing - all of the time
- Hearing and listening - most of the time
- Ability to travel to local, regional, or national events - infrequently
Don’t meet every job requirement? At KPA, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply unless they meet every requirement. If you’re excited about the role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we still encourage you to apply! You might just be the right candidate for this or other roles.
As a growing company KPA values its employees by supporting them with a full benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, PTO, Paid and Floating Holidays, 401k with Company match and immediate vesting, Company-funded Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Programs, and No-cost Mental Health Benefits.
About KPA
Founded in 1986, KPA is a leading provider of Environment, Health & Safety (EHS), and Workforce Compliance software and consulting services. KPA solutions help clients identify, remedy, and prevent workplace safety and compliance problems across their entire enterprise. The combination of KPA's software, consulting services, and award-winning training content helps organizations minimize risk so they can focus on what's important—their core business.
We are passionate about what we do, how we do and why we do it. Our culture is driven by the KPA core values – Integrity, Helpful, Excellence, Agile, Respectful, and Teamwork. Success will be determined by the capabilities, energy and character of the people we bring into our organization and the performance they achieve.
KPA, with headquarters in Colorado and teammates throughout the United Sates, is recognized as one of Colorado's Best Midsize Places to Work by Built In Colorado for 2024.
“To be ranked in Built In’s Best Places to Work Awards is a recognition of KPA’s dedication to creating a team of outstanding professionals and our efforts to create a positive and safe workplace culture for everyone,” said Chris Fanning, KPA President and CEO. “I believe we’ve developed a high caliber organization comprised of passionate people who are experts in their respective fields and deliver great value to our customers.”
KPA is committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices, including selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation, to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, religion, religious dress/grooming, color, ethnicity, sex (including sex stereotyping), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, creed, uniform service member status, military or veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, breast-feeding and/or pregnancy-related conditions, age, protected medical condition, leave status, physical or mental disability, genetic characteristics, or any other legally-protected status in accordance with the requirements of all federal, state and local laws. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at [email protected].
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The Company
What We Do
KPA solutions help clients identify, remedy, and prevent workplace safety and compliance problems across their entire enterprise. The combination of KPA’s easy-to-use software platforms, consulting services, and award-winning training content helps organizations minimize risk so they can focus on what’s important—their core business. For nearly 40 years, KPA has helped 10,000+ clients achieve regulatory compliance, protect their business, and keep people safe.
Why Work With Us
Since 1986 we have been refining the core values with which we work together as a team and with our clients. Do you align with our core values of Integrity, Helpfulness, Excellence, Agility, Respectfulness, and Teamwork? It is these core values that promote our success through both organic growth and integrating acquisitions.
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KPA Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
KPA operates in a hybrid, remote-first work environment where daily office attendance is optional and teams get together in-person for collaboration.
Typical time on-site:
Flexible
Westminster, CO
Our headquarters is located in the CirclePoint Corporate Center in Westminster, right off US 36 between 104th and 112th. Minutes from the Westminster Promenade, a major entertainment and food hub.
