We are seeking a Jira & Jama Product Specialist to maximize how teams use Jira and Jama to plan work, manage requirements, and deliver high quality outcomes. This role focuses on how the tools are used, not just how they are configured.
This position will partner with the product, engineering, business, Testing, and delivery teams—helping them adopt best practices, improve workflows, and use Jira and Jama effectively to support planning, execution, traceability, and decision-making.
*This is a fully remote position. Requires 25% travel. *
Why Join Maximus?
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities:
• Partner with teams to optimize how Jira is used for planning, tracking, and delivery
• Guide teams on effective use of boards, backlogs, issue types, dashboards, and reports
• Support hybrid delivery models through practical Jira usage patterns
• Help teams define meaningful metrics and dashboards for visibility and continuous improvement
• Act as a Jira subject-matter expert, answering usage questions and advising on best practices
• Identify common challenges or inefficiencies and recommend improvements to workflows and usage
Jama Enablement & Usage
• Support teams in using Jama to manage requirements, traceability, reviews, and baselines
• Partner with product, engineering, and quality teams to ensure requirements are clear, traceable, and actionable
• Coach users on effective review cycles, collaboration, change management, and impact analysis
• Help ensure Jama usage supports audit readiness and documentation needs where applicable
• Promote consistent, repeatable approaches to requirements management across programs
Cross-Tool & Collaboration Responsibilities
• Help teams understand how Jira and Jama work together to support end to end delivery
• Translate delivery, product, and compliance needs into practical tool usage patterns
• Contribute to standards, playbooks, templates, and example workflows
• Provide onboarding, training sessions, office hours, and user guides
• Capture user feedback and help prioritize improvements or enhancements
Minimum Requirements
'- Bachelor's Degree in related field.
Program Specific Requirements
• 5+ years of hands-on experience using Jira in a product, delivery environment
• 3+ years of hands-on experience using Jama or similar requirements management tools
• Strong understanding of product development and SDLC processes
• Experience working closely with product managers, engineers, QA, and delivery leads
• Ability to translate process needs into practical, usable workflows
• Comfortable supporting both technical and non-technical users
Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.
Minimum Salary
$110,000
Maximum Salary
$160,000