About the role

Role: Product Owner (Agile/Scrum)

You will own product outcomes end-to-end—defining vision, guiding delivery, and maximizing business value—while partnering closely with engineering, stakeholders, and scrum teams.

Responsibilities

Product Vision & Delivery: Work with engineering to visualize and deliver solutions aligned to the product vision and requirements.
Scrum Framework Leadership: Facilitate and evolve the scrum framework; manage the backlog and lead release plans.
Backlog Management: Prioritize and manage user stories and defects to keep work meaningful, realistic, and attainable.
Project Leadership: Plan, coordinate, and document delivery activities for large, high-visibility projects; adapt to changing scope.
Strategic Collaboration: Partner with other product owners and scrum masters to shape product development strategy.
Communication & Facilitation: Coordinate and communicate sprint/release progress, issues, and relevant information to stakeholders.
Delivery Optimization: Use sprint planning to evaluate options and make decisions that maximize business value.
Stakeholder Relationships: Maintain strong relationships with steering committees, sponsors, customers, functional managers, and project teams.
Agile Delivery & Continuous Improvement: Help teams commit backlog items to sprints and participate in post-live retrospectives to identify improvements.
Value Advocacy: Drive alignment on objectives, scope, and deliverables for product releases.

Requirements

3+ years of experience in software product ownership.
Balanced technical knowledge + business insight.
Experience with Jira and GitHub.
Experience working in Agile/Scrum, including SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework).
Ability to translate abstract ideas into detailed business/functional requirements.
Ability to distinguish technology constraints from core business value.
Excellent communication and storytelling; strong stakeholder management skills.
University degree (or comparable experience) in CS, engineering, or related field.
Strong written and verbal communication.

Nice to Have

Familiarity with clinical data workflows and transformations/integrations.
Understanding of eClinical vendor systems and workflows.

About CRIO

CRIO (Clinical Research IO) is a health tech company that helps pharma, biotech, research sites, and academic research centers streamline regulatory workflows. Its enterprise platform supports eSource and CTMS for real-time electronic data capture, improving transparency and enabling remote monitoring for sponsors and CROs.