About the role

Product Owner (CRIO)

CRIO is seeking a Product Owner passionate about delivering customer outcomes through strong product ownership in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities

Product Vision & Delivery: Work with engineering to visualize and deliver solutions aligned to the product vision and requirements.
Scrum Framework Leadership: Develop, adapt, and facilitate Scrum across the product lifecycle; manage the backlog and lead release planning.
Strategic Collaboration: Coordinate with other product owners and Scrum masters to shape product development strategy.
Backlog Management: Prioritize and manage user stories and defects, ensuring realistic, meaningful work for development teams.
Project Leadership: Plan, coordinate, and document development activities for high-visibility projects; adapt to changing scope.
Communication & Facilitation: Facilitate sprint/release/issue communication with stakeholders.
Delivery Optimization: Make data-driven decisions during sprint planning to maximize business value.
Stakeholder Relationships: Maintain effective relationships with steering committees, sponsors, customers, functional managers, and project teams.
Motivation & Leadership: Empower Scrum teams with clear goals to drive sustainable velocity and address sprint concerns.
Agile Development Execution: Collaborate to commit backlog items to sprints and participate in post-live retrospectives to drive continuous improvement.
Value Advocacy: Champion release value and ensure stakeholder alignment on objectives, scope, and deliverables.

Requirements

3+ years of experience in software product ownership.
Strong balance of technical knowledge and business insight.
Experience with Jira and GitHub.
Experience with SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) and Agile development.
Ability to translate abstract ideas into clear business/functional requirements.
Ability to distinguish technology constraints from core business value.
Excellent communication and storytelling skills.
Proven ability to build relationships across all organizational levels.
University degree (CS/engineering or related) or equivalent experience.

Nice to Have

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

About CRIO

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