About the role

Role Overview

Product Owner (Technical Product Owner) for a contract engagement. You will set, prioritize, and evaluate the work produced by a software engineering team to ensure the delivered product features and functionality meet business and user needs.

Key Responsibilities

Be the voice of the client: research and analyze market, target users, and product roadmap.
Collaborate with customers and stakeholders to align product roadmap to strategic goals.
Own the product roadmap and define scope and backlog items (epics/features/user stories).
Partner with product management and senior management to build products that fit the company portfolio.
Lead workflows and processes; collaborate cross-functionally from product concept through release (new products and maintenance).
Prioritize by value: assess value, develop business cases, and prioritize themes/epics/stories aligned with product strategy.
Work with engineering/project managers to manage budgets and support on-budget delivery.
Drive Agile transformation when applicable; manage Waterfall workflows where required.
Create and refine product specifications, including iterative-ready details for development teams.
Provide visioning support: present solutions using wireframes/flows/diagrams and gather feedback.
Support sourcing technical solutions/vendors for epics/features.
Solve product problems, perform trade-off analysis, and make decisions to meet business deliverables.
Define and apply OKR-like objectives/results/strategies to guide product decisions.
Maintain accountability for product outcomes and communicate product needs to business partners.
Follow competitor/industry practices to drive innovation in product development workflows.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
5+ years of relevant experience.
Deep understanding of both Agile and Waterfall methodologies, including experience with Agile transformation.
Demonstrated product management and stakeholder management experience.
Experience or background as a web/software developer is valued.

Nice to Have

Sales/marketing product management experience.
Entrepreneurship skills.

Contract Details

Contract position (direct hire).
Must be based in the US.
6 months, with possibility to extend to 1 year.
Eastern Time zone preferred.
40 hours/week.
Hourly rate: $75–$85.

About Language Testing International

Language Testing International (LTI) is the exclusive provider of ACTFL assessments and delivers language proficiency testing at scale to businesses, academic institutions, government agencies, and individuals. The company provides widely used language credentials for both organizational hiring needs and individual credentialing.

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