Product Owner

Product Owner Overview

As a Product Owner, you will maximize product value and guide the Delivery Team by clearly defining, prioritizing, and maintaining a transparent Product Backlog.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and communicate the Product Goal and ensure it drives backlog priorities.
• Manage and maintain a visible, transparent, and clear Product Backlog; continually re-evaluate customer needs.
• Prioritize work to best achieve goals across maintenance and strategic initiatives.
• Measure and track business value; optimize value of the Development Team’s work.
• Review features as they are developed and provide feedback and guidance.
• Define epics and user stories, including:
  • Acceptance Criteria
  • Definition of Done
• Participate in Agile ceremonies: planning, refinement, stand-ups, and retrospectives (Scrum events).
• Support iteration planning and backlog refinement; ensure the Delivery Team understands backlog items to the needed level.
• Represent a broad set of stakeholders (Senior Management, business/technology teams, customers, suppliers, partners) as the voice of the customer.
• Coordinate with other Product Owners and Product Executives to align product vision and backlog to program plans.
• Align with the Outcome Based Product Roadmap and OKRs.
• Spotlight cross-product dependencies to support seamless delivery.
• Embody Scrum values (Openness, Respect, Courage, Commitment, Focus).

Requirements

• 6+ years experience as a Product Owner in an Agile environment (user stories, iterative development, Scrum teams, sprints, personas).
• Ability to write clear, precise Scrum user stories.
• Strong bias for action; comfortable working in ambiguous, changing environments.
• Experience with Agile frameworks such as SAFe or Scrum@Scale.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Agile facilitation background.

Preferred

• Product Innovation, Design Thinking and/or CX/UX experience.
• Strong Agile/Scrum development background.
• Familiarity working in a SaaS environment.
• PSM/PSPO or SAFe POPM certifications.

Compensation

• $108,479 – $146,447 annually (bonus/sales incentive may be available depending on eligibility).