Senior Product Owner

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Convert product strategy and customer and business requirements into clear priorities and actionable tasks for designated technology products and platforms.

• Implement priorities that align with product strategy and transform roadmap objectives into development-ready tasks with defined goals and expected results.

• Manage, maintain, and prioritize the product backlog effectively.

• Approve backlog requirements and acceptance criteria, set priorities, and make daily feature decisions within established goals.

• Work collaboratively with business stakeholders, users, the Business Analyst, developers, and Product leadership to clarify requirements, delivery priorities, and expected results.

• Provide daily guidance on product priorities, scope, and acceptance criteria.

• Lead product prioritization in collaboration with the Product Manager, balancing business value, user needs, technical feasibility, risk, dependencies, and process impacts.

• Engage in sprint planning, reviews, backlog refinement, and other Agile ceremonies.

• Evaluate and accept completed work against acceptance criteria.

• Oversee feature acceptance, user feedback, and product readiness in coordination with delivery teams.

• Track feature effectiveness, user adoption, and delivery-related outcomes.

• Utilize data and stakeholder feedback to guide future enhancements and product decisions.

• Employ approved AI tools and best practices to enhance productivity in analysis, requirements development, documentation, and daily Product Owner tasks.

• Generate clear, structured, AI-friendly documentation and validate AI-generated outputs.

• Identify opportunities to enhance product workflows, delivery methodologies, documentation, and user experience.

• Undertake additional responsibilities or projects as assigned by management.

• Occasional travel for special projects and business meetings, averaging about 5%–10% depending on business needs.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, engineering, information systems, technology, or a comparable combination of education and relevant professional experience is required.

• Over 7 years of experience in supporting operational business platforms or in product ownership, product management, business analysis, or a similar role.

• Proven ability to execute product priorities, convert roadmap goals into development-ready tasks, and manage and prioritize backlogs, requirements, and acceptance criteria.

• Experience in Agile product delivery and throughout the software development lifecycle, encompassing requirements definition, sprint planning, testing, release, and ongoing support.

• Familiarity with product management or work-tracking tools like Azure DevOps or Jira.

• Proficient in documentation or collaboration tools such as Confluence and Microsoft Teams.

• Experience in supporting user acceptance testing and reviewing completed technology solutions against business requirements and acceptance criteria.

• Capability to create effective process maps, workflows, functional specifications, and clear AI-friendly documentation.

• Working knowledge of AI tools and best practices.

• Understanding of APIs, system integrations, and data flows.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Excellent written and verbal communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills.

• Ability to explain complex concepts, balance competing priorities, advocate for users, and work collaboratively in a dynamic environment.

• Proven ability to confidently lead remote meetings on Microsoft Teams with a visible, on-camera presence, actively engage participants, ask probing questions, navigate differing viewpoints, and drive clear decisions, accountability, and next steps.

• CSPO, PSPO, or another Agile certification is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Personal and Sick Paid Time Off.

• 401k with a highly competitive match.

• 11 Paid Holidays.

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.

• Group Life Insurance, HSA/FSA options.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Educational Assistance Program.

• Ongoing training provided by the internal learning and development team.

• Monthly appreciation events.

• Opportunities for career advancement.