Development Product Owner
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Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA
Summary: The Development Product Owner acts as a liaison between business stakeholders and the development team, ensuring that product vision is effectively translated into actionable user stories and technical requirements. This role focuses on maximizing the development team's output by managing the product backlog, prioritizing tasks, and facilitating clear communication among stakeholders. The position requires a strong understanding of Agile methodologies and experience in software development. The role is remote and emphasizes collaboration and strategic thinking.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define and refine the product vision, strategy, and goals.
- Translate business objectives into a prioritized product roadmap.
- Own and maintain the product backlog, ensuring it is visible, transparent, and clearly understood.
- Write clear, actionable user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria.
- Prioritize backlog items based on business value, risk, and technical dependencies.
- Work closely with the development team to clarify requirements and ensure understanding of user needs.
- Participate in sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Act as the main point of contact between stakeholders and the development team.
- Communicate product progress, upcoming features, and project risks effectively.
- Validate that delivered features meet business and technical expectations.
- Collaborate with QA to ensure thorough testing of new functionality.
- Monitor product performance metrics and user feedback post-launch.
Key Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field.
- 8+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or similar role in software development.
- Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
- Proven ability to write detailed user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Excellent communication, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working with Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar backlog management tools.
- Background in software development or technical project management.
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or similar Agile certification.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
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Location: Remote
Duration: Long Term
Job Summary
The Development Product Owner serves as the bridge between the business and the development team, ensuring that product vision and goals are translated into actionable user stories and technical requirements. This role is responsible for maximizing the value of the development team s work by managing the product backlog, defining priorities, and ensuring clear communication across stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
1. Product Strategy & Roadmap
Collaborate with stakeholders to define and refine the product vision, strategy, and goals.
Translate business objectives into a prioritized product roadmap.
Ensure alignment between product roadmap and technical feasibility.
2. Backlog Management
Own and maintain the product backlog, ensuring it is visible, transparent, and clearly understood.
Write clear, actionable user stories with well-defined acceptance criteria.
Prioritize backlog items based on business value, risk, and technical dependencies.
3. Development Collaboration
Work closely with the development team to clarify requirements and ensure understanding of user needs.
Participate in sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
Make decisions quickly to unblock development progress when questions or trade-offs arise.
4. Stakeholder Communication
Act as the main point of contact between stakeholders and the development team.
Communicate product progress, upcoming features, and project risks effectively.
Gather and analyze feedback to drive continuous improvement.
5. Quality & Delivery
Validate that delivered features meet business and technical expectations.
Collaborate with QA to ensure thorough testing of new functionality.
Monitor product performance metrics and user feedback post-launch.
Qualifications
Required:
Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field.
8+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or similar role in software development.
Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
Proven ability to write detailed user stories and acceptance criteria.
Excellent communication, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred:
Experience working with Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar backlog management tools.
Background in software development or technical project management.
Experience in [specific domain, e.g., fintech, healthcare, SaaS, etc.].
Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) or similar Agile certification.
Key Competencies
Strategic thinker with attention to detail.
Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
Ability to translate complex technical issues into business terms.
Results-driven, organized, and adaptable in a fast-paced environment.