Product Owner

A Product Owner is a professional responsible for organizing, prioritizing, and assessing work for a scrum team. They incorporate feature requests, groom and prioritize backlog, and develop user stories and acceptance criteria. The Product Owner plans releases, follows progress, and analyzes end user preferences.

What Is This Job?

A Product Owner is a professional who organizes, prioritizes, and assesses work for a scrum team. They are responsible for incorporating feature requests, grooming and prioritizing backlog, and developing user stories and acceptance criteria. They play a crucial role in planning releases, coordinating sprints, and ensuring products align with the company’s vision.

What Does This Job Do?

A Product Owner’s main responsibility is to manage the product development process. They gather feature requests, schedule releases, and coordinate sprints. They work closely with cross-functional teams, identify user needs, and ensure the product meets customer expectations. Additionally, they refine the agile methodology based on feedback, track industry trends, and address production issues during sprints.

Job Brief

We are looking for a Product Owner to organize, prioritize and assess work for our scrum team.

Product Owner responsibilities include gathering feature requests, scheduling releases and coordinating sprints. To be successful in this role, you should be able to identify user needs and work with cross-functional teams to manage product releases.

Ultimately, you’ll help us roll-out products that deliver our company’s vision.

Responsibilities

  • Incorporating feature requests into product roadmap
  • Grooming and prioritizing backlog
  • Developing user stories and defining acceptance criteria
  • Incorporate feature requests into product roadmap
  • Groom and prioritize backlog
  • Develop user stories and define acceptance criteria
  • Set sprint goals
  • Write acceptance tests
  • Plan releases and upgrades
  • Follow progress of work and address production issues during sprints
  • Analyze preferences and requests of end users
  • Refine our agile methodology based on results and client feedback
  • Keep track of industry trends

Requirements

  • Work experience as a Product Owner or similar role in product management
  • Familiarity with agile is a plus
  • Hands-on experience managing all stages of the product life cycle
  • Technical background with knowledge of software development and web technologies
  • Team spirit and good communication abilities
  • Good organizational skills
  • BSc in Computer Science, Engineering or similar field