Product Owner

Responsibilities

• Convey the product vision to all stakeholders to ensure alignment with goals.
• Maintain and prioritize the product backlog, a dynamic list of features, enhancements, and fixes.
• Write detailed user stories with acceptance criteria from the end-user perspective.
• Serve as the bridge between business stakeholders, users, and the development team to ensure clear requirements.
• Collaborate with the development team to plan and sequence releases based on priorities and constraints.
• Make informed feature decisions that align with the overall product strategy.
• Work with quality assurance to define acceptance criteria and participate in acceptance testing.
• Gather and incorporate stakeholder and user feedback to continuously improve the product.
• Monitor market trends, customer needs, and competitor products to inform the roadmap.
• Define and track KPIs to measure product success and impact.
• Create, develop, provide, or coordinate training materials and other educational resources for the system.
• Identify and mitigate risks associated with development and release processes.
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and adapt processes to boost efficiency.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration and an agile mindset within the team.
• Assume responsibility for other reasonable duties as directed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, or related field required.
• 5-7 years of related experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Jira, Confluence or related software.
• Strong understanding of Scrum principles and ceremonies, with demonstrated experience in sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives within an Agile environment.
• Extremely organized with great attention to detail.
• Excellent management skills with the ability to lead, facilitate, motivate, and organize.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Ability to learn quickly and creatively solve new problems.
• Ability to negotiate and settle differences quickly and peacefully.
• Ability to act as a team player.

Technologies

• Microsoft Office Suite
• Jira
• Confluence
• Scrum

Benefits

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Salary

• From USD 80,000 per year

Location

• Orange, CA (onsite)

Education

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience

• Software development: 5 years (Required)
• Microsoft Office: 5 years (Required)
• Scrum: 3 years (Required)
• Management: 3 years (Required)

Work Location

• In person