Product Owner

Job Description

Requirement Analysis & User Stories: Collaborate with the on-site Product Manager and business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into clear, actionable, and testable user stories in Jira. Team Collaboration: Serve as the main point of contact for both offshore technical leads and on-site developers, providing real-time clarifications and unblocking the team. Sprint Readiness: Lead backlog grooming sessions to ensure stories are well-defined, estimated, and ready for development. Progress Tracking & Communication: Maintain clear and proactive communication with on-site and offshore stakeholders regarding delivery status, risks, and key decisions. Quality & Execution Focus: Ensure deliverables meet acceptance criteria and are aligned with defined timelines, scope, and quality benchmarks. Scope & Decision-Making Authority Scope: Primary focus will be on a specific product or feature module within a larger web portal ecosystem. Authority: Empowered to make tactical decisions on story prioritization, sprint scope, and refinement of functional requirements within the defined roadmap and vision. Required Qualifications: 2?4 years of experience in a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or hybrid role in Agile software development. Experience managing product backlogs and writing detailed user stories with acceptance criteria. Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum practices and software development life cycle (SDLC). Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills. Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to work across distributed teams. Proficient in tools like Jira, Confluence, or other Agile collaboration platforms. Preferred Qualifications: Scrum certification (CSPO, PSM, or equivalent). Experience working on web portals or SaaS platforms. Exposure to cloud-native application architecture using AWS and understanding of API, database, and MQTT-based messaging systems. Prior experience working in a distributed global team setup.