Product Owner Sr

Product Owner Sr

Location: PA - Pittsburgh, OH - Strongsville, AZ - Phoenix

Role/Responsibilities:

Responsible from day one for understanding the platform vision, enterprise context, and priority use cases, and for translating that into a clear, well-structured backlog. They partner closely with Product Managers and Technology to define scope, decompose work, and support PI planning and sprint execution. As the work progresses, they continuously prioritize and refine the backlog, make day-to-day scope and tradeoff decisions, incorporate stakeholder feedback, and ensure delivery aligns with enterprise standards, reuse, and scalability goals.

Must Have:

• Demonstrated experience leading product strategy and vision, thinking holistically across the ecosystem, prioritizing with discipline, clearly articulating business value, and working effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Experience working on enterprise platforms or shared capabilities, with an understanding of integrations, APIs, and cross-team dependencies
• Hands-on experience using Jira for backlog management, including EPICs, features, user stories, dependencies, and acceptance criteria
• Proven ability to translate business and platform needs into clear, actionable requirements in close partnership with engineering and architecture
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with comfort making day-to-day prioritization and scope decisions
• Strong experience working in Agile delivery environments (Scrum, SAFe), including PI planning, sprint planning, and backlog refinement

Nice To Have:

• Experience helping establish or mature product practices in a new or growing organization
• Experience in a regulated or risk-aware environment (financial services preferred)
• Exposure to delivery metrics, dashboards, or outcome-based prioritization
• Familiarity with Confluence or similar tools for documentation and product artifacts

Soft Skills:

• Team player
• Not afraid to ask questions
• Go getter
• Communication