Technical Product Owner

Technical Product Owner

The Technical Product Owner/Builder supports the development and evolution of platform products and capabilities across client-facing solutions and internal platform initiatives. This role combines product ownership with hands-on execution. The ideal candidate enjoys working closely with stakeholders and engineering teams to define requirements, shape solutions, validate outcomes, and continuously improve the products they support. The Technical Product Owner / Builder serves as a bridge between Product, Delivery, and Engineering, helping ensure products are built to meet business needs and provide value to users. This position is ideal for someone who enjoys both product thinking and problem solving and wants to continue growing their technical product management capabilities.

Responsibilities

Product Ownership

• Partner with stakeholders to understand business needs and define product requirements.
• Translate requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, and prioritized backlog items.
• Manage and refine the product backlog in partnership with engineering and product leadership.
• Support sprint planning, backlog refinement, and other team ceremonies.
• Help drive delivery of product enhancements and platform initiatives.

Product Development & Delivery

• Work closely with engineering teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Create prototypes, workflows, configurations, or lightweight solutions when appropriate to help validate ideas and accelerate delivery.
• Support implementation planning and help ensure requirements are clearly understood.
• Maintain product documentation and support continuous improvement efforts.

Product Validation

• Define acceptance criteria and expected outcomes for product features and enhancements.
• Participate in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and release validation activities.
• Confirm that implemented solutions meet business requirements and user needs.
• Identify gaps, edge cases, and opportunities for improvement.

Product Expertise & Support

• Develop deep knowledge of assigned products, platform capabilities, workflows, and system dependencies.
• Act as a primary point of contact for product-related questions and requirement clarification.
• Support teams in understanding product behavior, expected functionality, and business rules.
• Partner with Engineering and Delivery teams to analyze product-related issues, clarify requirements, and help identify solutions.

Qualifications

What You Bring

• 3-5+ years of experience in Product Management, Product Ownership, Software Engineering, Business Analysis, or a related technical role.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience gathering requirements, writing user stories, defining acceptance criteria, and managing product backlogs.
• Understanding of software development lifecycles and experience partnering closely with engineering teams to deliver digital products and platform solutions.
• Ability to create prototypes, workflows, configurations, or lightweight solutions that help validate ideas and support product delivery.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to translate business needs into practical solutions and explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to develop deep product expertise, support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and help teams understand product behavior, requirements, and expected functionality.
• Nice to have: Experience with Jira, Confluence, APIs, Postman, AI tools, automation platforms, or configuration-based systems.

Additional Information

Why It's Great to Work Here:

• We live by our C.O.R.E. values:
  • Collaborative - We work together to get better stuff done than we could alone.
  • Optimistic - Honest and confident in our quest forward; believing the impossible is possible.
  • Results-driven - Creativity is always in service of results and never for its own sake.
  • Entrepreneurial - Build something new. Shoot for the moon.
• We offer comprehensive benefits and 'work perks' like great options for medical / dental / vision insurance, 401(k) with company matching, unlimited PTO, generous paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, family forming assistance reimbursement, pet adoption assistance + "pawternity" leave, etc.
• We have a hybrid work schedule
• We're part of Publicis Groupe which is a huge global network, so there are many resources that come with that like Business Resource Groups for a variety of communities like Publicis Parents, VivaWomen, Egalité, etc.
• We give back to our communities with our annual Day of Good and volunteer opportunities throughout the year.
• We love to grow our talent and promote from within whenever possible, and we offer professional development trainings and regular structured performance reviews.
• We have a lot fun! We have a whole committee called "Team Fun" that plans parties and events for us to celebrate birthdays, holidays, cultural moments, etc. Some recent fun events include a flower bouquet bar, origami lessons, and hearing from creative entrepreneurs at our Moonshot speaker series.

Our Publicis Groupe motto "Viva La Différence" means we're better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation Range: USD $135,375.00 - USD $185,200.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/5/2026.