Product Owner

Product Owner Dallas, TX (Flexible remote work arrangements available) Full-Time About Matilda Cloud We are building our product management and agile delivery practices simultaneously, and the Product Owner is a critical connector between the two. You will work at the intersection of product vision and engineering execution, translating roadmap priorities into a well‑maintained, clearly ordered backlog that gives our scrum teams what they need to deliver with confidence and speed. This role requires someone who is equally comfortable in a backlog grooming session and a customer conversation, someone who sweats the details of a user story without losing sight of the goal it serves. You will operate within a PM practice that is still taking shape, which means you will have real influence over how the PO function is defined and practiced here. Responsibilities Backlog Ownership & Management Own and maintain a well‑ordered, sprint‑ready product backlog, ensuring every item is clearly written, appropriately sized, and prioritized in a way the team understands and trusts. Write high‑quality user stories with clear acceptance criteria, edge case documentation, and sufficient context for engineering to build without repeated clarification cycles. Facilitate backlog grooming sessions that are efficient and outcome‑focused; surface ambiguities and dependencies early so they do not surface mid‑sprint. Maintain backlog health as a continuous discipline through regularly pruning, re‑prioritizing, and retiring items that no longer reflect current strategy. Sprint Execution Partnership Serve as the primary product point of contact for the scrum team throughout the sprint; available to answer questions, clarify intent, and make rapid scope decisions when reality diverges from the plan. Participate actively in sprint ceremonies: planning, daily standups as needed, reviews, and retrospectives contributing to continuous improvement of how the team works. Accept or reject completed work against defined acceptance criteria with consistency and clear rationale; provide actionable feedback when work does not meet the bar. Identify and elevate impediments that are blocking delivery; partner with the Scrum Master to resolve them quickly. Stakeholder & PM Alignment Maintain close alignment with the Product Manager on roadmap priorities, ensuring the backlog reflects current strategy and that trade‑offs are surfaced and resolved at the right level. Communicate sprint progress, scope changes, and emerging risks to the PM and relevant stakeholders in a timely, clear manner. Represent the product and engineering team's delivery capacity honestly in planning conversations, pushing back constructively when scope threatens commitment quality. AI‑Assisted Workflow Use AI tools to improve the speed and quality of backlog work including drafting and refining user stories, generating acceptance criteria scaffolding, and synthesizing customer feedback into structured requirements input. Bring judgment about where AI‑assisted drafting adds value versus where specificity and domain knowledge require the work to be done manually. Customer & Domain Fluency Develop working knowledge of the data center to cloud and cloud‑to‑cloud services domain sufficient to write meaningful stories, ask the right clarifying questions, and represent customer intent accurately to engineering. Participate in customer discovery activities alongside the PM including interviews and feedback sessions to maintain a direct connection to the problems the product is solving. Qualifications 3+ years of experience as a Product Owner or in a closely adjacent role (Business Analyst, Associate PM, or similar) working within agile scrum teams. Demonstrably strong user story writing skills: you can show examples of requirements that are clear, testable, and complete without being over‑specified. Solid working knowledge of agile and scrum practices; certified Product Owner (CSPO or equivalent) preferred. Proven ability to manage a complex backlog across multiple workstreams or feature areas simultaneously. Experience working in enterprise B2B software environments with technically sophisticated stakeholders. Comfortable using AI tools in day‑to‑day workflow for drafting, synthesis, or research tasks. Strong written and verbal communication skills; organized, detail‑oriented, and reliable under sprint‑cycle pressure. Preferred Qualifications Background in or strong familiarity with data center infrastructure, cloud services, or infrastructure software. Experience working within a PM practice that was actively being built or formalized. Exposure to tools such as Jira, Linear, Productboard, or similar backlog and roadmap management platforms. Experience working with distributed engineering teams across multiple time zones.

WHAT WE OFFER

Competitive compensation including base salary, bonus, and equity. Direct access to the Director of Product Management and close partnership with engineering leadership. Hybrid work model from our Texas office with comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision, 401(k) with match, and generous PTO. We are an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. #J-18808-Ljbffr Matilda Cloud