Sr. Product Owner

The Sr Product Owner plays a critical role in ensuring that a product or feature is developed with a focus on delivering value to the customer and the business. They act as a voice for the customer and are responsible for making key product-related decisions throughout the development process, including identifying opportunities to incorporate emerging technologies, such as AI-enabled capabilities, where they can improve user experience, workflow efficiency, and business outcomes. Key Responsibilities : Product Vision & Stakeholder Alignment Translation: Work with stakeholders to translate future vision and requirements into clearly broken-down epics and stories; ensure all team members understand and align with product goals, including consideration of emerging technologies where appropriate. Stakeholder Communication: Act as the primary point of contact between the development team and stakeholders; communicate progress, changes, and updates regularly. Team Enabler: Work with one or more Agile Development Teams and act as a central reference and information source, guiding system/product functionality decisions. Entrepreneurial Spirit: Demonstrate a track record of delivering results in fast-moving, demanding environments. Backlog Ownership & Prioritization Prioritization: Create and maintain the product backlog; prioritize features, user stories, and tasks based on business value, customer needs, market trends, and strategic opportunities. Backlog Management: Continuously groom and refine the backlog based on feedback, changing priorities, and new insights. Feedback Integration: Gather and incorporate feedback from stakeholders and end-users into the backlog; adjust as necessary. Requirements & Customer Experience (UX) User Story Development: Break down high-level requirements into detailed, implementable user stories that meet strong Agile standards and support effective workflows, automation, and decision support where applicable. Acceptance Criteria: Define clear acceptance criteria so the team understands what constitutes “done” for each feature. UI/UX Alignment: Partner with UX to ensure backlog items have wireframes and UI designs ready for sprint planning; provide design feedback, participate in design sprints, and support user acceptance testing. Planning, Delivery & Risk Sprint Planning: Participate in sprint planning to select stories and tasks; ensure the team has a clear understanding of work scope. Release Planning: Collaborate with the team and stakeholders to plan and prioritize releases aligned with market needs and business goals. Quality Assurance: Ensure the product meets quality standards by accepting or rejecting work during sprint reviews. Risk Management: Identify and mitigate delivery risks; partner with the release manager on timelines, tough conversations, mitigation strategies, and transparent escalation to leadership. Business Outcomes & Data Business Case Support: Assist in developing and presen