Technical Product Owner (ONLY W2)

Role Overview 

We are seeking a Technical Product Owner with a strong Technical Analyst skillset. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of relevant work experience and a proven ability to bridge the gap between business needs and technical execution. As part of their role on the team, a successful Product Owner should fulfill the following duties and responsibilities: 

Key Responsibilities 

• Scrum Board Ownership (in partnership with Scrum Master and Product Owner) 
• Create cards with thorough acceptance criteria, necessary screenshots, and test cases 
• Ensure cards are tracked and completed through delivery 
• Represent the team’s work in cross-team ceremonies 
• Vet work items for robust business acceptance criteria 
• Ensure adherence to and maturity of the Definition of Done 
• Maintain a prioritized backlog that aligns with both business objectives and technical feasibility 
• Partner with up- and downstream teams to capture all requirements, verify needs are met, establish robust test plans, and ensure no assumptions are unvetted 
• Act as the conduit between product, development, QA, and TDM teams to eliminate silos and ensure smooth communication 
• Drive integration between front-end and back-end teams, proactively addressing pain points in planning and testing 
• Partner closely with the UX/UI team to ensure user-centric design 
• Work with the Domain Architect to support and advance the technical roadmap 

Technical Analysis & Debugging 

• Analyze both legacy systems and new platforms (e.g., .NET, Azure Functions, SQL) to document workflows and dependencies 
• Validate API contracts, data types, and expected responses; ensure functional parity between legacy and migrated systems 
• Partner with QA to define test scenarios and advocate for early API testing to minimize late-stage defects 
• Recommend process optimizations for planning, data setup, and integration testing 

Required Skills & Qualifications 

• Excellent critical thinking skills and the ability to bring clarity out of confusion 
• Technical acumen: Ability to understand code at a high level, test APIs, self-serve data analysis (skilled in SQL, comfortable parsing JSON, etc.) 
• Highly analytical with a hands-on approach—expected to dive deep into cards and topics and help with testing and validation 
• Self-starter who is eager and curious about optimizing team performance 
• Proven track record in analyzing complex systems and debugging issues across front-end and back-end 
• Excellent understanding of business workflows, with the ability to translate them into technical requirements 
• Hands-on experience with Agile methodologies, PI planning, and backlog management 
•  Exceptional communication and collaboration skills for cross-team engagement 
• Ability to document end-to-end workflows and clarify technical dependencies 
• Familiarity with QA processes, test case generation, and integration testing 

Bonus Qualifications 

•  Experience with migration projects (legacy to modern platforms) 
• Prior experience in a hybrid role combining product ownership and technical analysis