Product Owner

Job Title: Product Owner

Job Location: Hillsboro, OR

Job Type: Contract

Job Overview:

• SO for PO/SM We are seeking an experienced Product Owner / Scrum Master for a Data track to drive end to end Agile delivery of data platforms, analytics, and reporting initiatives.
• This hybrid role requires strong product ownership, Scrum facilitation, and Business Systems Analysis (BSA) skills to effectively bridge business stakeholders and technical teams.
• The ideal candidate will own the data product backlog, facilitate Agile execution, and ensure business requirements are clearly translated into deliverable, high quality data solutions.
• Product Ownership (Data Focused) Own and manage the product backlog for Data & Analytics initiatives including data engineering, reporting, dashboards, and data platforms.
• Work closely with business stakeholders to understand business objectives, KPIs, and data needs.
• Translate business requirements into clear epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria with a data centric mindset.
• Prioritize backlog items based on business value, dependencies, data readiness, and regulatory needs.
• Define release goals and support roadmap planning for data products.
• Scrum Master & Agile Delivery Act as Scrum Master for one or more Data / Analytics teams.
• Facilitate all Agile ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Daily Stand ups, Backlog Grooming, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
• Coach teams on Agile best practices and drive continuous improvement.
• Remove impediments related to data dependencies, environments, access, and cross team coordination.
• Track and report Agile metrics such as velocity, burn down, release progress, and team capacity.
• Business Systems Analysis (BSA) Responsibilities Perform requirements elicitation, analysis, and documentation for data use cases.
• Work with stakeholders to define data rules, transformations, validation logic, and reporting requirements.
• Support functional walkthroughs, story validation, and UAT planning.
• Ensure clarity on data sources, assumptions, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
• Act as a functional bridge between business users and data engineering / BI teams.
• Stakeholder & Cross Team Coordination Serve as the primary point of contact between business, product, data engineering, QA, and leadership teams.
• Coordinate across multiple teams and dependencies to ensure smooth delivery. Provide clear, timely status communication including risks, issues, mitigations, and release readiness.
• Support governance, planning, and executive communication as required.

Required Qualifications:

• 8-12+ years of experience in IT delivery with strong Agile project experience.
• Proven experience as a Product Owner and/or Scrum Master.
• Strong exposure to Data & Analytics domains (Data Engineering, BI, Reporting, Dashboards).
• Hands on experience in requirements analysis / BSA activities.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience using Agile tools such as JIRA, Confluence, or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in Enterprise or Regulated environments (Healthcare, Insurance, BFSI).
• Experience managing onshore-offshore delivery models.
• Certifications such as CSM, SAFe Agilist, PMI ACP, or Product Owner certification.
• Working knowledge of data platforms, cloud data ecosystems, and BI tools (nice to have).