Product Manager/Product Owner

Product Manager / Product Owner

Location: USA/Remote (with Valid Visa).

6-12 Months Contract 

Key Responsibilities

1. Product Strategy & Roadmap

• Define product vision, strategy, goals, and roadmap aligned with business objectives.

• Conduct market research, competitor analysis, and customer needs assessments.

• Identify opportunities for product enhancements and innovation.

• Prioritize product features based on business value, customer impact, and ROI.

2. Requirements Gathering & Backlog Management

• Gather and analyze business requirements from stakeholders, customers, and end users.

• Create and maintain product backlogs, epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.

• Translate business requirements into functional specifications.

• Prioritize the product backlog and manage scope changes.

• Ensure requirements are clear, actionable, and aligned with business priorities.

3. Agile & Scrum Management

• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

• Collaborate with Scrum Masters, development teams, QA, and UX/UI designers.

• Clarify requirements and resolve questions during sprint execution.

• Review sprint deliverables and validate that acceptance criteria are met.

• Support continuous improvement and Agile best practices.

4. Stakeholder Management

• Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams.

• Communicate product vision, priorities, timelines, risks, and dependencies.

• Manage expectations and resolve conflicting stakeholder requirements.

• Facilitate workshops, requirement reviews, and product demonstrations.

• Obtain stakeholder feedback and secure approvals for deliverables.

5. Product Development & Delivery

• Collaborate with engineering, design, QA, architecture, and operations teams.

• Monitor product development progress and ensure timely delivery.

• Support user acceptance testing (UAT) and defect prioritization.

• Validate that delivered features meet business requirements.

• Coordinate product releases, launch activities, and implementation plans.

6. Data Analysis & Product Performance

• Define KPIs, OKRs, and success metrics to measure product performance.

• Analyze customer feedback, product usage, and business performance data.

• Identify improvement opportunities using data-driven insights.

• Track adoption, customer satisfaction, revenue impact, and product ROI.

7. Risk & Dependency Management

• Identify product risks, technical constraints, and cross-team dependencies.

• Evaluate trade-offs involving scope, cost, quality, and delivery timelines.

• Escalate blockers and develop mitigation plans.

• Ensure compliance with relevant business, security, and regulatory requirements.

Key Skills Required

• Product strategy and roadmap planning

• Agile, Scrum, and Kanban methodologies

• Jira and Confluence

• User stories, epics, and acceptance criteria

• Business requirements documentation (BRD/FRD)

• Stakeholder communication and management

• Data analysis and KPI tracking

• UAT and product release management

• Prioritization and decision-making

• Strong analytical, leadership, and communication skills