Product Owner

Junior Technical Product Owner

Locations: Plano, TX, or Walnut Creek, Sacramento, CA location.

*Need Green card holders and US citizens only

This technical professional will be responsible for managing the entire product lifecycle, from high-level vision to technical execution, while working closely with cross-functional teams, including software developers, architects, and operations.

Area of Focus: Big Data, Data Science, Data Analytics, SaS, Actuary

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

PRODUCT BACKLOG OWNERSHIP & REFINEMENT

Owns the product roadmap and strategy, ensuring it aligns with business objectives and technical constraints.

Works with senior management and stakeholders to define the product vision, goals, and long-term direction.

Makes strategic decisions regarding trade-offs between product features, technical debt, and resource allocation.

TECHNICAL PRODUCT BACKLOG MANAGEMENT

Leads and manages the entire product backlog, ensuring high-quality user stories, epics, and technical tasks are properly prioritized.

Works closely with technical teams to write detailed, technically sound user stories, ensuring alignment with system architecture and business needs.

Incorporates complex technical requirements, such as performance optimization, scalability, and security into the backlog.

CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM COLLABORATION

Acts as key liaison between business, development, DevOps, security, and architecture teams to ensure alignment of product goals and technical execution.

Leads technical discussions on system architecture, API design, integrations, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps pipelines.

Provides technical guidance to development teams, offering solutions to challenges and ensuring technical feasibility.

STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATION & REPORTING

Provides clear and regular updates to senior stakeholders on the product's technical progress, key risks, and performance metrics.

Collaborates with external vendors or partners as necessary to integrate third-party solutions into the product ecosystem.

Ensures that stakeholders understand the technical implications of decisions, timelines, and resource constraints.

ADVANCED TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS GATHERING & ANALYSIS

Deeply understands and documents technical workflows, APIs, data models, and infrastructure requirements.

Drives the integration of third-party systems, APIs, and microservices architecture into the product.

Leads discussions on technical feasibility, scalability, and architectural design with engineers and architects.

Collaborates with the engineering team to translate complex technical and system requirements into clear, actionable product features.

Understands and documents technical workflows, data models, APIs, and integrations.

Evaluates and recommends tools, frameworks, and technologies that support objectives.

PRODUCT VISION & STRATEGY SUPPORT

Understands the product vision and contribute to creation of short- and long-term product roadmaps.

Assists in identifying key business and technical metrics for product success.

Contributes to defining and refining the product vision, strategy, and roadmap, incorporating feedback from key stakeholders.

Conducts market and competitive analysis to inform product decisions and identify new technical opportunities.

Drive continuous improvement of the product by leveraging metrics, user feedback, and emerging technology trends.

AGILE SUPPORT

Supports Agile best practices, leading sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand-ups, and retrospectives.

Ensures development teams follow Agile principles and deliver continuous improvements through CI/CD pipelines.

Actively removes blockers and manages risks during the development process, optimizing team productivity and product delivery timelines.

QUALITY ASSURANCE & PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION

Collaborates with QA teams to ensure that testing strategies are comprehensive, covering functional, regression, and performance testing.

Defines and oversees technical acceptance criteria ensuring product features meet both functional and non-functional requirements (e.g., load times, reliability, security).

Continuously monitors product performance post-launch, identifying opportunities for optimization and technical improvement.

PRODUCT LAUNCH & POST-LAUNCH SUPPORT

Coordinates product releases, working closely with release management, DevOps, and support teams.

Monitors and tracks the performance of product features post-launch and implements necessary improvements.

Provides post-release support to address technical issues and feedback from users and stakeholders.

ON-PREMISES, HYBRID, AND CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS

Works with business applications across various environments, including on-premises, hybrid, and cloud systems.

Works with the infrastructure and cloud teams to ensure that application environments are stable, secure, and meet business performance expectations.

Supports the transition of applications from the on-premises environments to cloud or hybrid architectures, working closely with senior IT leadership on cloud migration strategies.

Ensures proper governance and performance monitoring for applications in all environments, proactively identifying areas for optimization.

STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATION

Acts as liaison between business users, IT teams, and external vendors to ensure that applications meet the needs of the organization and align with business goals.

Facilitates communication between technical teams and business stakeholders, ensuring clear understanding of project timelines, deliverables, and expectations.

Works closely with other IT managers and teams to ensure successful integration of business applications with other enterprise systems.

RISK & COMPLIANCE

Ensures that business applications comply with industry regulations and internal security standards, including SOX, PCI-DSS, and other financial sector regulations.

Works with the cybersecurity team to ensure applications are secured against potential threats and vulnerabilities.

Supports procedures for regular audits, risk assessments, and disaster recovery plans for critical applications.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. Master's degree a plus.

CERTIFICATIONS: Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO), or SAFe certifications highly preferred.

EXPERIENCE: Required: A minimum of 5 years of experience in IT product management, with a minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience managing technical products. Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, Dev Ops tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab, Terraform), and infrastructure automation. Hands-on experience with API design, web services, and integrating third-party systems. Experience with cloud infrastructure management, including containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and serverless architectures. Preferred: Experience with microservices architecture, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and modern cloud-native applications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE

In-depth understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and demonstrated experience working closely with engineering teams.

Extensive technical knowledge in software development, cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud), microservices, and APIs.

Solid understanding of system architecture, security, database management (SQL/NoSQL), and distributed systems.

Strong knowledge of automation tools, monitoring, and logging platforms.

About Company –

QualiZeal is North America's Fastest-growing Independent Digital Quality Engineering services company with a global head count of 800+ Quality Engineering & Software Developers . We have implemented Quality Engineering and Test Automation engagements for small, medium and large companies. Trusted by 40+ Global enterprises, QualiZeal has delivered over 200 successful projects earning client NPS score of 85. QualiZeal's dedication, expertise, and ability to deliver the right solutions at a fast pace is recognized by customers and partners. We were recognized as "The Fastest Growing Digital Quality Engineering Services Company" at the 2022 Global Choice Awards.

With a diverse portfolio for all your Quality Engineering service needs, we offer customized solutions ensuring the best outcomes. Our expertise includes Quality Engineering, Digital Engineering, Advisory and Transformation, and Emerging Technology Testing. Using AI and ML-powered predictive capabilities, we accelerate the testing process by 3x and reduce the cost of testing by 4x. Our customized services and solutions are designed to ensure higher quality applications to meet your business and marketing demands. Our specialized and customized services include – Software Test Automation, Software Performance Testing, Mobile App Testing, Functional Testing, Process Automation, Agile Testing, and Accessibility testing.

Awards and Certifications -

Great Place To Work Certified (GPTW).

Economic Times Excellence Award 2023

NASSCOM Member

The 2022 Global Choice Award

ISO 13485 2016 and ISI 90012015