[Hiring] Product Owner @REALTIME SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LLC

Role Description

The Product Owner is responsible for translating prioritized product initiatives and epics into well-defined functional and technical requirements that enable efficient and predictable delivery by engineering teams. This role serves as the operational bridge between product strategy and engineering execution.

• Translate prioritized product initiatives and epics into detailed functional and technical requirements, including user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Maintain and manage the product backlog for assigned product areas or engineering teams, ensuring items are clearly defined, prioritized, and ready for development.
• Partner closely with Product Managers to ensure product strategy and roadmap initiatives are accurately reflected in backlog priorities and delivery plans.
• Work collaboratively with Engineering, Design, and Quality teams to clarify requirements, answer questions, and support effective implementation of product functionality.
• Lead or facilitate backlog refinement sessions to ensure stories meet established Definition of Ready standards before sprint planning.
• Ensure functional and technical documentation remains accurate, current, and aligned with delivered product functionality.
• Participate in sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives to support effective agile delivery practices.
• Collaborate with QA and engineering teams to ensure acceptance criteria are clearly defined, and solutions meet expected functionality and quality standards.
• Identify and communicate risks, dependencies, or ambiguities that could impact delivery timelines or solution quality.
• Support continuous improvement of delivery processes, documentation practices, and backlog management standards within the Product Delivery organization.
• 25% of your time may include travel for client visits, conferences, and networking.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience in a product, business analysis, delivery, or technical role within a SaaS or technology environment.
• Experience working with agile development teams and familiarity with Scrum or similar iterative delivery frameworks.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business or product requirements into clear functional specifications or user stories.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills with attention to detail in documentation and requirements definition.
• Experience working with tools such as JIRA or similar backlog management platforms.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including Product Management, Engineering, and Design.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Requirements

• Prior experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, QA analyst, or similar delivery-focused role.
• Familiarity with backlog refinement, sprint planning, and agile delivery ceremonies.
• Experience supporting software development teams delivering SaaS or enterprise software solutions.
• Experience working in regulated or complex product environments (e.g., life sciences, financial services, healthcare, enterprise SaaS).
• Exposure to API-based systems, integrations, or platform-oriented products.
• Experience contributing to documentation, testing support, or release readiness activities within a product development lifecycle.

Benefits

• The company sponsors health insurance, long-term disability, and life insurance.
• Unlimited Paid Time Off.
• 10 paid Holidays.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Work Anniversary Bonus.
• Participation in the Employee of the Quarter Program.
• Monthly $100 Connectivity Stipend Reimbursement.
• RealTime matches employee 401K contributions at 100% of the first 3% invested and 50% of the next 2% invested.