[Hiring] Product Owner @RELQ Technologies

Role Description

In this role, you will serve as the engine of product delivery—translating strategic visions and domain insights into crisp, actionable technical requirements for our engineering team. You will operate within a tight-knit core product squad alongside a Product Manager, a Rapid Prototype Designer, and a dedicated Subject Matter Expert (SME). While the Product Manager sets the overarching roadmap and strategic vision, you will own the day-to-day product backlog, sprint execution, feature clarity, and delivery quality to ensure the development team builds software that aligns precisely with business goals and user workflows.

Key Responsibilities

• Backlog Management & Requirement Definition
  • Translate strategic roadmap items from the Product Manager and domain insights from the SME into clear, detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, and workflow diagrams.
  • Build, groom, and prioritize the product backlog continuously to maintain a healthy queue of ready-to-work items for engineering.
• Development Team Interface & Execution
  • Serve as the primary, day-to-day point of contact for the engineering team, answering functional questions promptly to maintain dev velocity.
  • Facilitate or participate in core Agile ceremonies, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily standups, and sprint reviews.
  • Unblock development roadblocks by clarifying edge cases, defining validation rules, and making pragmatic tactical trade-offs in real time.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Quality Assurance
  • Partner closely with the Rapid Prototype Designer to ensure user stories align with visual prototypes and design specs prior to sprint commitment.
  • Review completed software builds against acceptance criteria to ensure delivered functionality matches design specifications and strategic intent.
  • Collaborate with the Product Manager to communicate sprint progress, evaluate scope trade-offs, and surface risks early.

Qualifications

• Experience: 3-5+ years as a Product Owner, Agile Business Analyst, or Technical Product Manager managing software deliverables in an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Agile Proficiency: Deep hands-on experience writing high-quality user stories, defining precise acceptance criteria (e.g., Given-When-Then / Gherkin format), and managing backlogs in tools like Jira, Aha!, etc.
• Technical & Design Literacy: Strong ability to interpret UI/UX design prototypes, flowcharts, and schema diagrams, translating them into technical implementation stories.
• Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; comfortable bridging the gap between business/SME domain concepts and technical engineering details.
• Problem-Solving: Proven track record of operating effectively within tactical problem spaces, making sound trade-off decisions, and keeping engineering teams focused and productive.