Strategic Product Owner: Backlog & Delivery Lead

abu dhabi knowledge bridge; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Abu Dhabi Knowledge Bridge is seeking a Product Owner to define product requirements, prioritize the backlog, and align business and technical teams to deliver measurable value. You will work with stakeholders, product managers, designers, developers, QA, and project managers throughout the product lifecycle.

The role emphasizes backlog prioritization, user stories, acceptance criteria, and data-driven decisions to optimize product performance and outcomes.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years in Product Owner/PM/BA roles or related product development.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, and product delivery lifecycles.
• Experience with backlog management, user stories, acceptance criteria, and roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the product vision, priorities, and business outcomes.
• Own and prioritize the product backlog based on value, user needs, urgency, and feasibility.
• Translate business needs into clear product requirements and stories.
• Develop detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, use cases, and specs.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand problems, objectives, and opportunities.
• Bridge between business stakeholders and technical teams; work with developers, QA, UX, and PMs.
• Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning, demos, and Agile ceremonies.
• Prioritize features, technical improvements, defects, and change requests.
• Maintain roadmaps, release plans, and delivery timelines.
• Review features and verify delivery meets acceptance criteria.
• Participate in UAT and coordinate issue resolution with tech teams.
• Monitor performance, feedback, adoption, quality, and KPIs.
• Use data and analytics to inform product decisions.

Skills

Agile

Scrum

Backlog management

Stakeholder management

User stories

Data-driven decisions

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT/Business

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Trello

Miro

Job description

Abu Dhabi Knowledge Bridge is seeking a Product Owner to define product requirements, prioritize the backlog, and align business and technical teams to deliver measurable value. You will work with stakeholders, product managers, designers, developers, QA, and project managers throughout the product lifecycle.

The role emphasizes backlog prioritization, user stories, acceptance criteria, and data-driven decisions to optimize product performance and outcomes.