Product Owner – Remoto Latam ID #00195

Werben HR; Bogotá; Remote; COP 281,171,000 - 468,618,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary in USD

10 paid time off (PTO) days per year

100% company‑covered international certifications

Coworking spaces

Engaging team-building activities

Team-building activities

Welcome kit and personalized gifts

Referral programs

Job summary

A leading consultancy is looking for a skilled Product Owner to manage product strategy and development for a Canadian fintech client. This fully remote role demands strong agile experience, exceptional communication skills, and the ability to lead innovative solutions while fostering a collaborative team culture. The position offers competitive salary, PTO, and numerous employee benefits.

Qualifications

• Some experience leading or working with teams in an agile setting as an analyst.
• Able to articulate product/system requirements and collaborate with teams.
• Passion for innovation and embracing change.
• Ability to articulate product/system requirements with PO and dev teams.
• Proactive problem-solver who can push progress and solutions.
• Demonstrates passion for challenging status quo and embracing change.
• Believes in non-hierarchical collaboration, transparency, safety and trust.
• Willing to roll up sleeves and push teams beyond comfort zone.
• Encourages experimentation, learning from failure, and growth.
• Fully remote contractor arrangement.

Responsibilities

• Shape product strategy and manage a backlog 3-4 sprints ahead.
• Ensure quality standards and assist in product demos.
• Collaborate with product teams to align strategies with overall vision.
• Define acceptance criteria with developers and stakeholders.
• Provide day-to-day clarification of requirements and drive user stories.
• Drive decision-making across the team as a proxy to the product owner.
• Align priorities with product owners and leadership.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure strategy matches the product vision.
• Track performance metrics once solutions are in production.
• Prepare and support team during product demos.
• Analyze complex scenarios and provide insights to the PO/FPO when needed.

Skills

Agile/Digital Experience

Strong communication skills

Problem-solving ability

Experimental mindset

Problem solving

Change-mindset

Collaborative culture

Willingness to learn

Self-starting

Remote contractor mindset

Job description

We are looking for a skilled Product Owner to join a leading Canadian-based fintech client. This role is responsible for shaping product strategy, translating requirements into actionable goals, and managing a backlog 3-4 sprints ahead. The Product Owner ensures quality standards are met, supports product demos, and leads agile ceremonies. Exceptional communication and problem-solving skills are key to driving team alignment and nurturing a collaborative, innovative culture that encourages continuous learning and growth.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a Product Owner to shape the end-to-end product strategy and determine business value.
• Translate product requirements to accomplish team goals for the product development and supporting system needs. These should be defined and tracked in collaboration with the developers and the functional units.
• Work in collaboration with the Product Owner in utilizing market and industry knowledge to translate user needs into user stories and epics, with clearly defined acceptance criteria for their team. Support, maintain a backlog 3 to 4 sprints ahead of the team.
• Define quality metrics and ensure the product/change delivered meets the business requirements.
• Provide day‑to‑day contact for the team on clarification of requirements and drive user stories.
• Exercise strong decision‑making mandate across the team as a proxy to the product owner.
• Stay in sync with the product owners on priorities and day‑to‑day decision making.
• Work in collaboration with the product owners and other teams and leadership to ensure team strategy aligns with overall product vision.
• Collaborate with product owners in defining, implementing and tracking performance metrics once the solution enters production.
• Prep and support the team on product demos.
• Able to analyze complex scenarios based on knowledge of the product, applications, processes, and data, and provide analysis to the PO/FPO where necessary.

Requirements

• Agile/Digital Experience.
• Some experience leading or working with teams in an agile setting as an analyst.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with ability to present complex messages and enhance stakeholder relationships.
• Able to articulate product/system requirements and facilitate/coordinate in collaboration with PO, development teams, and stakeholders.
• Strong problem solver with ability to lead the team to push the solution and progress.
• Passion to challenge the status quo and find new solutions and drive out of the box ideas – loves and embraces change.
• Believes in a non‑hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, safety, and trust.
• Not afraid to “roll up the sleeves” and seeks to go outside comfort zone to learn – pushes teams to do the same.
• Empowers others to fail, learn, and grow.
• Experimental mindset to drive innovation.
• Fully remote work arrangement as a contractor.

Benefits

• Competitive salary in USD.
• 10 paid time off (PTO) days per year.
• Extra free days.
• 100% company‑covered international certifications.
• Coworking spaces.
• English classes.
• Engaging team‑building activities.
• Personalized gifts and a welcome kit to make you feel part of the team.
• Referral Programs.