Product Owner

CSS; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

CSS is seeking a Product Owner in Bengaluru to maximize product value and guide the Delivery Team by clearly expressing backlog items and ensuring transparency. You will order items to achieve goals, measure business value, and ensure backlog visibility.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, write precise user stories, participate in Scrum events, and align with SAFe or Scrum@Scale practices while supporting a SaaS environment and an evolving product roadmap.

Qualifications

• Must have 6+ years as Product Owner with agile facilitation.
• Ability to write clear, precise Scrum user stories.
• Bias for action in changing or ambiguous environments.
• Knowledge of SAFe or Scrum@Scale frameworks.
• Experience in product innovation, design thinking, CX/UX a plus.
• Strong background in Agile/Scrum development.
• Familiarity with SaaS environments and related processes.
• PSM/PSPO or SAFe POPM certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and explicitly communicate the Product Goal.
• Maintain a transparent backlog, balance priorities across maintenance and strategic work.
• Review features, provide feedback and guidance to teams.
• Attend Scrum events and define epics, stories, acceptance criteria, and DoD.
• Collaborate with Senior Management, business and tech teams, customers, partners.
• Represent stakeholder needs in the backlog and voice of the customer.
• Drive cohesion and ensure team contributions align with product goals.
• Provide direction when priorities shift due to user needs.
• Participate in Agile SDLC activities, plan iterations, refine user stories.
• Coordinate with Product Executives to align with roadmap and OKRs.

Skills

Agile facilitation

Scrum user stories

SAFe

Scrum@Scale

Product Ownership

SaaS experience

PSM/PSPO or POPM

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

As a Product Owner, you are responsible for maximizing the value of the product and the work of the Delivery Team by clearly expressing Product Backlog items. You are responsible for ordering the items to best achieve goals and missions. You willcalculate, measureand trackbusiness value, as well asoptimizethe value of the work the Development Team performsensuring that the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all. This will show what the Delivery Team will work on next. You will ensurethe Delivery Team understands items in the Product Backlog to the level needed.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and explicitly communicate the Product Goal
• Manage and maintain a transparent product backlog, re-evaluate customer product needs and continually balance priorities of the product across maintenance and strategic initiatives
• Review product features as they are developed, providing feedback and guidance.
• Participate as a member of the Agile Team, attend Scrum Events, and is responsible for defining epics and stories including Acceptance Criteria and Definition of Done
• Interacts with a diverse set of stakeholders, including Senior Management, business and technology teams, customers, suppliers, and external partners
• Represent the needs of many stakeholders in the Product Backlog and work directly with delivery teams as the voice of the customer
• Drive cohesion across the team but focus efforts on the desired features, while ensuring that each team member is able to contribute to the product’s goals
• Provide clear direction and flexibility when priorities change based on user needs and requirements
• Participate in Agile SDLC activities, including planning, refinement, stand-ups and retrospectives. Provide support to manage iteration planning and refinement of user stories. Spotlight inter-dependencies among cross-product development teams to ensure seamless delivery
• Collaborate with other POs, and Product Executives to ensure the vision of the product is being met and that the product backlog is aligned with the program backlog
• Coordinate closely with the Product Executive to ensure alignment with the Outcome Based Product Roadmap and Objectives and Key Results (OKRs)
• Serve as a thought leader for a specific business and technology team and assists other leaders with the delegation of work assignments
• Embody the Scrum Values: Openness, Respect, Courage, Commitment and Focus
• Be “The Ideal Team Member” – Hungry, Humble, and Smart.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or related field, or equivalent, relevant work experience required.
• 6 or more years’ experience as a Product Owner with Agile facilitation background, working in an agile environment (e.g. user stories, iterative development, scrum teams, sprints, personas)
• Ability to write clear precise Scrum user stories for scrum teams
• Must have a bias for action andbe comfortable in anever changingor ambiguous environment
• Strong knowledge of Agile frameworks such as SAFe or Scrum@Scale
• Product Innovation, Design thinking and/or CX/UX experience is a plus
• Advanced Agile/ Scrum development background
• Familiarity in working in a SaaS environment
• PSM/PSPO OR SAFe POPM certifications preferred