Product Owner / Delivery Lead DATA & AI

Bassetti Ites; Bidhannagar; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Bassetti Ites is seeking a Product Owner / Delivery Lead for Data & AI to steer Squad 4 from India. You will translate business needs into structured use cases, own the backlog, and drive delivery across requirements to production and post-deployment.

This hands-on role requires strong product ownership, Agile delivery, stakeholder management, and full SDLC experience. You will collaborate with Data & AI, IT, Security, Architecture, and business teams, coordinating across time zones.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of professional experience as Product Owner, Product Manager, Delivery Lead, or similar role.
• Proven experience working directly with software development teams.
• Strong experience in Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with Jira and backlog management.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Strong business analysis and requirements-management capabilities.
• Experience managing stakeholders across business and technical functions.
• Good understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Working knowledge of APIs, integrations, and cloud environments.
• Excellent written and verbal professional English communication.

Responsibilities

• Product Ownership & backlog management: translate requirements into epics, user stories, rules, and acceptance criteria.
• Agile delivery & squad leadership: act as PO & delivery lead; plan ceremonies; monitor progress.
• Stakeholder management & international collaboration: connect India squad with international stakeholders.
• Adoption & continuous improvement: gather feedback, translate into backlog priorities, promote best practices.

Skills

Product Ownership

Product Management

Delivery Management

Agile

Scrum

Jira

Backlog Management

User Stories

Acceptance Criteria

Business Analysis

Requirements Management

SDLC

Data & AI

Cloud

UAT

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Jira

APIs

Job description

Product Owner / Delivery Lead Data & AI

Location: India
Experience: 9-14 Years
Employment Type: Full-Time
Function: Data & AI
Team: Squad 4
Language: Professional English

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Product Owner / Delivery Lead to lead Squad 4 locally from India. The role will serve as the primary bridge between business stakeholders, Data & AI teams, and the India-based development team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for translating business needs and pain points into structured, prioritised, and feasible use cases, owning the product backlog, and driving delivery from requirements through development, production, and post-deployment.

This is a hands-on role requiring strong Product Ownership, Agile delivery, stakeholder management, and software development lifecycle experience.

Key Responsibilities

1. Product Ownership & Backlog Management

• Translate business requirements into epics, user stories, business rules, and clear acceptance criteria.
• Build, own, prioritise, and continuously maintain the Squad 4 product backlog.
• Prioritise initiatives based on business value, feasibility, risks, dependencies, and delivery capacity.
• Define and maintain a realistic product roadmap in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Make prioritisation decisions and trade-offs transparent and well documented.
• Ensure requirements are sufficiently clear and actionable before development begins.

2. Agile Delivery & Squad Leadership

• Act as the day-to-day Product Owner and Delivery Lead for the India-based Squad 4 development team.
• Work closely with developers throughout the delivery lifecycle and provide timely functional and business clarification.
• Plan and facilitate Agile ceremonies including:
  • Backlog refinement
  • Sprint planning
  • Sprint reviews
  • Retrospectives
  • Squad synchronisation meetings
• Monitor delivery progress, quality, capacity, risks, dependencies, and blockers.
• Ensure delivery remains aligned with agreed priorities, timelines, and quality expectations.
• Coordinate with Data & AI, IT, Security, Architecture, and business teams as required.
• Organise product demonstrations, business acceptance testing, production readiness activities, and post-deployment follow-up.
• Provide concise delivery updates and elevate significant risks or blockers promptly.

3. Stakeholder Management & International Collaboration

• Act as the key connection point between the India-based development squad and stakeholders outside India.
• Collaborate effectively with international, multicultural, and distributed teams across countries and time zones.
• Communicate complex technical and business topics clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Manage competing priorities and facilitate alignment when stakeholders have different requirements or expectations.
• Build strong team dynamics and promote ownership, accountability, and delivery discipline within the local squad.

4. Adoption & Continuous Improvement

• Work with Change Management teams, where required, to support user communication, training, and adoption activities.
• Collect and analyse user feedback and monitor product usage and delivered business value.
• Translate feedback into product improvements and future backlog priorities.
• Continuously improve collaboration and ways of working between the India-based squad and international stakeholders.
• Contribute to best practices across Data & AI product and delivery initiatives.

Required Experience

• 3-5 years of professional experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, Delivery Lead, or similar role.
• Proven experience working directly with software development teams.
• Strong experience in Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with Jira and backlog management.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Strong business analysis and requirements-management capabilities.
• Experience managing stakeholders across business and technical functions.
• Good understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Working knowledge of APIs, integrations, and cloud environments.
• Excellent written and verbal professional English communication.

Preferred Experience

• Experience leading an offshore, distributed, or geographically dispersed development squad.
• Experience working with Data, AI, Analytics, Automation, or digital products.
• Experience with Microsoft-based technologies or products.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure.
• Experience working with international stakeholders across different countries, cultures, and time zones.

Key Skills

Product Ownership | Product Management | Delivery Management | Agile | Scrum | Jira | Backlog Management | User Stories | Acceptance Criteria | Business Analysis | Requirements Management | SDLC | API | Integrations | Cloud | UAT | Stakeholder Management | Risk & Dependency Management | Data & AI | Automation

Education

A Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification is preferred. A degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Data Science, Business, or a related discipline would be advantageous.

What Were Looking For

• Strong ownership and accountability
• Excellent stakeholder-management skills
• Structured and analytical approach to problem solving
• Ability to simplify complex topics
• Clear and confident communication
• Strong prioritisation and decision-making skills
• Comfortable challenging ideas constructivelyAbility to manage multiple priorities and dependencies
• Results-oriented mindset
• Comfortable working independently in an international environment

Why Join This Role?

This role offers the opportunity to take end-to-end ownership of product delivery within a Data & AI environment, working closely with international business stakeholders and a dedicated development squad in India.

You will play a critical role in turning business problems into high-value digital and Data & AI solutions, while shaping the product roadmap, delivery approach, and continuous improvement of Squad 4.