Senior product Owner

symplr; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

symplr is seeking a Senior Product Owner to manage the strategic product roadmap and lead multiple teams within complex product environments. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of proven experience in quality engineering, with advanced skills in automation tools like WebDriverIO and API testing with Postman. Responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet business objectives, defining product requirements, and enhancing delivery processes in Agile environments. Exceptional communication skills are essential for stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• 7+ years’ proven experience as a Quality Engineer.
• Experience with automation testing tools and API testing.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers to understand market demands.
• Work with engineering teams to deliver quality releases.
• Manage and prioritize the backlog with changing business needs.

Skills

Quality Engineer experience

WebDriverIO or any UI Automation tool

Postman

TypeScript

REST/SOAP testing

AWS services

Agile methodologies

GitHub

Communication and collaboration skills

Tools

Azure DevOps

Zephyr

Job description

Overview

The Senior Product Owner works to fulfill the strategic product roadmap established by the Product Management leadership team and meet business objectives. The person in this position manages multiple teams and backlogs for more than one product and/or for more complex products. This role is responsible for defining the detailed product deliverables. The Senior Product Owner must have a firm understanding of the business domain and product needs taking into account multiple types of users utilizing each solution. This position works closely with engineering on the specifications to ensure their Agile teams have all of the information needed to deliver a product that provides maximum value to the users.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers to understand the market demands, priorities, and overall product strategy.
• Partner with UX and Product Managers on market research efforts to understand and prioritize customer needs.
• Work with one or more engineering teams to deliver timely, quality releases that provide high business value and exceed customer expectations.
• Flexibility to support more than one product within a portfolio, potentially across value streams.
• Translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes.
• Work with the Product Manager and Agile team to define the scope included in a release.
• Understand user personas and partner with UX to develop.
• Create detailed specifications/requirements for the product features so they are clearly understood by the development team.
• Write user stories and establish acceptance criteria in collaboration with the team.
• Actively participate in PI planning, product sprints and daily stand-up meetings.
• Research and clarify details as the team develops the application.
• Be aware of customer commitments in order to communicate internally to assist with managing team expectations.
• Manage dependencies in and across sprints and releases.
• Work with the Agile team to manage and prioritize the backlog to ensure alignment with changing business needs.
• Prioritize support work as needed.
• Assist with system status communication and escalation as needed including customer communication.
• Perform demos to all stakeholders on a regular basis.
• Keep stakeholders apprised of progress and incorporate their feedback.
• Understand project budgets, scope and timelines and work to maintain a balance.
• Use metrics and feedback to improve team and organization processes, best practices, performance, and delivery.
• May provide work direction or guidance to colleagues with less experience.
• Act as a product champion within the company.

Skills Required

• 7+ years’ proven experience as a Quality Engineer.
• Experience with testing tools such as WebDriverIO/ any UI Automation tool , Postman, ReadyAPI / RestSharp/ any API automation tool.
• Proficiency in languages like TypeScript, Groovy, or Java.
• Extensive experience testing APIs/web services (REST, SOAP, etc.) using Postman.
• Knowledge of AWS services (S3, Athena, DynamoDB, Kubernetes, Secrets Manager).
• Experience with test management tools like Azure DevOps and Zephyr.
• Proven experience working in Agile (Scrum/Kanban) environments.
• Experience using GitHub for version control.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams and Strong problem‑solving skills and a continuous learning mindset with a willingness to adapt to new technologies.