Associate Product Owner

SILENT EIGHT PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Singapore is seeking an Associate Product Owner to drive product direction, manage backlog, and work closely with stakeholders. Candidates must have over 5 years of experience in product ownership, strong communication skills, and a background in Scrum/Agile methodologies. This role requires gathering and analyzing business requirements, ensuring software development aligns with business needs, and helping facilitate product training. Competitive compensation and growth opportunities await the right candidate.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in technical product ownership.
• 3+ years of experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies.
• Experience with sanctions screening or AML transaction monitoring preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work with customers to understand business needs.
• Refine and prioritize the product backlog.
• Communicate product vision and goals to stakeholders.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Ability to influence stakeholders

Product backlog prioritization

Tools

Aha

Jira

Azure

Job description

Overview

As the Associate Product Owner, you will be responsible for working with customers to understand their business needs, refining and prioritizing the product backlog to ensure those needs are met, and helping drive the overall direction of the product. Your objective will be to maximize product value.

• Utilize strong communication and influencing skills with internal stakeholders and customers to develop product roadmaps and ensure the product direction supports business objectives




• Liaise with business stakeholders, sales representatives and technical development teams to communicate product vision and goals




• Gather, analyze and document complex business requirements and translate them into clear and concise technical specifications




• Ensure that development teams are working on the most important product features




• Participate in backlog management activities: prioritization, technical refinement, iteration planning, and breaking down epics into manageable user stories




• Define acceptance criteria and manage story acceptance




• Communicate development progress and status to stakeholders and customers, and escalate risks as needed




• Conduct internal and external product trainings and support customer implementations




• Build expertise in the sanction screening and financial crime surveillance domains

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant work experience in technical product ownership




• 3+ years of experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies




• Experience in working with software development teams




• Experience building product roadmaps and working in roadmap and requirements management systems such as Aha, Jira or Azure




• Experience with sanctions screening or AML transaction monitoring preferred