Digital Product Owner: Agile Backlog & Delivery Lead

Strategic Staffing Solutions; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 124,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Staffing Solutions, Inc. is seeking a seasoned Digital Product Owner (DPO) for a Plano, TX onsite engagement. Lead backlog ownership, craft executable user stories, and align business needs with technical delivery across Agile and Waterfall environments.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, prioritize work based on value, and drive timely delivery while managing dependencies and risks. The ideal candidate will rapidly adapt to new domains, maintain real-time backlog details, and

Qualifications

• Experience developing, refining, and managing executable user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Experience prioritizing work in collaboration with delivery teams and Business Owners.
• Ability to quickly learn new technical domains and understand the work being performed by technical teams.
• Proficiency with Jira, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Whiteboard.
• Experience managing product backlogs, tracking dependencies, and preparing work for delivery.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, including developers, architects, Business Owners, Scrum Masters, and Subject Matter Experts.
• Experience working within Agile, Waterfall, and evolving development methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, collaboration, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to proactively manage changing priorities, update information in real time, and quickly integrate into new teams and workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Create, refine, and update executable user stories and acceptance criteria in real time with the team.
• Maintain and prioritize the product backlog, track dependencies, and ensure work is ready for delivery.
• Review stakeholder feedback and new requirements, incorporating changes into the backlog as appropriate.
• Review and accept or decline development deliverables based on established acceptance criteria.
• Partner with Business Owners, Tech Leads, and Scrum Masters to prioritize work based on business value, readiness, dependencies, and team capacity.
• Manage and assess the impact of new features, defects, and other work items, including decisions to create, fix, or defer.
• Track delivery progress, clarify requirements, and resolve questions or impediments affecting execution.
• Ensure delivery priorities align with business strategies, product roadmaps, and stakeholder expectations.
• Serve as the primary business representative to technical delivery teams.
• Collaborate with developers, architects, Business Owners, and SMEs to clarify requirements and facilitate decisions.
• Provide status updates and pre-production demonstrations to Business Owners and leadership.
• Capture feedback, decisions, and evolving business needs and translate them into actionable backlog items.
• Identify, engage, and influence business stakeholders to validate business strategy, customer needs, and delivery objectives.
• Lead backlog readiness activities for Program Increment (PI) Planning and Inspect & Adapt (I&A).
• Communicate upcoming work and proactively manage risks, dependencies, and delivery priorities.
• Assist with project-level planning related to schedules, scope, and resources.
• Partner with business process owners to establish metrics for benefits realization, adoption, and operational risks.
• Identify and mitigate business and technology delivery risks, escalating issues and recommending solutions.
• Support business readiness for change through communication, adoption planning, and performance metrics.
• Assist with coaching less experienced Digital Product Owners and team members.
• Jira: Create and refine stories and acceptance criteria, maintain and prioritize backlogs, track dependencies, and ensure delivery readiness.
• Microsoft Teams: Collaborate with developers, Business Owners, architects, and SMEs to clarify requirements, resolve questions, make decisions, and respond to evolving priorities.
• Microsoft Whiteboard: Facilitate interactive working sessions to visualize processes, map requirements and dependencies, organize ideas, and translate discussions into actionable user stories.

Skills

Executable user stories

Backlog prioritization

Stakeholder engagement

Agile & Waterfall

Cross-functional collaboration

Change-priority management

Requirement clarification

Team integration

Decision making

Tools

Jira

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Whiteboard

Job description

Strategic Staffing Solutions, Inc. is seeking a seasoned Digital Product Owner (DPO) for a Plano, TX onsite engagement. Lead backlog ownership, craft executable user stories, and align business needs with technical delivery across Agile and Waterfall environments.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, prioritize work based on value, and drive timely delivery while managing dependencies and risks. The ideal candidate will rapidly adapt to new domains, maintain real-time backlog details, and