Discovery-Focused Product Owner (Remote)

Founders Workshop; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work flexibility

Job summary

Founders Workshop is seeking a Product Owner / Discovery Lead to bridge business opportunities with successful project execution. You will own the discovery process from initial client conversation through a comprehensive Discovery Document that guides development.

You will partner with prospects, clients, sales, and technical teams to understand goals, define product requirements, identify risks, and create a clear implementation roadmap.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, Product Manager, Solutions Consultant, or similar role.
• Experience leading client-facing discovery sessions.
• Strong business analysis and requirements gathering skills.
• Experience writing functional requirements and user stories.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills.
• Strong organizational and project coordination abilities.
• Experience working with Agile software development teams.
• Ability to prioritize competing business needs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication in English.

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery meetings with prospective and existing clients.
• Conduct business and technical discovery to understand goals, challenges, workflows, and requirements.
• Ask strategic questions that uncover business needs rather than only requested features.
• Translate business problems into clear product requirements and solution recommendations.
• Facilitate discovery workshops with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with engineering, UX/UI, AI specialists, and architects during the discovery process.
• Define project scope, priorities, assumptions, risks, and dependencies.
• Prepare project proposals, statements of work, estimates, and implementation recommendations.
• Lead the internal discovery team and coordinate contributions from technical experts.
• Produce high-quality Discovery Documents that clearly define the solution before development begins.
• Present findings and recommendations to clients.
• Manage client expectations throughout the discovery process.
• Ensure a smooth handoff from discovery into delivery.

Skills

Product Owner

Business Analyst

Product Manager

Solutions Consultant

Client-facing discovery

Agile

Communication

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Miro

Figma

Job description

Founders Workshop is seeking a Product Owner / Discovery Lead to bridge business opportunities with successful project execution. You will own the discovery process from initial client conversation through a comprehensive Discovery Document that guides development.

You will partner with prospects, clients, sales, and technical teams to understand goals, define product requirements, identify risks, and create a clear implementation roadmap.