Mortgage Product Owner: Agile Backlog Leader

Redwood Trust Inc; Englewood (CO); On-site; USD 100,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Redwood Trust, Inc. is seeking a Product Owner in Englewood, CO to drive backlog management and prioritize technology solutions for mortgage-related businesses.

You will partner with the VP of Product Management, stakeholders, and agile teams to translate business needs into user stories from discovery through launch. The role requires 3+ years in mortgage domains, backlog ownership in agile environments, and strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of subject matter experience with residential or commercial mortgage areas.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience owning a backlog in an agile environment.
• Demonstrated ability to develop clear problem statements and translate them into well-written user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple stakeholders, priorities, and workstreams at once.
• Quick learner who can pick up new domains, tools, and business context rapidly and think on their feet in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
• Strong analytical skills — able to critically evaluate information from multiple sources, reconcile differing viewpoints, and abstract from low-level detail to a general understanding of the underlying business need.
• Solid knowledge of software application development lifecycles, including QA and UAT design and management.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize the team backlog, ensuring items are well-groomed, clearly defined, and ready for development.
• Translate business needs into clear, well-structured problem statements and write user stories with actionable acceptance criteria.
• Guide the scrum team through sprint planning, backlog refinement, and daily execution by clarifying requirements and unblocking questions in real time.
• Define and maintain product vision, sprint goals, and release plans in partnership with the Product Manager and Scrum Master.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across the business to align priorities and ensure the product vision continues to reflect strategic goals.
• Drive agile best practices and continuous improvement across product, analytics, and delivery processes.
• Conduct data analysis to inform product decisions.
• Monitor industry and mortgage-market trends relevant to the product roadmap.
• Elicit requirements through interviews, workshops, document analysis, and other discovery methods, distinguishing what users ask for from the underlying problem they need solved.
• Mediate between business and IT to prioritize competing requirements and establish realistic, reliable delivery schedules.
• Manage multiple concurrent priorities, stakeholders, and deadlines with strong organizational discipline.

Skills

Product Ownership

Agile Delivery

Business & Data Analysis

Requirements Definition

Stakeholder Collaboration

Organizational Skills

Learning Agility

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Jira

Job description

Redwood Trust, Inc. is seeking a Product Owner in Englewood, CO to drive backlog management and prioritize technology solutions for mortgage-related businesses.

You will partner with the VP of Product Management, stakeholders, and agile teams to translate business needs into user stories from discovery through launch. The role requires 3+ years in mortgage domains, backlog ownership in agile environments, and strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills.