Product Analyst / Associate Product Owner

Innova Solutions Inc; Piscataway Township (NJ); On-site; USD 76,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & pharmacy coverage

401(k)

HSA/FSA

Life Insurance

Disability cover

Job summary

Innova Solutions Inc. in New Jersey is seeking a Product Analyst / Associate Product Owner to support product strategy, gather requirements, manage the backlog, plan releases, and coordinate with business, engineering, QA, and leadership.

You will translate business needs into actionable requirements, create PRDs and user stories, drive prioritization, and ensure on-time delivery of features while tracking KPIs and reporting progress to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments and Jira backlog management.
• Proven ability to create PRDs, User Stories, Use Cases, Acceptance Criteria, and process flows.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Knowledge of SDLC, release planning, UAT coordination, and defect management.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand challenges, journeys, and outcomes.
• Help define product roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, and success metrics.
• Facilitate discovery sessions to gather requirements.
• Create PRDs, user stories, use cases, and acceptance criteria.
• Translate business requirements into detailed functional and non-functional specs.
• Break down initiatives into manageble stories and tasks.
• Maintain Jira epics, stories, tasks, and workflows.
• Lead backlog refinement and prioritization sessions.
• Track sprint progress, risks, and blockers.
• Coordinate QA testing and deployment activities.
• Prepare executive-level status reports and KPI tracking.

Skills

Agile/Scrum

Jira

Backlog management

PRDs / User stories

Stakeholder management

Release planning

UAT coordination

Defect management

KPI reporting

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / IT

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Job description

A client of Innova Solutions is immediately hiring for a Product Analyst / Associate Product Owner.

Position type: Contract Duration: 12 months Location: New Jersey.

As a Product Analyst / Associate Product Owner you will support product strategy, requirements gathering, backlog management, release planning, and cross-functional coordination. The ideal candidate will work closely with business stakeholders, engineering teams, QA, and leadership to translate business needs into actionable product requirements and ensure successful delivery of product initiatives. This role requires strong analytical, communication, and Agile project coordination skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with business stakeholders to understand business challenges, user journeys, and desired outcomes.
• Assist in defining product roadmaps, milestones, dependencies, and success metrics.
• Facilitate workshops and discovery sessions to gather requirements.
• Create product artifacts including problem statements, personas, journey maps, and high-level epics.
• Identify project risks, assumptions, and potential mitigation strategies.
• Create and refine Product Requirement Documents (PRDs), user stories, use cases, and acceptance criteria.
• Translate business requirements into detailed functional and non-functional requirements.
• Break down large initiatives into manageable stories and tasks.
• Ensure alignment between business objectives and delivered solutions.
• Collaborate with business, engineering, and QA teams to validate requirements.
• Create, manage, and maintain Jira epics, stories, tasks, and workflows.
• Lead backlog refinement and prioritization sessions.
• Track sprint progress, dependencies, risks, and blockers.
• Ensure accurate and up-to-date reporting for project stakeholders and leadership.
• Coordinate activities between Product, Engineering, QA, Architecture, and Business teams.
• Communicate project updates, decisions, risks, and action items.
• Facilitate sprint ceremonies, demos, review meetings, and stakeholder sessions.
• Ensure feedback is documented and incorporated into product planning.
• Participate in release planning and deployment activities.
• Coordinate QA testing, defect management, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Track production readiness activities including risk assessments, security reviews, and rollback plans.
• Support post-release validation and issue resolution.
• Define and monitor product performance metrics and KPIs.
• Analyze adoption, operational efficiency, defect trends, and business outcomes.
• Prepare executive-level status reports highlighting accomplishments, risks, and opportunities.
• Support data-driven prioritization and decision making.
• Maintain product documentation, process flows, release notes, and knowledge repositories.
• Identify opportunities for process optimization and workflow improvements.
• Assist during production incidents by coordinating communications and tracking resolution activities.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across product delivery processes.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related IT field.
• Experience: Minimum 3 years of experience as a Product Analyst, Business Analyst, Product Owner, Technical Business Analyst, or similar role supporting software development and product delivery initiatives.
• Required Skills: Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments. Strong experience with Jira for backlog management, sprint planning, and reporting. Experience creating: Product Requirement Documents (PRDs), User Stories, Use Cases, Acceptance Criteria, Process Flows, Functional Requirements. Strong stakeholder management and communication skills. Experience coordinating across business, product, engineering, QA, and leadership teams. Knowledge of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle). Experience with release planning, UAT coordination, and defect management. Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills. Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Experience creating executive dashboards, status reports, and KPI tracking metrics. Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with Product Management or Product Ownership functions.
• Knowledge of Agile tools such as Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
• Experience supporting digital transformation, automation, or enterprise application initiatives.
• Familiarity with business process modeling and workflow documentation.
• Scrum certifications (CSPO, PSPO, CSM, SAFe, or equivalent) are a plus.

Pay Range and Benefits

Pay Range*: Between $55-$60 Per Hour. Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. Benefits: Innova Solutions offers benefits (based on eligibility) that include the following: Medical & pharmacy coverage, Dental/vision insurance, 401(k), Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA), Life Insurance, Pet Insurance, Short term and Long term Disability, Accident & Critical illness coverage, Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection, Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

About Innova Solutions

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.

Recent Recognitions

• Named One of America's Best Employers for New Grads by Forbes (2024)
• Named One of the Best Companies to Work for by U.S. News & World Report (Private Companies List, 2024-2025)
• One of the Largest IT Staffing Firms in the US - Ranked #3 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024)
• One of the Largest Staffing Firms in the US - Ranked #13 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024; includes Innova Solutions, Volt, & HireGenics)
• Named One of the Top Ten Private Companies in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle (2023)
• One of the Largest Certified Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) in the United States (NMSDC, 2024)
• AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with 100+ certifications

Equal Opportunity Employer and Diversity Statement

Innova Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Innova Solutions is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us at [email] or [phone]. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Innova Solutions encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities. Innova Solutions (HireGenics/Volt) does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. § 1324b. The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.