Product Manager / Proxy Product Owner

EPAM Systems; Stati Uniti; In loco; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

EPAM Systems is seeking an experienced Product Manager / Proxy Product Owner to steer product delivery for a life sciences cold-chain IoT platform. You will liaise between business stakeholders, product leadership, and distributed engineering teams to ensure a clear vision, prioritized backlog, and successful outcomes.

The role focuses on MVPs, capability prioritization, and driving roadmaps, with KPI tracking to deliver measurable business results.

Competenze

• 7+ years of experience in Product Management or Product Ownership for enterprise software or B2B SaaS products.
• At least 3 years of experience in Agile environments using Scrum, SAFe, or similar frameworks.
• Client-facing PM/PO experience with distributed delivery teams.
• Backlog management experience using Jira and Confluence.
• Experience defining MVPs and managing scope within modernization or platform consolidation programs.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, and workshop leadership skills.
• Experience translating business requirements into actionable product roadmaps and delivery plans.
• Understanding of cloud-based SaaS platforms, APIs, multi-tenancy, reporting, and data-driven products.
• Experience collaborating with engineering, architecture, UX, and business teams.
• Nice to have Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical Supply Chain, Cold Chain, Logistics, or IoT domain experience.
• Nice to have Experience with regulated software environments and compliance-driven products.
• Nice to have Knowledge of GxP standards and validation processes.

Mansioni

• Act as a Proxy Product Owner and manage day-to-day backlog activities.
• Drive product discovery, MVP definition, capability prioritization, and roadmap execution.
• Translate business objectives into prioritized epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Ensure backlog readiness and maintain detailed requirements in Jira and Confluence.
• Facilitate backlog refinement sessions, sprint reviews, demos, and planning activities.
• Manage scope, assess change requests, and balance competing priorities.
• Coordinate milestone acceptance activities with business, quality, and technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate with UX/UI teams to define and optimize key user journeys.
• Support pilot launches, onboarding activities, UAT, and product adoption initiatives.
• Define and track product KPIs and business success metrics.
• Leverage AI-assisted product management practices to improve analysis and requirements quality.

Conoscenze

Product Management

Proxy PO

Backlog Management

Agile Methodologies

Roadmap Definition

Stakeholder Management

Requirements Analysis

Cross-functional Leadership

Communication

MVP Definition

Data-driven

Strumenti

Jira

Confluence

Descrizione del lavoro

We are hiring an experienced Product Manager / Proxy Product Owner to lead product delivery for a life sciences cold-chain IoT platform. In this role, you will act as the key liaison between business stakeholders, product leadership, and a distributed engineering team, ensuring a clear product vision, well-defined priorities, and successful delivery of business outcomes. The platform consolidates capabilities from multiple legacy solutions into a unified Azure-based ecosystem supporting shipment setup, product and lane management, live monitoring and alerting, investigations and reporting, audit trails, electronic signatures, and release decision workflows. Development follows Agile delivery practices with two-week sprints, PI planning, and milestone-based execution.

Req.#1117494771 Responsibilities

• Act as a Proxy Product Owner and manage day-to-day backlog activities
• Drive product discovery, MVP definition, capability prioritization, and roadmap execution
• Translate business objectives into prioritized epics, features, user stories, and acceptance criteria
• Ensure backlog readiness and maintain detailed requirements in Jira and Confluence
• Facilitate backlog refinement sessions, sprint reviews, demos, and planning activities
• Manage scope, assess change requests, and balance competing priorities
• Coordinate milestone acceptance activities with business, quality, and technical stakeholders
• Collaborate with UX/UI teams to define and optimize key user journeys
• Support pilot launches, onboarding activities, UAT, and product adoption initiatives
• Define and track product KPIs and business success metrics
• Leverage AI-assisted product management practices to improve analysis and requirements quality

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in Product Management or Product Ownership for enterprise software or B2B SaaS products
• At least 3 years of experience working in Agile environments using Scrum, SAFe, or similar frameworks
• Proven experience serving as a client-facing Product Manager, Product Owner, or Proxy PO working with distributed delivery teams
• Strong backlog management experience using Jira and Confluence
• Expertise in defining MVPs and managing scope within modernization, transformation, or platform consolidation programs
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, and workshop leadership skills
• Experience translating business requirements into actionable product roadmaps and delivery plans
• Good understanding of cloud-based SaaS platforms, APIs, integrations, multi-tenancy, permissions, reporting, and data-driven products
• Experience collaborating closely with engineering, architecture, UX, and business teams
• Nice to have Experience in Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical Supply Chain, Cold Chain, Logistics, or IoT domains
• Nice to have Experience with regulated software environments and compliance-driven products
• Nice to have Knowledge of GxP standards and validation processes
• Nice to have Background in platform modernization or digital transformation initiatives