Product Owner

Global Business Ser. 4u; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Business Ser. 4u is seeking a Product Owner for a 12-month contract in Plano, Texas, onsite. You will build and prioritize the backlog, collaborate with engineering, and translate business needs into clear user stories and acceptance criteria.

You will work in an Agile environment, gather feedback, drive roadmaps, and align cloud-focused initiatives with cost-optimization goals. This role emphasizes delivering customer value and facilitating cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience as a product owner, developing roadmaps, managing backlogs, managing stakeholders, and contributing to product strategy.
• 2+ years of cloud experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure cloud technologies).
• Experience working in an Agile environment using frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban or similar.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field is preferred, but not required.
• Knowledge of development (storage networking & computes/difference), development environment, merge requests, approvals, builds, deploys, would be very useful.

Responsibilities

• Build, prune, and prioritize the product backlog based on customer needs and technical feasibility in collaboration with engineering lead, adapting to changing priorities and account for adjustments to maximize customer value
• Gather and analyze feedback/metrics to inform future road mapping and ensure alignment with the product's vision and strategy
• Collaborate with development team to break down items into executable stories that articulate business and customer value
• Develop and implement data-driven product strategies aligned with objectives and user needs
• Identify and address risks, threats, or opportunities that could impact product's success, notifying and escalating issues when necessary
• Define product requirements that align with the product vision and strategy, and communicate them effectively to the development team
• Define user experience flows, and ensure user stories are ready to work, including having details and acceptance criteria
• Collaborate with engineering team members to bring visibility through metrics to best cloud cost optimization practices
• Operate in a highly iterative Agile development environment

Skills

Backlog management

Roadmap planning

Stakeholder mgmt

Agile Scrum

Cloud experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

AWS/GCP/Azure

Job description

Job Title: Product Owner

Job type - 12 months Contract

Location - Plano Texas-onsite

Responsibilities

• Build, prune, and prioritize the product backlog based on customer needs and technical feasibility in collaboration with engineering lead, adapting to changing priorities and account for adjustments to maximize customer value
• Gather and analyze feedback/metrics to inform future road mapping and ensure alignment with the product's vision and strategy
• Collaborate with development team to break down items into executable stories that articulate business and customer value
• Develop and implement data-driven product strategies aligned with objectives and user needs
• Identify and address risks, threats, or opportunities that could impact product's success, notifying and escalating issues when necessary
• Define product requirements that align with the product vision and strategy, and communicate them effectively to the development team
• Define user experience flows, and ensure user stories are ready to work, including having details and acceptance criteria
• Collaborate with engineering team members to bring visibility through metrics to best cloud cost optimization practices
• Operate in a highly iterative Agile development environment

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience as a product owner, developing roadmaps, managing backlogs, managing stakeholders, and contributing to product strategy
• 2+ years of cloud experience (AWS, GCP, or Azure cloud technologies)
• Experience working in an Agile environment using frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban or similar
• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field is preferred, but not required
• Knowledge of development (storage networking & computes/difference), development environment, merge requests, approvals, builds, deploys, would be very useful

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with reporting & data visualization tooling
• Experience in cloud optimization or similar role
• Experience as an engineer with modern architectures, CI/CD practices, containerization, and/or relevant competencies within the engineer’s discipline