Product Owner — Digital Apps & API Integrations

Onward Search; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

401(k) Plan

eLearning

Education Reimbursement

Job summary

Onward Search is seeking a Product Owner for a temporary engagement overseeing delivery of custom digital applications and enterprise integrations. You will translate business and customer needs into product requirements, user stories, and prioritized backlogs while guiding APIs, data flows, and system interactions.

You will partner with Product, Architecture, Engineering, UX, and business stakeholders to support successful delivery, lead backlog refinement and release preparations, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• At least five years of experience in product management, product ownership, software product delivery, or enterprise application development.
• Experience delivering custom web applications or digital products and partnering directly with Engineering teams.
• Experience defining application functionality, user journeys, business rules, system interactions, integration requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Experience with technically complex products involving APIs, system integrations, B2B capabilities, or regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize backlogs for custom digital applications and related platform capabilities.
• Translate customer and business needs into features, workflows, business rules, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Partner with Architecture and Engineering to define APIs, integration services, event-driven integrations, and downstream processing requirements.
• Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning, demonstrations, acceptance, and release-readiness activities.
• Communicate product priorities, risks, dependencies, and trade-offs while managing scope and sequencing across teams.

Skills

Product ownership

Backlog management

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

APIs

Integration services

Event-driven integrations

Job description

Onward Search is seeking a Product Owner for a temporary engagement overseeing delivery of custom digital applications and enterprise integrations. You will translate business and customer needs into product requirements, user stories, and prioritized backlogs while guiding APIs, data flows, and system interactions.

You will partner with Product, Architecture, Engineering, UX, and business stakeholders to support successful delivery, lead backlog refinement and release preparations, and