Remote Product Owner: Lead Agile Delivery & Stakeholders

Southwest Airlines Co.; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

Southwest Airlines is seeking a Product Owner for a remote role based in Austin, TX. You will partner with executives and multiple teams to define and prioritize the program backlog, attending Scrum ceremonies and driving backlog refinement to ensure the team delivers on commitments.

The ideal candidate will have strong decision-making, agile experience, excellent communication, and the ability to translate complex technical needs into clear user stories with acceptance criteria.

Qualifications

• Ability to make decisions with minimal direction and oversight.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to present to groups.

Responsibilities

• Prepare backlog for PI Planning and decide which items become part of the team backlog.
• Act as the client intermediary.
• Build, refine, prioritize, and maintain the team backlog.
• Collaborate in Scrum ceremonies (planning, reviews, demos).
• Assist with creating user stories and define acceptance criteria.
• Review and accept user stories as complete.
• Contribute to vision and program backlog.
• Meet with partners to ensure features and subsequent stories meet expectations.
• Drive backlog content by focusing on user stories.

Skills

Decision making

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile / Scrum

Analytical thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Southwest Airlines is seeking a Product Owner for a remote role based in Austin, TX. You will partner with executives and multiple teams to define and prioritize the program backlog, attending Scrum ceremonies and driving backlog refinement to ensure the team delivers on commitments.

The ideal candidate will have strong decision-making, agile experience, excellent communication, and the ability to translate complex technical needs into clear user stories with acceptance criteria.