Senior Project Manager/Product Owner

Valor Software; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Flexible working hours

Opportunity to shape AI usage in our流程

Supportive agile team culture

Job summary

Valor Software is seeking a Senior Project Manager with strong BA skills and a product mindset to lead 1–2 client products from discovery to delivery. You will own the product's success, ensuring on-time delivery and ongoing value for clients, while shaping vision and KPIs with stakeholders.

Responsibilities include running discovery sessions, prioritizing backlogs, and coordinating with design and engineering teams. Remote-first culture and flexible hours are offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in IT services, software consultancy or custom software development.
• 3+ years as Project Manager or Product Owner with delivery accountability.
• Strong BA skills: process mapping, workflow modeling, requirements gathering, functional/non-functional specifications, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Hands-on experience running Agile/Scrum projects from initiation to release, including schedules, dependencies and risks.
• Product mindset: prioritization frameworks (RICE, MoSCoW, value vs. effort) and roadmapping.
• Solid technical understanding (web/mobile architecture, APIs, integrations, cloud basics).
• Excellent written and spoken English (C1+).

Responsibilities

• Lead discovery workshops, user interviews and stakeholder sessions to uncover business goals, process bottlenecks and product opportunities.
• Shape the product vision and roadmap together with the client, translating business goals into measurable outcomes (KPIs/OKRs).
• Define, prioritize and manage the product backlog based on business value, user impact and technical constraints.
• Validate ideas through prototypes, MVPs and user feedback, and track post-release metrics to decide what to build next.
• Work closely with UX/UI designers and engineers on solutions balancing user needs, feasibility and cost.
• Own end-to-end delivery of 1–2 products: planning, scope, budget, timelines and quality.
• Ensure predictable delivery and continuously improve team processes, workflow automation and cross-functional communication.
• Proactively identify bottlenecks, manage scope changes and mitigate risks before they affect timelines or budgets.
• Monitor project health and profitability, and report progress transparently to clients and internal leadership.
• Own relationships with senior client stakeholders and build long-term partnerships.
• Identify opportunities to grow the product and the account.
• Support solution scoping, pre-sales, effort estimation and drafting proposals or SOWs for new initiatives.

Skills

BA skills

Agile/Scrum

Product mindset

Stakeholder management

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior Project Manager with strong BA skills and a product mindset. You’ll lead 1–2 client products end-to-end, from discovery to delivery, and be accountable for the product’s success, not only for shipping on time.

Responsibilities

Product & discovery

• Lead discovery workshops, user interviews and stakeholder sessions to uncover business goals, process bottlenecks and product opportunities.
• Shape the product vision and roadmap together with the client, translating business goals into measurable outcomes (KPIs/OKRs).
• Define, prioritize and manage the product backlog based on business value, user impact and technical constraints.
• Validate ideas through prototypes, MVPs and user feedback, and track post-release metrics to decide what to build next.
• Work closely with UX/UI designers and engineers on solutions that balance user needs, feasibility and cost.

Delivery

• Own end-to-end delivery of 1–2 products: planning, scope, budget, timelines and quality.
• Ensure predictable delivery and continuously improve team processes, workflow automation and cross-functional communication.
• Proactively identify bottlenecks, manage scope changes and mitigate risks before they affect timelines or budgets.
• Monitor project health and profitability, and report progress transparently to clients and internal leadership.

Client & business

• Own relationships with senior client stakeholders and build long-term, trust-based partnerships.
• Identify opportunities to grow the product and the account.
• Support solution scoping, pre-sales, effort estimation and drafting proposals or SOWs for new initiatives.

Requirements

• 5+ years in IT services, software consultancy or custom software development, including at least 3 years as a Project Manager or Product Owner with delivery accountability.
• Strong BA skills: process mapping, workflow modeling, requirements gathering, functional/non-functional specifications, user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Hands‑on experience running Agile/Scrum projects from initiation to release, including schedules, dependencies and risks.
• Product mindset: experience with prioritization frameworks (RICE, MoSCoW, value vs. effort), roadmapping and defining success metrics.
• Solid technical understanding (web/mobile architecture, APIs, integrations, cloud basics) and the ability to discuss trade‑offs with engineers.
• Understanding of delivery models (T&M, Fixed Price, Dedicated Team), scope management and project profitability.
• Excellent written and spoken English (C1+), with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and lead client workshops with confidence.

Nice to have

• Experience as a Product Manager or working on a product from 0→1.
• Experience working in large product organizations, coordinating several teams that contribute to one product.
• Experience with SAFe or other scaled Agile frameworks (e.g., PI Planning, coordinating Agile Release Trains).
• Experience using AI tools to speed up discovery, documentation or delivery.

What We Offer

• Remote-first culture with flexible working hours
• Opportunity to shape how AI is used across our delivery and account management processes
• A supportive, agile team culture where your ideas genuinely matter