Technical Product Owner

PTR Global; Fort Worth (TX); Hybrid; USD 66,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

PTR Global is seeking a Technical Product Owner for a hybrid role in Fort Worth, TX. You will define a clear product vision and roadmaps for IT applications, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture and business objectives.

You will bridge engineering, architecture, and business, manage the backlog, gather user feedback, and drive delivery with KPIs and OKRs while balancing technical debt with business value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 3+ years in Product Management.
• Experience as a Product Owner in Agile delivery and backlog management.
• Strong communication across business, tech, and vendor teams.
• Experience with Azure DevOps and APIs is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate a compelling product vision and roadmaps for IT applications.
• Operate as the primary liaison between engineering, architecture, and business stakeholders.
• Lead backlog refinement and prioritization for technical features and infrastructure.
• Gather insights from internal users and stakeholders to identify pain points.
• Partner with engineering, architecture, and design teams to ensure delivery.
• Define and track product KPIs and OKRs to measure impact.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and drive innovation in technical products.
• Ensure products align with architectural standards and long-term goals.

Skills

Product Management

Agile/Scrum

Backlog management

Stakeholder communication

Requirements elicitation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

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Job Title: Technical Product Owner

Location: Fort Worth, TX (Hybrid: 3 days onsite)

Duration: Contract with extension

• Quickly develops working knowledge of the CCE product, the driving enterprise initiative, affected processes, users, technologies, and any dependencies related to in-flight priorities
• Assesses the enterprise initiative scope and impacts, gaps, risks, and dependencies
• Translates program requirements into clear requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and delivery sequencing
• Partners as required with enterprise initiative leaders, engineering, architecture, and UX
• Leads backlog refinement, sprint planning support, stakeholder reviews, demonstrations, testing coordination, and release-readiness activities for impacted capabilities in alignment with program milestones
• Coordinates cross-product and cross-team dependencies, surfaces risks and decisions early, and drives timely resolution of blockers
• Communicates impact assessments, progress, roadmap updates, planned releases, key decisions, and items requiring leadership attention
• Produces and maintains clear product documentation, decision records, dependency tracking, and implementation guidance
• Provides effective knowledge transfer at the conclusion of the engagement and works independently within established governance, delivery standards, and decision rights

Job Description:

What Candidates Will Do:

• Define and communicate a compelling product vision. Develop and manage roadmaps for IT applications, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, business objectives, and long-term sustainability.
• Operate as the primary liaison between engineering, architecture, and business stakeholders to translate business needs into technical requirements and ensure alignment across teams
• Lead backlog refinement and prioritization for technical features, application enhancements, and infrastructure capabilities. Balance technical debt, scalability, and business value
• Gather insights from internal users and stakeholders to identify pain points and opportunities to translate feedback into actionable technical solutions
• Partner with engineering, architecture, and design teams to ensure successful delivery of technical products and facilitate decision-making and remove roadblocks
• Define and track product KPIs and OKRs that measure application performance, reliability, and business impact. Use data to inform decisions and drive continuous improvement
• Stay ahead of industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices. Drive innovation in technical product offerings
• Ensure technical products align with architectural standards, enterprise priorities, and long-term strategic goals. Make trade-offs that optimize for scalability and sustainability

All Candidates Will need for success:

Minimum Qualifications – Education & Prior Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least 3 years of Product Management or Product Delivery experience, or at least 5 years of equivalent experience
• Demonstrated experience serving as a Product Owner in an Agile delivery environment and managing a product backlog from discovery through release
• Ability to onboard quickly, operate with limited supervision, manage competing priorities, and deliver within a time-bound engagement
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience working across business, technology, and vendor teams
• Preferred Qualifications- Education & Prior Job Experience
• Experience with contact center technologies, customer service, airline, travel, or other complex operational technology products
• Experience with agent desktop, CRM, workflow, and knowledge management technologies
• Familiarity with product architecture, DevOps practices, APIs, and release processes
• Experience working in a large enterprise with multiple products and platforms
• Skills, Licenses & Certifications
• Working knowledge of Agile Product Management and delivery tools; experience with Azure DevOps (ADO) is preferred
• Relevant Product Management, Product Owner, Scrum, or Agile certification is preferred but not required (e.g. CSPO)

Strong facilitation, prioritization, stakeholder management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills

Top requirements:

• Product (CSPO cert), mix of technology and business domains, communication

Nice to have:

• Airline domain, Azure Dev Ops tool familiarity, organization, planning, scrum

Note:

Pay Range: $48- $52/hr.

The specific compensation for this position will be determined by a number of factors, including the scope, complexity and location of the role as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits including medical, dental, vision and 401K contributions as well as any other PTO, sick leave, and other benefits mandated by appliable state or localities where you reside or work.

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