Technical Product Owner

Working Nomads; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking a Technical Product Owner to join their remote team. You will lead client interactions, manage product backlogs, and drive technology deliveries. Candidates should have over 5 years of relevant technology experience and proven skills in Agile methodologies. Competitive pay and flexible working hours offered, along with benefits for US-based team members.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Annual bonus opportunity

4 weeks paid time off

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401K matching

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related technology experience.
• 3+ years of product, project, or program management experience.
• Experience with Agile methodologies like Scrum, Kanban, and XP.

Responsibilities

• Consult with clients to understand needs and update project progress.
• Participate in roadmap planning aligning product initiatives with business objectives.
• Manage and refine the product backlog and perform release planning.

Skills

Technical product management

Communication skills

Agile methodologies

Problem-solving abilities

Stakeholder management

Education

BA/BS degree or related experience

Job description

Overview

Bitovi seeks a Technical Product Owner to join us as we transform technology delivery. This role is 100% remote for US or Canadian-based candidates. The position starts as an hourly contractor on a client project, with a potential to extend to other projects if the initial engagement goes well. Bitovi emphasizes collaborative, validation-driven, and swift technology delivery.

WHO YOU ARE: You’re experienced working on technology delivery teams and interfacing with stakeholders. You thrive on using process and structure to bring order to chaos and disorganization. You have the expertise to help define, prioritize, and execute a technical roadmap that enables teams to deliver a quality software product to end-users.

What you’ll do at Bitovi

• Consult and meet with the client regularly to learn about their needs and update them on project progress. Provide product process leadership and work collaboratively with the technical delivery team.
• Actively participate in roadmap planning and help align product initiatives with business objectives and strategies.
• Implement Bitovi’s approach to Agile program management to produce accurate, actionable plans at scale.
• Deliver business and technical expertise to feature teams for design, coding, testing, and implementation phases of the project lifecycle.
• Develop technical requirements from business requirements and prioritize them; break requirements down into workable sizes and user stories.
• Manage and appropriately escalate risks, issues, and changes.
• Manage and refine the product backlog, assemble sprints, and perform release planning.
• Participate in the release process as the product expert to surface issues prior to release.
• Ensure roadmaps and the product backlog are visible, transparent, and clear to brand partners.
• Travel. Travel averages 3-5 days every quarter and we will coordinate with your schedule.
• Teach. With Bitovi’s full support, you’ll have protected time to present at conferences, give trainings, plan and run meetups or local groups, and create content in your area of expertise.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related technology experience, 3+ years of technology product, project, and/or program management experience (multiple disciplines strongly preferred).
• BA/BS degree or related experience.
• A proven skillset in leading or guiding software and Agentic AI projects at a multi-team scale with executive-level stakeholders.
• Experience creating, communicating, and managing detailed program or project plans spanning multiple stakeholders and partners.
• Skilled in analyzing processes and identifying pain points to deliver operational efficiencies.
• Leads product discovery, planning, and driving technical product value.
• The ability to break down mockups and wireframes into actionable stories.
• The ability to lead estimation processes with teams while managing dependencies, resource capacity, and schedule.
• Interest and experience working with clients directly and joining new projects on a regular basis.
• Excellent oral and written communication, along with strong interpersonal skills, negotiation experience, decision-making, analysis, and problem-solving abilities.
• Experience with matrixed working relationships and best practices of Agile methodologies like Scrum, Kanban, and XP.
• Experience and/or certification as an Agile product owner and Scrum Master.
• Agentic AI and consulting experience is a plus.

What we offer

• Competitive pay and annual bonus opportunity.
• Completely remote work with flexible hours.
• 4 weeks of paid time off in addition to 8 paid holidays.
• Paid maternity and paternity leave.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance offerings for US-based team members.
• STD, LTD, Life Insurance coverage, and 401K matching for US-based team members.

How to apply

Please share a resume and a valid LinkedIn profile, and answer the short questions to apply. TO NOTE: All employment offers are contingent upon successfully passing a background check. We also participate in the federal E-Verify program to confirm employment eligibility in the United States. We are NOT interested in working with recruiters at this time.