Technical Product Owner - AI & Data-Driven FinTech

RB Global Inc.; Westchester (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

RB Global Inc. is seeking a Technical Product Owner to drive delivery and continuous improvement of technology solutions supporting Ritchie Bros. Financial Services.

You will translate business needs into clear requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and backlog items while guiding work through design, development, testing, deployment, and production support. The ideal candidate combines strong product ownership with Agile delivery experience and the technical knowledge to work across

Qualifications

• 3+ years overseeing the design, development, implementation, or enhancement of software, systems, digital products, or technology capabilities.
• Experience as a Technical Product Owner, Product Owner, or similar role.
• Hands-on experience managing product roadmaps, requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, backlog grooming, prioritization, and sprint delivery.
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, Scrum practices, and the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Ability to translate complex business requirements into clear, actionable requirements for engineering, QA, integration, data engineering, and data science teams.

Responsibilities

• Own, maintain, and prioritize product roadmaps and backlogs based on business value, technical requirements, dependencies, and stakeholder priorities.
• Partner with business stakeholders to gather, analyze, and translate business needs into detailed requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and technical specifications.
• Lead backlog grooming, refinement, prioritization, sprint planning, and ongoing coordination with Agile delivery teams.
• Collaborate closely with software engineering, QA, integration, data engineering, data science, analytics, and other technical teams throughout the development lifecycle.
• Develop a working understanding of data science, machine learning, AI, and LLM-based solutions in order to effectively translate business objectives into actionable technical and product requirements.
• Partner with Data Scientists and technical teams to understand model inputs, outputs, data requirements, limitations, dependencies, and expected business outcomes.
• Support AI and LLM-enabled product capabilities by helping define use cases, business rules, prompt requirements, expected responses, evaluation criteria, and user experience requirements.
• Effectively communicate and refine prompts and business instructions for generative AI and LLM solutions, working with technical teams to improve accuracy, usability, and alignment with business needs.
• Support technical initiatives involving APIs, integrations, enterprise platforms, system interoperability, and data flows.
• Coordinate user acceptance testing, end-user reviews, defect resolution, deployment readiness, and production implementation.
• Identify opportunities to improve business processes, workflows, systems, and operating procedures.
• Develop and maintain clear documentation, process flows, SOPs, training materials, and implementation guidance.
• Support end-user communication, training, adoption, and transition to production.
• Monitor delivered capabilities, gather stakeholder feedback, and prioritize enhancements and continuous improvements.
• Communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical stakeholders and provide clear visibility into priorities, risks, dependencies, and delivery status.

Skills

Product ownership

Agile/Scrum

Requirements analysis

Stakeholder communication

Data/AI literacy

Tools

APIs

Job description

RB Global Inc. is seeking a Technical Product Owner to drive delivery and continuous improvement of technology solutions supporting Ritchie Bros. Financial Services.

You will translate business needs into clear requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and backlog items while guiding work through design, development, testing, deployment, and production support. The ideal candidate combines strong product ownership with Agile delivery experience and the technical knowledge to work across