Technical Product Owner (W2 Contract Only)

CBTS; Burbank (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in California is seeking an experienced Technical Product Owner to translate product vision into technical execution. The role involves collaborating with various teams to develop technical roadmaps, managing technical backlogs, and ensuring data integrity across systems. You will need a strong background in software engineering, with at least 8 years of experience leading enterprise-scale projects. Knowledge of modern architectures and agile practices is essential for success in this position.

Qualifications

• Experience in software engineering and enterprise systems integration, with a minimum of 3 years in a technical product owner, technical lead, or delivery leadership role in an agile environment.
• Strong fluency in modern architectures (e.g. API-first, event-driven, serverless, microservices).

Responsibilities

• Partner with cross-functional teams to refine product strategy into technical execution.
• Maintain a robust technical backlog and prioritize effectively.
• Ensure technical designs account for end-to-end data handling and integrity.
• Track dependencies and risks across systems and platforms.
• Support developers with modern practices like CI/CD and automation.

Skills

Software engineering

Enterprise systems integration

Technical product owner experience

Ability to lead enterprise-scale platforms

Modern architectures knowledge

Agile environment experience

Job description

Translate Product Vision into Technical Execution

• Partner with the Business Product Owner, designers, and workstream leads to refine the product strategy into an executable technical roadmap.
• Decompose features into clear technical user stories and enablers aligned to agile sprint planning.
• Drive early engagement with platform, security, and data architects to define technical direction and future-proof designs.
• Own and Prioritize the Technical Backlog
• Maintain a robust technical backlog including APIs, system integrations, canonical data model extensions, and non-functional enhancements.
• Drive balance between new feature delivery, technical debt management, and system reliability improvements.
• Collaborate with engineering to define clear, testable acceptance criteria that drive high-quality, secure, and scalable outcomes.
• Enable Data Stewardship and Integration Integrity
• Ensure technical stories and designs account for end-to-end data handling—from system integration and validation through persistence in governed data stores to downstream application use—reinforcing data integrity, lineage, and alignment with enterprise data standards.
• Partner with platform teams and data engineers to align with shared schemas, governed pipelines, and enterprise data lake practices.
• Advocate for data product thinking—ensuring clarity, completeness, and traceability of data used across Studio Economics systems.
• Manage Dependencies and Risks
• Track upstream/downstream dependencies across systems, domains, and platforms (e.g., shared services, source systems, content planning, rights management).
• Surface architectural or integration risks early and align mitigation strategies with relevant platform and domain leads.
• Facilitate coordination across pods and platform teams for shared releases or data-sharing agreements.
• Lead Technical Delivery and Decision-Making
• Navigate trade-offs in scope, architecture, and performance to meet product goals while maintaining long-term system integrity.
• Support developers in evaluating and implementing modern practices such as CI/CD, test automation, observability, and fault tolerance.
• Maintain a record of architectural decisions and rationale to inform future development and reduce rework.
• Foster Engineering Excellence and Continuous Improvement
• Support technical discovery and spikes for new features or platform capabilities.
• Champion automation, testability, and performance tuning to reduce delivery waste and operational overhead.
• Cultivate a culture of technical curiosity, quality, and iterative learning within the pod.

Must Have Skills / Requirements

• Experience in software engineering and enterprise systems integration, with a minimum of 3 years in a technical product owner, technical lead, or delivery leadership role in an agile environment
• 8+ years of experience.
• Proven ability to lead the delivery of enterprise-scale platforms or applications, including defining and managing technical backlogs across multiple integrated systems
• 8+ years of experience.
• Strong fluency in modern architectures (e.g. API-first, event-driven, serverless, microservices) and experience working with data pipelines, data architecture, governed schemas, and platform interfaces