Product Owner – Platform

Product Owner – Platform

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or a related field.
• Experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or similar role in an Agile environment.
• Strong hands-on experience with SDLC methodologies such as Agile Scrum and Kanban.
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills, including creation of project documentation, presentation materials, and presenting to both business and technical audiences.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to translate business problems into actionable technical requirements and user stories.
• Proven ability to translate business requirements into functional requirements, process flows, system interface specifications, user stories, and business rules that support intuitive and efficient end-to-end workflows.
• Demonstrated experience making functional decisions related to both core and new product features.
• Ability to gain a deep understanding of customer workflows and how systems are used to support those workflows.
• Takes ownership of functional issues by identifying root causes, analyzing potential solutions, and implementing resolutions or effective workarounds.
• Experienced in supporting multiple business divisions in a functional capacity across all phases of the project lifecycle.
• Proficient in communicating plans, status updates, and issues to both business stakeholders and technical leadership.
• Self-driven with the ability to adapt quickly to shifting priorities and a constantly evolving environment.
• Strong ability to self-prioritize across concurrent projects and support initiatives.
• Proactively identifies and escalates areas for process improvement, cost savings, and operational efficiency.
• Adheres to departmental standards, policies, procedures, and industry best practices.
• Availability to work nights and weekends as needed.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand and gather requirements.
• Define and maintain the product backlog, ensuring stories and tasks are clearly documented and prioritized.
• Translate business needs into user stories and technical requirements.
• Act as the primary point of contact for development teams, providing clarity on product vision and requirements.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including developers, QA, UX/UI designers, and DevOps.
• Make data-driven decisions regarding product features and enhancements.
• Participate in user acceptance testing and release management processes.
• Stay up to date on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure).
• Familiarity with enterprise IT systems, system integrations, and APIs.
• Hands-on experience with media asset management (MAM) platforms, including use cases and metadata workflows.
• Hands-on experience with content management systems (CMS) platforms.
• Knowledge of audio and video encoding, metadata standards, and taxonomy.
• Expertise in engaging and managing relationships with technical stakeholders.
• Experience participating in user acceptance testing, including the creation of test plans, test cases, and documentation of results.
• Proficiency with tools such as Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, Miro, Visio, Lucidchart, Jira, and Confluence.
• Proficiency in leveraging AI tools and technologies to enhance day-to-day tasks, workflows, or application features, with a focus on improving productivity and operational efficiency.