Product Owner

Summary

HST Pathways is seeking a self-motivated, quick learner for a Product Owner position in their remote team. The successful candidate will work closely with a Senior Product Manager, focus on Agile software development, translate strategies into tasks, coordinate with the engineering department, gather product data, and suggest enhancements to improve user experience.

Requirements

• Some experience as a Business Analyst or Product Analyst an asset
• Experience working in a high-growth SaaS environment or as a consultant an asset
• Exceptional work ethic and strong time management skills
• Excellent communication skills and capable of effectively collaborate with cross functional teams
• Ability to build and maintain strong customer relationships
• Experience in gathering and interpreting qualitative product data and consumer feedback
• Hands-on experience with web technologies
• Familiarity with market research and marketing techniques
• BS in Business, Finance, Technology, Marketing or similar field
• Working knowledge in project management tools such as the Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence) and Pendo

Responsibilities

• Become immersed in the company’s existing Agile software development
• Translate Product Managers’ strategies to tasks for development, ensuring epics created by the Product Manager are appropriately broken down to user stories for development
• Coordinate with the engineering department to deliver functional solutions
• Develop, articulate, refine and communicate the goal of a given product
• Create, communicate and sequence a product backlog
• Manage sprints in alignment with established goals and backlog priorities
• Monitor and report on users’ reactions after launching
• Gather product data, including key statistics and user trends
• Conduct research to identify customer needs and market gaps
• Suggest product enhancements to improve user experience
• Perform quality assurance controls on products
• Prioritize the implementation of new features, resolving bugs, manage expectations of timelines and evaluate progress at each stage of development
• Understanding and anticipating the client’s needs to more effectively manage the development process
• Work functionally to ensure the proper marketing, positioning, launch of new products and features
• Create support and training documents for internal and external users

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Pragmatic Product Marketing Methodology
• Scrum Certification is a plus

Benefits

• Remote work environment
• Health benefits paid for employee
• Flexible Paid Time Off Policy
• 11 company holidays per year
• Paid parental leave
• 401K with matching contributions
• Learning and development allowance
• A diverse, inclusive, and fun team!