Product Owner

Product Owner | 5+ Years | Chennai

About the Role:
Our client, a leading US-based voluntary benefits company offering consumer products, education and travel through payroll deduction programs, is hiring a Product Owner for its Chennai Technology team. The role will collaborate with business stakeholders, Product Managers and Scrum teams to manage and execute product enhancement backlogs across E-commerce, Operations and Financial products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and prioritize the Product Backlog based on business needs and customer impact.
• Gather requirements from Product Managers, business stakeholders, SMEs, and customers.
• Create and refine User Stories & Acceptance Criteria.
• Lead backlog grooming/refinement and collaborate with Scrum teams.
• Oversee features from requirement design development testing release.
• Validate and accept completed features, enhancements, and defects.
• Work closely with technology and business teams to resolve impediments.
• Use product data, KPIs, and success criteria to drive decisions.
• Support product releases, demos, and release notes

Must-Have Skills:

• 4+ years of relevant Product Owner experience
• Strong Agile/Scrum experience
• Hands-on Product Backlog Management & Prioritization
• Strong experience in User Stories & Acceptance Criteria
• Jira experience
• Strong stakeholder management and communication
• Good understanding of system/data flows
• Experience with E-commerce / Payments / Finance
• Exposure to APIs & Third-Party Integrations
• Experience working with cross-functional/offshore-onshore teams

Good to Have:

• CSPO / Scrum certification
• Experience working on in-house software products
• UI/UX understanding
• Product analytics/KPI-driven decision making