Job Summary
Synechron is seeking a Product Owner with 7–12 years of experience to define and communicate product vision and strategy in alignment with business goals. The role is responsible for managing the product backlog, engaging stakeholders, guiding delivery teams, and using market and customer insights to support product decisions. The Product Owner will connect business needs with engineering, design, and data science capabilities to ensure that product features are clearly defined, prioritized, and delivered effectively. The role contributes to business objectives by improving product value, supporting customer-focused outcomes, and ensuring that product development remains aligned with market needs and organizational priorities.
Software Requirements
Required
Proficiency with at least one product backlog and work-management tool, with practical experience managing epics, features, user stories, tasks, priorities, and workflows.
Experience using tools that support sprint planning, burndown metrics, velocity tracking, release planning, and task definition.
Experience with collaboration and documentation tools used for requirements management, stakeholder communication, decision tracking, and product documentation.
Experience with digital tools for analyzing user feedback, market information, product performance, or customer insights.
Working knowledge of software development lifecycle and agile delivery tools at a level appropriate for a Product Owner with 7–12 years of experience .
Ability to learn and use the software tools adopted by Synechron or the assigned delivery team.
Preferred
Experience with integrated agile planning, product road-mapping, reporting, and portfolio-management platforms.
Experience using analytics, dashboarding, experimentation, or customer-feedback tools to support product decisions.
Experience with prototyping, wireframing, or UX collaboration tools.
Experience with tools that support requirements traceability, release governance, and product documentation.
Experience with automation or artificial intelligence-enabled product-management tools, where relevant to the product area.
Equivalent tools and platforms may be considered where they demonstrate the same capabilities.
Overall Responsibilities
Articulate and champion the product vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and measurable customer outcomes.
Translate business goals, customer needs, market information, and stakeholder input into an actionable product roadmap.
Effectively prioritize and maintain the product backlog, focusing on the delivery of the most valuable features and improvements.
Define clear acceptance criteria and maintain sufficient detail for the development team to estimate, plan, build, test, and release product increments.
Craft clear and detailed user stories that communicate business value, user needs, functional expectations, dependencies, and relevant constraints.
Engage with stakeholders across the organization to gather requirements, clarify priorities, manage expectations, and ensure the product meets diverse needs.
Lead the development team through each iteration by providing timely decisions, clarifying requirements, and ensuring that the product evolves coherently with the established vision.
Collaborate with engineering, design, data science, quality assurance, and other cross-functional teams to launch and manage products.
Conduct market research and monitor industry trends, customer expectations, and competitor activities to support product strategy.
Analyze user feedback, product data, and delivery outcomes to identify opportunities for product improvement.
Support sprint planning, reviews, demonstrations, retrospectives, release planning, and other agile activities as required.
Maintain traceability between product objectives, backlog items, acceptance criteria, delivered outcomes, and customer value.
Consider sustainable product and delivery practices, including efficient…