Technical Product Owner

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Product Owners work embedded in Product Teams providing business guidance while participating in strategic decisions with Product Management. Product Owners use domain knowledge to align value (with Product Management), experience (with UX) and feasibility (with Arch/Eng) of Product initiatives.

Product Owners break down the Initiative into Team backlogs, and plan an incremental delivery of value with constant feedback and product demos, while managing dependencies and risks, releasing and validating outcomes. They aim towards Doing the Right Thing, rather than just “Get Things Done” throughout the product delivery life cycle, helping OutSystems' mission of making software development available to everyone.

The Product Owner is responsible for owning the backlog for a particular team and working with the team as they develop stories, use cases and functional specifications. Once the team’s backlog is defined and stories are ready, they will continue to assist the release process and work with Product Managers, UXers and Engineering Managers to deliver high-quality software while ensuring the team is building the right product.

As a Product Owner, you’re expected to understand the dynamics of a SaaS & On-Prem solution and the value of incremental delivery within a CI/CD pipeline. The Product Owner will use that knowledge to facilitate the growth of our product.

• Drive the connection between business outcomes and technology

• Act as a subject matter expert in the area of focus for the scrum team for client project questions and issues.

• Empower your team to better understand their impact on business

• Communicate with the scrum team what are the upcoming value milestones

• Continuously build and prioritize your team’s backlog, ensuring predictability, boosting performance and a steady velocity of delivery

• Drive backlog refinement with clear DoR, including acceptance criteria and timelines

• Responsible for the quality and accuracy of user stories, use cases and functional specifications.

• Customer and stakeholder engagement on the ongoing initiatives and assets, translating needs into functional requirements

• Deal with dependency management, ensuring multiple teams are working together to maximize their impact

• Be on top of things by driving risk identification and mitigation plans definition and follow-up

• Understand and communicate the impact of changes to the requirements.

• Accountable for formally accepting the work developed by your scrum team, including performing user acceptance tests

• Demo the final version of the Product, updating customers and stakeholders on the next capabilities that we will launch

• Understand how to measure success and track business outcomes and how to adjust course accordingly

• 8+ years managing technology products and successfully defining and launching products

• 5+ years of demonstrable knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle, Product Lifecycle Management

• Tech savvy in one or more of these technologies: C#, TypeScript, React, CSS, Containers.

• Ability to lead a team and execute

• Knowledge of leading and executing in an agile methodology using Scrum

• Training in analytical processes such as user story creation, use case definitions or interview techniques

• Ability to capture user requirements for an application to drive user story creation

• Knowledge and experience in the use of JIRA/Rally/Aha

• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of designing software solutions

• Outstanding interpersonal skills and strong team player

• Experience in a SaaS environment

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Good analytical and strong problem-solving skills

• Demonstrated ability to meet or beat assigned targets and deadlines consistently

• Proven ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority

• Growth mindset with an ability to quickly shift or change plans

• Ability to demonstrate product in front of large groups

• Bachelor’s degree in business or technology-related field

Also valued:

• Previous experience working with SAFe framework

• Knowledge about and experience working with OutSystems

• Experience with Cloud or Mobile technologies

• Experience with AI and Data Analytics

The Longer Story:

Working at OutSystems

Our goal is to ensure that OutSystems is a place for bright, happy, and motivated people who share a common purpose and take pride in doing excellent work to pursue our vision of providing the AI-powered low-code development platform enterprise leaders trust to build, secure, and evolve their business applications, agents, and core systems. Our culture is focused on our core values of trust, customer success, innovation, and alignment. Our team members operate with transparency, integrity, and accountability, define success through the lens of the outcomes we deliver for our customers, push the boundaries with excellence, and work together toward our shared vision to deliver on what matters most.

What do we have to offer you?

• A company that is always growing, changing, and innovating. We challenge each other to innovate in our products, in our team, and how we use our own technology. And we give our teams space to be proactive and creative.

• Real career opportunities. We care about growth and development. Yes, vertical career progression is a possibility, but it's not the only one. From lateral moves and joining different teams to mastering specialized skills, we support your growth no matter what your goals are.

• Work colleagues that are as smart, hard-working, and driven as you. We act as one global OutSystems team, taking ownership and working together toward a shared vision.

• Disrupting the status quo is in our DNA. In fact, it’s why our company exists.

• We ask “why” a lot. It helps us connect our individual work to the bigger picture and sometimes even uncover a better way.

Are you ready for the next step in your career? Then we’d love to hear from you!

OutSystems nurtures an inclusive culture of diversity, where everyone feels empowered to be their authentic self and perform at their best. A company that embraces the creativity and innovation that comes through diverse perspectives. We are committed to creating a team that reflects society through inclusive programs and initiatives and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive equal consideration regardless of race, place of origin, color, age, marital status, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, protected veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by law.