Product Owner

Ascensus

. Create, maintain, and communicate the Scrum Team roadmap, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and business outcomes .

Posted 4/23/2026full-timeDresher • Massachusetts, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $125,000 - $150,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AzureSDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Create, maintain, and communicate the Scrum Team roadmap, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and business outcomes
Lead complex planning efforts, identifying cross-team dependencies early and sequencing work to optimize delivery
Prioritize and sequence the product backlog based on business value, ROI, risk, and capacity
Proactively identify, communicate, and manage delivery risks, impediments, and trade-offs; recommend mitigation strategies and paths forward
Clearly convey product vision, goals, and success metrics at the beginning of each release and sprint
Represent the customer, engaging stakeholders and end users to gather insights and ensure outcomes meet business needs
Collaborate closely with Scrum teams on feature development, backlog refinement, sprint execution, and UAT support
Work with Business Analysts and Technology partners, where appropriate, to develop BDD stories and break down epics and features into sprint-ready user stories
Participate in all Agile ceremonies including Daily Scrums, Sprint Planning, Release Planning, Reviews, and Retrospectives
Inspect progress at the end of each sprint with full authority to accept or reject completed work and adjust course as needed
Serve as the primary internal and external point of contact for product updates, risks, and feedback
Establish and maintain KPIs to measure product performance; track progress toward annual goals, objectives, and outcomes
Support organizational readiness and change activities to ensure successful launches and adoption

Requirements

What you’ll need

Undergraduate degree in business, technology, or a related field
Minimum 5 years of experience as a Product Owner or in a technology (development or QA) role within Agile teams
Minimum 5 years of experience in the assigned business domain (e.g., 401(k), IRA, 529, Retirement or Government Savings)
Experience leading product outcomes in a multi-team (team-of-teams) Agile environment, including cross-team planning, dependency management, and stakeholder alignment.
Advanced knowledge of Agile and SDLC methodologies; demonstrated success applying Agile principles at scale
Strong planning and organizational skills, with experience managing dependencies, risks, and complex delivery scenarios
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels and clearly communicate solution options, trade-offs, and recommendations
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, regulated environment while maintaining high quality and compliance standards
Demonstrated strengths in facilitation, conflict resolution, change management, and continuous improvement
Naturally curious and detail-oriented, with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Experience with tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, and Aha! (administration experience a plus)

Benefits

Comp & perks

401(k) match
Medical
Dental
Vision
Paid-Time-Off

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Hard Skills & Tools

Agile methodologiesSDLC methodologiesproduct backlog managementBDD storiesuser storiesKPI establishmentrisk managementdependency managementplanningorganizational skills

Soft Skills

communication skillsinfluencefacilitationconflict resolutionchange managementcontinuous improvementanalytical skillsproblem-solving skillsdetail-orientedcuriosity