Technical Product Owner

Há 4 dias

Porto Metropolitan Area, 13, Portugal Watermelon Tecnologia & Participações Tempo integral
Technical Product Owner (SaaS / Cloud) We are looking for a *Technical Product Owner
* to support the delivery of complex features across multiple SaaS and cloud-based applications. You will work closely with business teams, *Product Managers
* , developers, QA specialists, UX teams, architects, and senior *stakeholders
* to translate business needs into clear and actionable product requirements. The role combines *product ownership
* , business analysis, delivery coordination, and technical communication. You will be responsible for *backlog
* prioritization, support *release
* planning, coordinate testing activities, and ensure that the development team has the necessary clarity to deliver the right product features.

Key Responsibilities
& Core Activities

- Requirements Engineering: Elicit, analyze, and decompose complex business needs into detailed epics, user stories, process flows, and clear, testable acceptance criteria.
- Backlog Ownership & Prioritization: Maintain a healthy, well-refined product backlog, prioritizing items based on business value, user impact, technical dependencies, and team capacity.
- Agile Facilitation & Delivery Support: Drive and support key Agile ceremonies (Refinement, Sprint Planning, Reviews), serving as the primary product reference to clarify functional and technical queries for the engineering team.
- Release Planning & Dependency Mapping: Map technical dependencies, define release scopes, and monitor delivery progress, ensuring transparent communication regarding timelines, risks, and blockers.
- Quality Assurance & UAT Coordination: Oversee User Acceptance Testing (UAT), drive defect prioritization, and review delivered features against acceptance criteria before production release.
- Cross-Functional & Stakeholder Collaboration: Facilitate alignment workshops with business owners, architects, and technical leads, while partnering with UX/UI teams to review user flows and early prototypes. Mandatory Requirements
- 3+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Technical PO, or Product Manager with direct delivery responsibility.
- Solid experience in managing backlogs, user stories, acceptance criteria, and release planning.
- Mastery of the Agile/Scrum ecosystem and close collaboration with software engineering teams.
- Strong technical background: software architecture, technical dependencies, APIs (REST/SOAP), data, or cloud/SaaS applications.
- Hands-on experience with delivery tools (Jira, Confluence, or Azure DevOps).
- Fluent English (C1
- C2). Nice to Have / Desirable
- CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner) or PSPO certification.
- Experience with SaaS platforms, data, payments, or financial/enterprise products. Job Details
- Work Model: Hybrid (4 days/week on-site in Porto)