Sr. Product Owner

Overview

Job Title: Sr. Product Owner - Consumer Facing Web

Salary: $120K - $150K/yr d.o.e.

Location: Remote OK - If living within 31 miles of Tustin, CA or Austin, TX will need to be able to work a hybrid schedule

 

Summary: The Senior Product Owner partners with a Product Manager to create and prioritize User Stories that align with the Epics and Features on a Product Roadmap. While the Product Manager leans more strategic in nature, the Senior Product Owner is execution focused and drives delivery. As a key member of the Scrum Team, the Senior Product Owner articulates functional needs and acceptance criteria. The Senior Product Owner has a strong foundation in underlying technologies and cloud services, acting as subject matter experts for the products they build.

This role is focused on our Consumer Facing Web product; experience in this domain is highly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a subject matter expert for assigned product(s), understanding upstream and downstream systems, personas, and dependencies.
• Translate product vision and roadmap into executable work by writing clear, well-prioritized user stories and/or features, dependencies and delivery plans.
• Own the health and grooming of a complex product backlog across multiple teams or systems, ensuring readiness of 2–3 sprints worth of work at any given time.
• Lead prioritization of product work across multiple stakeholders, balancing business goals, technical dependencies, and engineering capacity.
• Set clear sprint goals in collaboration with Engineering and Scrum Master; support team focus, ownership, and accountability throughout development.
• Use deep product knowledge to proactively resolve blockers, triage production issues, and respond to changing business or technical constraints.
• Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning, and retrospectives; ensure delivery stays on track with product vision and definition of done.
• Foster strong alignment with architects and engineering leaders to ensure stories align with technical feasibility and scalable system design.
• Advocate for user needs by incorporating feedback from behavioral data, research, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Actively contributes to release planning, stakeholder demos, and communication of delivery progress.
• Collaborate with other Product Owners and Product Managers to align work across interdependent teams.
• Mentor other Product Owners and promote continuous improvement across product and agile practices.
• Continuously grow in domain expertise and support the product team in identifying opportunities for process and system improvements.
• May support early-stage product management tasks (e.g., market research, MVP definition) for new or emerging product areas.
• Other duties as assigned.

 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in MIS, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent.
• 6+ years of experience in a Product Owner role or equivalent
• Strong hands-on experience working in Agile development environments (Scrum, SAFe, or similar).
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), APIs, integrations, and system architecture.
• Strong technical and delivery acumen with the ability to collaborate effectively with architects and engineers.
• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders, competing priorities, and complex product interdependencies.
• Strong organizational, facilitation, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to write effective user stories, acceptance criteria, and drive high-quality delivery across cross-functional teams.
• Experience in mentoring other product owners or contributing to agile process maturity is highly desirable.
• Mortgage technology or financial services industry experience is preferred.

Work Authorization: Must be able to verify identity and employment eligibility to work in the U.S.

Other Duties: This job profile is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job duties and responsibilities, as one may perform additional related duties as assigned in order to meet the needs of the organization.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must be able to lift up to ten pounds. Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office set