savvymoney - Product Owner II (Dublin, CA or USA Remote)

• Partner with the Product Manager, internal stakeholders, and go-to-market teams to gather, document, and validate product requirements. • Transform mid-to-high-level Product Requirements Documents (PRDs) from key stakeholders into detailed, low-level PRDs—including edge cases, dependencies, and integration considerations. • Create comprehensive epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria from detailed PRDs; keep all documentation current as requirements evolve. • Backlog Management & Prioritization • Own and maintain a healthy, prioritized product backlog that aligns with overall product strategy and roadmap commitments. • Make real-time prioritization decisions in response to changing business needs, technical discoveries, or partner feedback. • Continuously refine backlog items to ensure the squad is always working on the highest-value, best-understood stories. • Sprint Planning & Agile Ceremonies • Run agile ceremonies in partnership with your Technical Program Manager—sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives. • Drive squad velocity by removing blockers, maintaining clarity on goals, and fostering a high-performing team culture. • Lead communications during sprint reviews, clearly conveying what was delivered and why it matters. • Stakeholder Communication & Rollout Collaboration • Serve as the primary communication bridge between the development squad and business stakeholders, ensuring shared understanding of scope, status, and expectations. • Proactively collaborate with market-facing teams (sales, customer success, marketing) on feature roll-out plans, timing, and partner communications. • Coordinate with the offers squad and Product Managers to ensure alignment on shared products such as Offer Center. • Testing, Validation & Quality • Partner with QA teams to define test cases and acceptance criteria for all user stories. • Participate in acceptance testing activities to confirm that delivered features meet specified requirements before release. • Champion quality standards within the squad, ensuring edge cases and corner scenarios are addressed during refinement—not discovered post-launch. • Product Documentation • Maintain accurate, up-to-date product documentation, including release notes, user guides, and functional specifications. • Ensure documentation is accessible to both technical and non-technical audiences and reflects the current state of the product. • Data-Driven Decision Making • Use data and analytics to measure product performance, identify improvement opportunities, and inform prioritization decisions. • Partner with the Product Manager to define and track key product metrics; regularly communicate results and learnings to squad members and leadership. • Leverage squad velocity metrics to identify bottlenecks, improve delivery predictability, and continuously raise team output quality. • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, or a related field—or equivalent practical experience. • 3–5 years of experience in a product owner or product management role, with a strong focus on requirements refinement, story definition, and backlog management. • Demonstrated proficiency with agile methodologies and hands-on experience with tools such as Jira and Confluence. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to break down complex business requirements into actionable engineering work. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable leading meetings and presenting to cross-functional stakeholders. • Proven ability to manage competing priorities and make confident, data-informed decisions in a fast-paced environment. • Background in consumer lending, personal finance, or the credit reporting space. • Experience working on customer-facing offer or marketing platforms (e.g., pre-approved or pre-qualified financial product experiences). • Familiarity with offer engines, recommendation systems, or conversion funnel optimization in a fintech context.