Product Owner

Job Summary

• We are looking for an experienced Product Owner to own the product backlog and drive the development of our SaaS platform. You will work closely with the development team, engineering managers, and stakeholders to maximize the product's value.
• The ideal candidate has direct experience building and launching features on a SaaS platform and can translate business strategy into actionable, technical user stories in an agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Backlog Management: Own, groom, and prioritise the product backlog (user stories, bug fixes, enhancements) based on user feedback and business value.
• Product Vision Execution: Translate product roadmap high-level goals into detailed, actionable technical user stories and acceptance criteria for developers.
• Agile Leadership: Lead sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, and sprint reviews/retrospectives.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as the primary liaison between technical teams (engineering, QA) and non-(engineering, QA) and nontechnical stakeholders (marketing, customer support, leadership).
• SaaS Feature Ownership: Define requirements for new SaaS platform features, such as user onboarding, billing, subscription management, or API integrations.
• Quality Assurance: Accept completed work at the end of each sprint to ensure it meets definition-of-done (DoD) standards and fulfills user needs.
• Data-Driven Decisions: Use product analytics (e.g., Jira, Mixpanel, Google Analytics) to monitor feature usage, adoption rates, and customer churn, adjusting priorities accordingly.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field.
• 3-5 years of working experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager, specifically within a Saas platform environment.
• Technical Understanding: Solid understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), APIs, and SaaS architecture.
• Agile Expertise: In-depth knowledge of Agile methodologies and Scrum frameworks.
• Tools: Hands-on experience with project management tools like Jira (mandatory), Confluence, Trello,
• Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communicaticion skills to articulate complex technical problems to nontechnical stakeholders.

Basic Requirements & Soft Skills:

• Remote Work Discipline: Self-motivated with the ability to manage tasks effectively in a remote/distributed team setup.
• Proactive Problem-Solving: Ability to identify gaps in processes and implement scalable solutions.
• Ownership Mindset: Takes full accountability for outcomes, not just task coordination.

Job Type

Contract

Pay

₦500,000.00 per month

Work Location

Remote