Senior Product Owner

Role: Sr. Product Owner Relevant Experience: 6+ years Location: Bangalore/Coimbatore Work mode: WFO Availability: Immediate

Role Summary: The Sr. Product Owner is responsible for ensuring engineering execution readiness by translating high-level product requirements into clear, build-ready user stories and technical tasks. This position involves owning backlog decomposition, documentation, and sprint preparedness while collaborating closely with Engineering, QA, DevOps, and a US-based Customer Product Owner to deliver predictable, high-quality releases.

Key Responsibilities Backlog Engineering & Decomposition (Build-ready delivery) Decompose epics/features into detailed user stories, technical tasks, and acceptance criteria. Run backlog refinement with engineering teams to ensure clarity, estimation readiness, and sequencing. Maintain Definition of Ready and Definition of Done discipline to reduce churn and rework. Technical Documentation & Workflow Definition Create and maintain key artifacts: workflow diagrams, system flows, data mappings, integration notes, and edge cases. Ensure non-functional requirements are explicit (performance, security, reliability, observability). Partner with architects and engineering leads to validate feasibility and solution approach. Sprint Execution & Delivery Predictability Drive sprint-level execution readiness: planning inputs, dependency tracking, and scope sequencing. Proactively unblock engineers and QA by clarifying logic, behavior, and constraints quickly. Communicate delivery risks, trade-offs, and technical dependencies early and clearly. Quality, Validation & Release Readiness Define testable acceptance criteria and partner with QA to ensure strong functional and regression coverage. Support UAT readiness with the Customer PO: test notes, known issues list, validation steps, and demo readiness. Coordinate release inputs with DevOps/TPMs: release checklist, deployment readiness, and rollback considerations. Cross-Functional Collaboration Act as the India-based bridge across Engineering, QA, DevOps, and Support to maintain shared understanding of scope and intent. Ensure consistent documentation and traceability from requirements to build to validation.

Ideal candidates should have: 6+ years in a technical, engineering-facing product role Strong Agile experience with tools like Jira, Confluence, or Azure DevOps A solid understanding of APIs, integrations, and modern software delivery A quality-driven, detail-oriented, and execution-focused mindset

Core Competencies (Aezion Success Traits) Execution ownership, structured thinking, and strong documentation habits. Technical clarity and crisp communication. Quality mindset and proactive risk management. Delivery discipline: Get it right. Make it right.