Product Owner
Job Summary
Job Title: Product Owner
Position Summary
As a Product Owner you will collaborate with Product Managers on the Euna Budget product line to refine prioritized roadmap initiatives and oversee their delivery. Working alongside a cross-functional team of Developers and UX Designers you will ensure the successful execution of requirements and achievement of the desired outcomes for each development cycle. You will be accountable for refining requirements managing the backlog and ensuring on-time delivery of projects in each cycle.
Job Summary
We are looking for a Product Owner to join our growing SaaS product team. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate closely with cross-functional teams especially development and help guide the product from concept to completion. You will take ownership of product features and enhancements ensuring they meet customer needs while aligning with business goals. Working within an agile environment you will transform high-level product initiatives into clear actionable tasks supporting the development team throughout the process.
Key Responsibilities
Detailed Requirements Definition:
- Break Down Features into User Stories: Work directly with the Product Manager (PM) and Development Lead to translate high-level features and business requirements into detailed user stories and acceptance criteria that can be executed in development cycles.
- Collaborate with Dev Lead Dev Manager and Development Teams: During the development cycle you are responsible for ensuring user stories are updated with feedback from the delivery stakeholders ensuring they remain clear actionable and align with the products objectives.
- Clarify Requirements: Continuously engage with both internal stakeholders and the development team to clarify requirements and ensure that every story has the right context and value.
Backlog Management & Release Timing:
- Maintain the Product Backlog: Regularly update and prioritize the product backlog based on feedback from the Product Manager and other stakeholders. The backlog will include tasks user stories features and technical debt with clear deadlines and release timings.
- Prioritize Tasks: Ensure the team is working on the most important tasks that align with target outcome for that development cycle. Maintain team accountability to the primary objective and communicate with the PM and key stakeholders if the teams velocity indicates a potential to miss delivery of the stated primary or secondary outcomes for that project for that cycle.
- Work with the Product Manager: Collaborate with the Product Manager to ensure that your priorities align with overarching product initiatives and epics providing transparency into progress.
Daily Team Interaction:
- Be Embedded with the Development Team: Youll work closely with developers UX/UI designers and QA engineers. Be the go-to person for the team when they need clarification on requirements scope or specific details.
- Provide Real-Time Guidance: During daily stand-ups sprint planning and refinement sessions youll ensure that any questions or obstacles are promptly addressed enabling smooth progress throughout the sprint cycle.
Acceptance Testing & Quality Assurance:
- Define and Validate Acceptance Criteria: Write clear acceptance criteria for user stories to ensure that work is aligned with requirements and quality expectations. Youll validate whether completed work meets the predefined acceptance criteria.
- Accept or Reject Work: Evaluate the results of user stories at the end of each sprint to determine if the output meets the needs outlined. Provide feedback and work with the team to make any necessary adjustments.
Adaptation & Continuous Improvement:
- Adapt to Changing Priorities: Based on feedback customer needs or evolving market conditions adjust the products priorities. Work with the development team to ensure the highest-priority features are always being delivered.
- Ensure Flexibility: Be prepared to pivot when new information comes to light ensuring that the team focuses on delivering the most valuable features at any given time.
Customer Proxy:
- Represent the Customers Interests: Act as the customers voice advocating for user needs within the development process. Prioritize features based on customer feedback ensuring that whats being built aligns with their needs and pain points.
- Customer Feedback Loop: Facilitate ongoing customer feedback sessions and user testing to continuously refine product direction. Ensure that feedback is communicated clearly to the development team.
Skills & Qualifications:
- 3 years of experience in a Product Owner role or similar ideally within a SaaS or software organization.
- Preference will be given to candidates with previous experience in GovTech
- Previous experience in Project Management type roles or Scrum Master type roles will be seen as an asset
- Proven ability to break down complex features into clear actionable user stories with acceptance criteria.
- Solid experience in backlog management and release planning.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrated experience and skill with: JIRA Confluence Business Analysis SQL Python HTML Technical Writing (user story writing) Backlog management Wireframing PowerPoint Excel Claude
- Some travel to visit customers or attend conferences could be required up to 20%
Location:
This position will be hybrid with 3 days/week in our Oakville ON(or ATL GA)office.
Compensation Range: $85-100000
We believe in openness so we publish our range from the start. Where an offerwillland depends on your background strengths and howyoullcontribute to the work ahead.
This role fills an existing vacancy. Euna uses AI responsibly toassistin screening assessing or selecting applicants. AI helps us work smarter but people lead the process.
AI Mindset at Euna Solutions
We believe the future of work is human AI. At Euna Solutions we encourage our team members toleverageAI tools to enhance creativity efficiency and decision-making.Werelooking for people who are curious about emerging technologies eager to experiment and committed to using AI responsibly to augmentnotreplacetheirexpertise.
If you enjoy exploring new ways to solve problems learning continuously and applying AI to make your work smarter and more impactfulyoullthrive here.
WhatItsLike to Work at Euna Solutions
At Euna Solutions we carefully foster a work environment where employees have a safespace for creative and intellectual freedom and the opportunity to work cross-functionally. We offer a dynamic environment with considerableopportunitiesfor professional growth and advancement.
Here are some of theperksthat Euna employees enjoy:
Competitive wages
Wepaycompetitive wages and salaries and we only expect an honest 40-hour week for it.
Wellness days
Whatsbetter than a long weekend
An extra-long weekend!
Twice a year Euna employees enjoy an extra day on top of the long weekend! An extra day to decompress and spend time doing the things you love.
Community Engagement Committee
At Euna we know how important it is to give back. Our community engagement committee looks for ways to give back to our local communities through time
gifts
and skills.
Flexible workday
We
understand
that what a workday looks like differs by employee and the role requirements. Through our interview processwellwork with you to ensureitsa fitfor you and the specific roleyoureinterested in.
Benefits
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Culture committee
Celebrate
at
every occasion with the culture team! They make sure that our teams culture is bustling with frequent fun events for holidays and special occasions as well as for miscellaneous fun.
About Euna Solutions
Euna Solutions is the leading provider of purpose-built cloud-based software designed to streamline procurement budgeting payments andgrantsmanagement for public sector and government organizations. Eunas AI-powered features and intelligent automation help organizations make better-informed decisions ensure compliance empower collaboration and reduce administrative burden. Eunas full-cycle financial suite supports more than 3600 organizations across North America in building trust enabling transparency and driving positive community impact. Recognized on Government TechnologysGovTech100 list Euna Solutions is committed to advancing public sector innovation. To learn more visit
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Please visit our website: check out our LinkedIn Pages believe in embracing new perspectives andoptimizingimpact. If you have relatable experience and relevanttransferableskills but feel you may be missing a few of therequirements we encourage you to apply!
We recognize that people have unique career journeys and if
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Manager
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