Job Title: Technical Product Owner
Experience: 8+ Years
Employment Type: Full-Time
Working Hours: Onshore Overlap (7:00 PM – 10:00 PM IST)
Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced Technical Product Owner to lead the execution and delivery of AI-powered digital products. The ideal candidate will bridge business and engineering teams by translating product vision into well-defined user stories, managing product backlogs, and ensuring high-quality delivery across agile teams.
This role requires a strong technical understanding of APIs, cloud platforms, AI/LLM integrations, and RAG-based systems while driving agile execution, release planning, and cross-functional collaboration.
Key ResponsibilitiesProduct Ownership & Agile Delivery
- Understand the product vision, objectives, roadmap, and feature priorities.
- Convert business requirements into clear, actionable user stories with detailed acceptance criteria.
- Own, maintain, prioritize, and continuously refine the product backlog in collaboration with the Product Manager.
- Validate completed features against business goals, user experience, AI performance, and technical expectations.
- Balance feature development, AI enhancements, technical debt, and defect resolution while maintaining delivery velocity.
- Lead Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
- Ensure development teams have clear priorities and well-defined requirements.
- Work closely with engineering, QA, design, and business stakeholders throughout the product lifecycle.
Technical Program Management
- Coordinate release planning and deployment readiness with Product, Engineering, and Release Management teams.
- Identify, track, and proactively remove blockers across teams and dependencies.
- Monitor delivery metrics including velocity, burndown, throughput, and sprint predictability.
- Drive continuous improvement across agile delivery processes.
- Foster a collaborative, accountable, and self-organizing team culture.
- Ensure transparent communication of project status, risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans.
Required Technical SkillsAPI & Integration
- Strong understanding of REST APIs and microservices architecture.
- Experience with OAuth authentication, API payloads, HTTP status codes, and service interactions.
- Ability to review API contracts, validate request/response flows, troubleshoot integration issues, and coordinate API versioning.
- Experience working with event-driven architectures and dependency mapping.
- Hands-on experience using API testing tools such as Postman, Swagger, and Insomnia.
AI & Generative AI
- Familiarity with Large Language Models (LLMs) including OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, and Llama.
- Understanding of AI integration patterns, prompt workflows, model APIs, and AI safety considerations.
- Knowledge of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) concepts and AI-powered product development.
Data & Systems
- Ability to analyze structured and unstructured data for troubleshooting and validation.
- Experience reviewing application logs and RAG retrieval traces.
- Working knowledge of SQL for reading and interpreting queries.
- Understanding of data models, schema mapping, metadata management, and data validation.
- Familiarity with content ingestion pipelines and data freshness concepts within AI systems.
Cloud & Delivery Tools
- High-level working knowledge of Microsoft Azure.
- Experience with agile delivery tools such as Aha and Rally.
- Familiarity with Agile, Scrum, and product delivery best practices.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience as a Technical Product Owner, Technical Business Analyst, Product Manager, or similar role.
- Experience working with Agile/Scrum software development teams.
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), cloud-based applications, APIs, and enterprise systems.
- Experience delivering AI, ML, or Generative AI products is highly preferred.
- Excellent stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership skills.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with Azure-based applications and cloud services.
- Knowledge of enterprise integration patterns and distributed systems.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices.
- Experience working on AI platforms, conversational AI, or intelligent automation products.
- Exposure to analytics dashboards and delivery reporting.
Soft Skills & Working Style
- Ownership mindset with end-to-end accountability.
- Proactive problem-solving and risk identification.
- Strong analytical and structured thinking abilities.
- Fast learner with curiosity toward emerging AI technologies.
- Exceptional attention to detail and execution discipline.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Ability to simplify complex technical concepts for both technical and business audiences.
- Highly organized with strong prioritization and time management skills.
- Professional, dependable, and committed to delivering high-quality outcomes within timelines.
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Noida, Uttar Pradesh (Noida)
