Technical Product Owner

We are seeking a Technical Product Owner to provide functional direction in the development of innovative medical software solutions that enhance patient care and clinical workflows. This role serves as a critical bridge between product strategy and engineering execution, ensuring that user needs, regulatory requirements, and business goals are translated into actionable development tasks. You will collaborate closely with Product Management, Software Project Management, and cross-functional teams to define and prioritise the product backlog, write technical features with functional acceptance criteria, and guide Agile development teams. A strong understanding of software usability in healthcare settings is essential, along with experience in regulated medical device environments.

Responsibilities

Product Strategy & Vision

• Define and maintain the product vision, ensuring alignment with business objectives, user needs, and regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with engineering, clinical teams, and internal stakeholders to gather requirements and write detailed, actionable feature descriptions for the development teams.

Agile Execution

• Participate in backlog grooming, sprint planning, and other Agile ceremonies.
• Write technical features with functional acceptance criteria to guide development.
• Provide feedback during sprint reviews and demos to ensure quality, usability, and compliance.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Support human factors and usability testing against clinical workflows and safety requirements.
• Coordinate dependencies across projects and teams to ensure timely delivery.

Regulatory & Compliance

• Collaborate with regulatory and quality teams to ensure adherence to standards such as IEC 62304, ISO 14971, and 21 CFR Part 820.
• Contribute to documentation and processes required for regulatory submissions and audits.

Culture & Values

• Uphold the Company's core values of Integrity, Innovation, Accountability, and Teamwork.
• Demonstrate behaviour consistent with the Company's Code of Ethics and Conduct.
• Duties may be modified or assigned at any time to meet the needs of the business.

Do you have experience in Usability?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, Required

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, medically related field; or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience as a Technical Product Owner or Project Manager in an Agile software development environment.
• Experience in medical device development under Design Control (21 CFR Part 820), IEC 62304, and ISO 14971.
• Proven ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams and influence stakeholders in a matrixed organisation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage complex, interdependent projects with multiple stakeholders.

Preferred

• Clinically relevant field experience. Patient monitoring experience is preferred.
• Experience with usability testing and human factors engineering.
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Figma, or Azure DevOps.

Additional Requirements

• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally (up to 15%).
• Ability to work across global time zones (e.g., NA, EMEA, APAC) as needed.
• Must be able to obtain necessary documentation for international travel.

At Spacelabs Healthcare, our mission is to drive continuous innovation in healthcare technology to improve both clinical and economic outcomes. Our scalable solutions deliver critical patient data across local and remote systems, enabling better-informed clinical decisions, increased efficiency, and safer care environments. Why Spacelabs? Because lives depend on what we build.