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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Product Owner - **Company:** Onpay, Inc. - **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $105,000.0 - $140,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Confluence, JIRA, Software as a Service, Data Structures, Internet Security, Scrum Methodology, Workflow Management Systems, B2b Software, Interactive Whiteboards - **Published:** September 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://careers.onpay.com/jobs/8312523-senior-product-owner ## About the Role * Proven Execution Track Record: Ability to drive delivery in a lean, fast-moving environment while managing competing priorities. * Sharp Tactical Problem-Solving: Comfortable diving into technical details, complex workflows, and data structures alongside developers. * Strong Prioritization Mindset: Confident making pragmatic trade-off decisions between speed, scope, and technical quality. * Exceptional Communication: Clear, concise story writing and effective meeting facilitation that keeps cross-functional teams aligned. * Self-Directed & Proactive: Highly autonomous self-starter who takes ownership of problems and drives them to resolution without waiting for instruction. * Pragmatic Agile Mindset: Passion for practical Agile practices that maximize delivery velocity rather than rigid process adherence., * Minimum of 5+ years of direct experience as a Product Owner or Lead Business Analyst driving software delivery in an Agile environment (Scrum/Kanban). * Demonstrated experience handling complex SaaS workflows, B2B software systems, or financial/payroll/HR domain logic (FinTech experience preferred). * Hands-on proficiency with tools like Jira, Confluence, Miro, or similar workflow tools. * Bachelor's degree preferred, or equivalent practical experience. * CSPO, CSM, or equivalent certification is a plus. ## Description As a Senior Product Owner, you will serve as the hands-on execution lead for engineering delivery within OnPay's product organization. In our lean, fast-paced environment, this role requires an experienced, tactically sharp PO who thrives on turning business requirements into well-defined, actionable work and keeping engineering teams moving efficiently. You will own backlog prioritization, untangle complex functional dependencies, resolve tactical roadblocks, and drive features across the finish line. You are the primary bridge between business priorities and day-to-day engineering execution-focused on getting the right work built, built well, and delivered on time. What You'll Do * Drive Engineering Execution & Delivery: Partner closely with engineering leads and developers to ensure work is well-structured, clearly understood, and progressing toward launch commitments. * Tactical Backlog Ownership & Prioritization: Actively manage and prioritize the team backlog, balancing new feature requests, customer bug fixes, technical debt, and operational improvements. * Complex Problem Solving & Discovery: Dig into complex business logic, edge cases, system dependencies, and workflows (e.g., payroll calculations, tax rules, third-party API integrations) to produce clear, unambiguous user stories and acceptance criteria. * Agile Ceremony Leadership: Facilitate crisp, effective Agile ceremonies-including backlog refinement, story mapping, sprint planning, and daily stand-ups-focused on team throughput and clarity. * Unblock & Resolve Roadblocks: Proactively identify dependencies, clear impediments, and negotiate solutions when technical or business challenges arise during a sprint. * Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate with Design, Customer Support, Implementation, and Product Strategy to gather requirements, manage expectations, and support smooth release rollouts. * Quality & Acceptance: Review completed stories against acceptance criteria to ensure delivered features strictly meet functional standards before release. ## Related Videos - [ShapeShift: Reinventing Agile for a B2B SaaS Scale-Up](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1655-shapeshift-reinventing-agile-for-a-b2b-saas-scale-up) - [Improving quality with Agentic AI with Rovo Dev and Xray](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2005-improving-quality-with-agentic-ai-with-rovo-dev-and-xray) - [42 x 2 Canvases Later: Two Years, Two Minds, Many Lessons](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1458-42-x-2-canvases-later-two-years-two-minds-many-lessons) - [ Your Code Is the Sales Team Now](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100327-your-code-is-the-sales-team-now) - [A Founder's Journey : From Startup Chaos to Purposeful Growth](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1926-a-founder-s-journey-from-startup-chaos-to-purposeful-growth) - [Building an agentic software factory: How we rebuilt product development at Pipedrive](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100261-building-an-agentic-software-factory-how-we-rebuilt-product-development-at-pipedrive) ## Related Articles - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Why Attend a Developer Event in 2026?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/688-why-attend-a-developer-event-in-2026) - [E-Commerce in the Agentic Age: When "Buy" Becomes a Function Call](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/750-e-commerce-in-the-agentic-age-when-buy-becomes-a-function-call) - [The Importance of "Not Done"](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/529-the-importance-of-not-done)