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# Technical Product Owner

- **Company:** Eliassen Group
- **Location:** Maryland Heights, MO, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $104,000.0 - $124,800.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Applications Architecture, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Cursor, Systems Development Life Cycle, Systems Integration, Data Processing, GitHub Copilot, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Containerization, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Data Pipelines
- **Published:** September 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/16_f94fad6c2

## About the Role

* 6+ years as a Product Owner, Technical Product Owner, Product Manager, or similar role supporting software delivery teams.
 * Proven experience owning and prioritizing large backlogs in Agile or Kanban environments, including enterprise platform builds and modernization efforts.
 * Experience managing large-scale backlogs across multiple teams and coordinating dependencies.
 * Strong understanding of APIs, system integrations, and application architecture concepts, including data processing platforms, ETL or ELT pipelines, or streaming architectures.
 * Understanding of event-driven architecture concepts such as Kafka.
 * Experience writing detailed user stories and acceptance criteria.
 * Experience working directly with engineers, architects, and technical leads, including distributed onshore and offshore teams.
 * Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows and professional use of tools such as GitHub Copilot, Kiro, Cursor, or similar.
 * Preferred: Telecommunications or usage data processing experience and familiarity with Kubernetes or containerization at a high level.

## Description

* Own and manage the product backlog for an enterprise-scale platform modernization initiative.
 * Translate business objectives and technical requirements into actionable user stories and clear acceptance criteria.
 * Prioritize work across multiple delivery pods in a Kanban-based environment based on dependencies, critical path, and business value.
 * Coordinate cross-pod dependencies across backend and UI teams and serve as primary interface between development and stakeholders.
 * Plan and oversee execution, track phase exit criteria, and escalate risks to delivery.
 * Facilitate alignment among business stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams throughout the SDLC.
 * Assess delivered functionality against requirements and acceptance criteria and support phased releases.
 * Partner with distributed onshore and offshore teams to ensure delivery outcomes.
 * Leverage AI-enabled SDLC practices and tools to improve delivery efficiency and quality.


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