Technical Product Owner

Scope: 
The CSI R&D SaaS team within CooperSurgical is dedicated to developing and maintaining cutting-edge SaaS software solutions for cryopreservation and inventory, storage, donations, and billing management for fertility clinics and patients worldwide. As a Technical Product Owner on the CSI SaaS team, you will be responsible for the maintenance and future development of these products.

Job Summary:
As a Technical Product Owner – Software, you will play a significant role in building, maintaining, enhancing, and supporting customer-facing software products and internal applications. This position will be responsible for guiding the software product's technical roadmap, feature prioritization, and ensuring alignment with customer requirements and business goals.
 

Responsibilities:
•    Define the vision and strategic direction for the team's products aligned with business objectives and market demands. Create and own a comprehensive product roadmap aligned with this vision.
•    Collaborate extensively with internal and external stakeholders and translate user needs into clear product requirements. 
•    Craft detailed user stories and acceptance criteria for development sprints. 
•    Manage and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring alignment with evolving requirements and business goals. 
•    Serve as a bridge between the engineering team and other departments, fostering collaboration and ensuring alignment on technical requirements, timelines, and priorities.
•    Actively participate in agile meetings to maintain transparency on progress, impediments, and successes. 
•    Monitor and evaluate product progress across all stages and communicate product updates.
•    Own and maintain comprehensive product documentation, including user guides, and release notes. 
 

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

•    At least 8 years of experience as a Technical Product Owner for Agile teams in Software Development environment.
•    Familiarity with Scrum and Agile Software Development Methodology, with a proven track record of successfully delivering high-quality software solutions.
•    Significant experience in writing user stories and acceptance criteria, maintaining and prioritizing product backlog.
•    Strong technical background with good understanding of software development methodologies, solution architecture and cloud technologies.
•    Familiarity with DevOps practices, version control, test automation, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) best practices.
•    An outcome focused mindset including process discipline and drive for timely project completion. 
•    Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
•    Agile Product Owner certification is a plus.

Work Environment:
•    Occasional domestic and international travel (< 10%)
•    On-site from an office in Trumbull, CT or Livingston, NJ.

Experience:
•    Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience 

Education:
•    Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related technical field.
•    Master’s degree preferred.