Product Owner

_EPAM is a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and development services. We are committed to having a positive impact on our customers, our employees, and our communities. We embrace a dynamic and inclusive culture. Here you will collaborate with multi-national teams, contribute to a myriad of innovative projects that deliver the most creative and cutting-edge solutions, and have an opportunity to continuously learn and grow. No matter where you are located, you will join a dedicated, creative, and diverse community that will help you discover your fullest potential._

This role requires strong leadership in managing complex requirements and will be responsible for transforming the strategic product roadmap into clear, significant, high-quality specifications for software development. The Product Owner is also deeply involved in planning, prioritization, and assurance of a clean and well-groomed product feature backlog.

**Responsibilities**

- Own and maintain the product backlog aligned to the Inspire roadmap, collaborating with Product Management to prioritize features based on impact and effort
- Define clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and business rules to remove ambiguity and drive backlog refinement, eliminating last-minute surprises in grooming and planning
- Partner with Scrum Masters and Tech Leads to plan, groom, and deliver sprint goals effectively, ensuring smooth sprint ceremonies by maintaining backlog hygiene
- Drive Say/Do alignment with delivery teams and proactively manage sprint scope changes
- Track and improve predictability using metrics like story completion rate, velocity, and rework ratio
- Ensure testability, functional completeness, and coverage before sprint exit, collaborating with QA and Automation teams for test case readiness and scenario coverage
- Drive UAT readiness with business stakeholders and support early feedback cycles
- Liaise with developers, designers, QA, architects, and business stakeholders to align execution and improve team visibility into user flows and end-user expectations
- Communicate trade-offs, edge cases, and risk scenarios to improve decision-making
- Partner with engineering teams to balance quality, scope, and delivery timelines
- Lead by example in structured thinking, scope clarity, and validation criteria
- Track and report delivery KPIs, identifying and addressing bottlenecks in delivery
- Drive customer-first decisions and eliminate technical or functional ambiguity
- Mentor junior Product Owners or Business Analysts as needed
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement and stakeholder alignment across teams

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields
- 10+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or similar role in SaaS or enterprise software
- Strong understanding of Agile methodologies, preferably Scrum or SAFe
- Expertise in writing user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria for functional and non-functional requirements
- Hands-on experience with Agile tools like Azure DevOps/ Boards
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, to manage internal and external stakeholders
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to break down complex features
- Familiarity with web-based systems

**We offer**

- Opportunity to work on technical challenges that may impact across geographies
- Vast opportunities for self-development: online university, knowledge sharing opportunities globally, learning opportunities through external certifications
- Opportunity to share your ideas on international platforms
- Sponsored Tech Talks & Hackathons
- Unlimited access to LinkedIn learning solutions
- Possibility to relocate to any EPAM office for short and long-term projects
- Focused individual development
- Benefit package:

- Health benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Paid time off
- Flexible benefits

- Forums to explore beyond work passion (CSR, photography, painting, sports, etc.)