Important information: years of experience: 5 years in product ownership or business analysis roles within saas or software development environments job mode: full-time work mode: remote job summary we are seeking a product owner / associate product manager to support the product manager in driving the development and delivery of innovative, user-centered saas products. This role involves translating product strategy into actionable requirements, managing the product backlog, and ensuring alignment between cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions that meet business and customer needs. Responsibilities and duties support the product manager in translating product strategy and epics into actionable user stories and a prioritized backlog. Collaborate with cross-product teams (platform, analytics & reporting, etc.) to drive feature adoption and ensure ecosystem alignment. Act as the customer advocate during agile ceremonies, ensuring requirements are clearly defined with appropriate acceptance criteria. Partner with engineering, design, and qa teams to deliver high-quality, user-centered saas features. Manage backlog grooming, sprint planning, and release readiness to ensure efficient and timely product delivery. Conduct product demos and collect feedback from stakeholders to drive continuous improvement. Coordinate cross-functional communication to ensure smooth collaboration and successful product releases. Qualifications and skills bachelor’s degree in computer science, business, or related field (or equivalent experience). Strong understanding of agile/scrum methodologies and product lifecycle management. Excellent communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills. Ability to translate business needs into technical requirements. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. Role-specific requirements proven experience managing product backlogs and sprint planning activities. Demonstrated success working closely with engineering and design teams. Experience gathering, documenting, and refining user requirements and acceptance criteria. Ability to balance competing priorities in a fast-paced, agile environment. Technologies agile tools such as jira, azure devops, or rally saas platforms and product lifecycle tools basic understanding of apis, cloud-based systems, and analytics tools skillset competencies product strategy execution agile product ownership stakeholder communication cross-functional collaboration user story development release management continuous improvement about encora encora is the preferred digital engineering and modernization partner of some of the world’s leading enterprises and digital native companies. With over 9,000 experts in 47 offices and innovation labs worldwide, encora’s technology practices include product engineering & development, cloud services, quality engineering, devsecops, data & analytics, digital experience, cybersecurity, and ai & llm engineering. At encora, we hire professionals based solely on their skills and qualifications, and do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality. J-18808-ljbffr