What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Owner position at Cynet Systems?
We are looking for a Product Owner for our client in Hillsboro, OR
Job Title: Product Owner
Job Location: Hillsboro, OR
Job Type: Contract
Job Overview:
- SO for PO/SM We are seeking an experienced Product Owner / Scrum Master for a Data track to drive end to end Agile delivery of data platforms, analytics, and reporting initiatives.
- This hybrid role requires strong product ownership, Scrum facilitation, and Business Systems Analysis (BSA) skills to effectively bridge business stakeholders and technical teams.
- The ideal candidate will own the data product backlog, facilitate Agile execution, and ensure business requirements are clearly translated into deliverable, high quality data solutions.
- Product Ownership (Data Focused) Own and manage the product backlog for Data & Analytics initiatives including data engineering, reporting, dashboards, and data platforms.
- Work closely with business stakeholders to understand business objectives, KPIs, and data needs.
- Translate business requirements into clear epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria with a data centric mindset.
- Prioritize backlog items based on business value, dependencies, data readiness, and regulatory needs.
- Define release goals and support roadmap planning for data products.
- Scrum Master & Agile Delivery Act as Scrum Master for one or more Data / Analytics teams.
- Facilitate all Agile ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Daily Stand ups, Backlog Grooming, Sprint Reviews, and Retrospectives.
- Coach teams on Agile best practices and drive continuous improvement.
- Remove impediments related to data dependencies, environments, access, and cross team coordination.
- Track and report Agile metrics such as velocity, burn down, release progress, and team capacity.
- Business Systems Analysis (BSA) Responsibilities Perform requirements elicitation, analysis, and documentation for data use cases.
- Work with stakeholders to define data rules, transformations, validation logic, and reporting requirements.
- Support functional walkthroughs, story validation, and UAT planning.
- Ensure clarity on data sources, assumptions, dependencies, and acceptance criteria.
- Act as a functional bridge between business users and data engineering / BI teams.
- Stakeholder & Cross Team Coordination Serve as the primary point of contact between business, product, data engineering, QA, and leadership teams.
- Coordinate across multiple teams and dependencies to ensure smooth delivery. Provide clear, timely status communication including risks, issues, mitigations, and release readiness.
- Support governance, planning, and executive communication as required.
Required Qualifications:
- 8-12 years of experience in IT delivery with strong Agile project experience.
- Proven experience as a Product Owner and/or Scrum Master.
- Strong exposure to Data & Analytics domains (Data Engineering, BI, Reporting, Dashboards).
- Hands on experience in requirements analysis / BSA activities.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience using Agile tools such as JIRA, Confluence, or equivalent.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience working in Enterprise or Regulated environments (Healthcare, Insurance, BFSI).
- Experience managing onshore-offshore delivery models.
- Certifications such as CSM, SAFe Agilist, PMI ACP, or Product Owner certification.
- Working knowledge of data platforms, cloud data ecosystems, and BI tools (nice to have).