Technical Product Owner

Greenwood Village, CO

Who We Are:

Excelacom is a global consulting and technology solutions firm solving client’s complex business and technology challenges through a mix of consulting expertise, telecom-focused software, and managed services within the communications and media industries.

Who You Are:

We are looking for a Technical Product Owner with strong technical expertise to lead the development of scalable, cloud-native products. The ideal candidate will bridge business needs and engineering execution, translating complex technical requirements into clear, actionable backlog items while ensuring system architecture aligns with product goals.

As a Consultant, you’ll contribute to client engagements by delivering insights, building deliverables, and leading workstreams. You’ll be expected to bring strong analytical thinking, and a proactive mindset to solve client problems and drive transformation.

Role and Responsibilities:

You may work on various projects throughout your career with Excelacom. The roles and responsibilities noted below pertain to the specific role listed above.

• Own and drive the product vision, roadmap, and backlog for complex, cloud-native technical platforms
• Act as the primary product and technical interface between internal engineering teams and external teams, partners, and customers
• Lead feature requirement discussions with external stakeholders, translating business needs into clear, actionable technical requirements
• Define and prioritize features, platform capabilities, and technical enablers based on business value, architectural impact, and delivery constraints
• Translate business, customer, and architectural requirements into high-quality user stories with clear functional and non-functional acceptance criteria
• Collaborate closely with architects, engineering leads, and developers on microservices architecture, API design, data flows, and event-driven systems
• Work with engineering teams to design, evolve, and optimize microservices-based and distributed architectures
• Ensure alignment and dependency management across multiple teams working in a microservices and event-driven environment
• Track, analyze, and communicate progress, risks, system metrics, and dependencies to internal leadership and external stakeholders
• Ensure non-functional requirements (performance, availability, security, scalability, observability) are clearly defined and delivered
• Drive backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release readiness activities
• Make informed trade-off decisions balancing scope, timeline, quality, risk, and technical debt
• Work closely with clients to identify process improvements
• Analyze business challenges and recommend technology-driven solutions
• Support system development, integration, and testing activities
• Develop presentations, deliverables, and implementation plans
• Assist with proposals and business development efforts
  
  

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in product ownership or product management roles
• Strong experience working directly with external stakeholders and cross-company teams
• Deep understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and scaled Agile environments
• Experience working with enterprise customers or system integrators
• Background in platform, infrastructure, or developer-focused products preferably Java / Spring Boot ecosystem and microservices architecture
• Experience with security, compliance, or regulated environments
• Ability to translate complex technical constraints into clear business-level explanations
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Computer Science or related field
• Prior consulting experience – in an agile environment – with a leading strategy firm, consulting practice, or consulting technology firm
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience in Telecommunications, Media, or Cable is highly preferred
• Past success in generating new business with existing clients
• Good time management and collaboration skills
• Agile certifications (CSPO, SAFe POPM, SPC)
  
  

Compensation and Benefits:

Excelacom offers competitive salaries, health and wellness benefits, 401(k), paid time off, and career growth opportunities.For regular full-time employees, the estimated salary range is from $80,000 to $111,000/yr.

EEO Statement:

Excelacom, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Any decision affecting employment, compensation, promotion, or transfer will be based solely on personal qualifications and merit, regardless of sex, race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, disability, age, results of genetic testing, service in the military, pregnancy, childbirth or other related medical conditions or any other factor protected under applicable law.