What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Product Owner position at Ztek Consulting?
Key Responsibilities:
• Own and maintain the product backlog across an enterprise-scale requirement set
• Translate business requirements into user stories with clear acceptance criteria
• Prioritize based on phase dependencies, critical path, and business value
• Coordinate cross-POD dependencies across backend and UI teams
• Track phase exit criteria and escalate when delivery is at risk
• Serve as primary interface between development team and business stakeholders
• Coordinate planning and execution
Required:
• 5–10 years as a Technical Product Owner, Product Manager, or BA on enterprise platform builds
• Experience managing large-scale backlogs (100 requirements) across multiple teams
• Strong Agile/Scrum and backlog management (Jira preferred)
• Experience with data processing platforms, ETL/ELT pipelines, or streaming architectures
• Understanding of Kafka / event-driven architecture concepts
• Experience managing distributed/offshore teams
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows