Product Owner (Hybrid)
$100,000–$115,000 year
Hybrid · Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Summary
Product Owner leads backlog and translates business requirements into development-ready work for three engineering squads focused on transaction processing, merchant data management, and internal operations tooling. The role bridges business stakeholders and engineering, ensuring clear, prioritized stories, acceptance criteria, and a refined backlog. It requires hybrid in-office presence in Chicago (Tue–Thu) and collaboration across product leadership, operations, data, and finance, with responsibilities including backlog prioritization, Agile ceremonies, user acceptance testing, production issue support, and go-to-market coordination. Proficiency with SQL and Excel, Jira, Confluence, and a comfort level engaging with backend data flows and API dependencies are expected, along with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 2–4 years in related roles.
Required Qualifications
- 2–4 years of experience in a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or related Agile product role, working directly with software engineering teams
- Demonstrated experience writing user stories, defining acceptance criteria, and managing product backlogs in Jira or similar tools
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent work experience
- Experience in a payments, fintech, B2B SaaS, or transaction processing environment
- Familiarity with card network concepts such as authorization, settlement, merchant enrollment, interchange, or card-linked loyalty programs
- Experience supporting internal operational tooling or business process automation projects
- CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner) certification or equivalent Agile/Scrum training
- Experience with Confluence for requirements documentation, decision logs, and team knowledge management
- Familiarity with PCI DSS and/or SOC 1/SOC 2 compliance standards as they apply to payments and platform environments
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