Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Lead Product Owner / Team Lead to drive product strategy, roadmap execution, and delivery governance across one or more business-critical product portfolios. The ideal candidate will lead and coach a team of Product Owners, partner closely with business, technology, UX, data, and operations stakeholders, and ensure product backlogs are aligned to customer needs, commercial priorities, and measurable business outcomes.

Roles & Responsibilities:

- Lead product ownership across one or more business-critical product portfolios, ensuring clear product vision, roadmap alignment, and execution discipline.

- Manage, mentor, and coach a team of Product Owners to drive consistent backlog quality, stakeholder engagement, and delivery outcomes.

- Partner with business leaders, technology teams, UX, data, operations, and delivery stakeholders to translate strategic priorities into actionable product initiatives.

- Own roadmap planning, prioritization, dependency management, and release readiness across products, features, and cross-functional initiatives.

- Ensure product backlogs are well-defined, prioritized, measurable, and aligned to customer needs, business value, regulatory considerations, and technical feasibility.

- Drive agile ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog refinement, stakeholder reviews, and delivery governance in partnership with Scrum Masters and engineering leads.

- Define and monitor product success metrics, adoption indicators, delivery KPIs, and business outcome measures to continuously improve product performance.

- Identify product risks, delivery blockers, scope conflicts, and stakeholder misalignment, and proactively drive resolution through structured decision-making.

Qualifications:

- Bachelors degree in Business, Technology, Engineering, Computer Science, Product Management, or a related field; MBA or relevant product certification is preferred.

- 8+ years of experience in product ownership, product management, digital transformation, business analysis, or agile delivery roles.

- Proven experience leading or mentoring Product Owners, Business Analysts, or cross-functional product teams in an agile environment.

- Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, roadmap planning, backlog prioritization, user story definition, acceptance criteria, and release management.

- Hands-on experience working with agile delivery frameworks such as Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, or scaled agile operating models.

- Ability to engage senior stakeholders, facilitate decision-making, manage competing priorities, and communicate product direction clearly across business and technology audiences.

- Strong analytical mindset with the ability to define product KPIs, evaluate business value, interpret user needs, and support data-driven prioritization.

- Excellent leadership, problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills with a strong focus on customer value and measurable business outcomes.