Product Owner

**Build your future with Sovos.** If you are looking for an opportunity where career-minded professionals can achieve success while bringing their best and whole selves to work each day, Sovos may be the company you have been looking for. Employees at Sovos operate on the leading edge of digital technology while working to improve lives and the communities in which we live and work. When we say Solve Tax for Good, we mean For Good in every sense of the word. Our organizational commitment is to provide a place where employees can thrive and progress in their careers while having the support behind them that only a global company can offer. Sound like this might be the opportunity you have been looking for? It’s not about what you have done somewhere else, it’s all about what you are capable of doing here. **The Work You’ll Do**: The product owner is responsible for ensuring that market and product requirements are appropriately reflected and implemented in a finished product. Largely an inward-facing role, the product owner is the main liaison between product marketing, product management and the engineering team. The product owner is an expert on the functionality of a specific product; as such, s/he often supports other groups such as sales engineering, implementation, and technical support/customer service. - What are my responsibilities going to be, more specifically?_ - Main liaison between product management and the engineering team, understand the product strategy as defined by product management - Collect product requirements from key buyer audiences and end users - Coordinate the creation of product mockups and prototypes - Fulfills the ""product owner role"" principally responsible for prioritization and maintaining (or grooming) a backlog which maximizes outcomes aligned with the product strategy (roadmap) for one or multiple agile development teams - Write and present the product requirements document - Oversee and sign off on the functional spec - Oversee the product as it is being built by development/engineering - Communicate with stakeholders during the development of a product to keep them updated - Coordinate testing of a product, including user acceptance testing, alpha and beta programs - Collect, coordinate, and prioritize bug fixes **What We Need From You**: - 4+ years in related field - Experience in B2B SaaS business analysis or product development preferred - Complete understanding of the ""Product Owner"" role - Ability to balance gut feel judgement and logical analysis. Willingness to 'rip off the bandaid' and make decisions - Able to mentor and advise other scrum teams and team members, especially on Product Owner role - Ability to fulfill the ""Product Owner"" role effectively (maximizing outcomes per roadmap) without day-to-day support for multiple teams **What Does Sovos Offer You?** - The tools to grow your career both personally and professionally:_ Did you know that over 30% of our employees earned a promotion or job change In FY2020? That can happen because growth Is serious business here at Sovos, and we have the programs In place to make sure of it, including: - Mentoring Programs - Management Bootcamps and Development Trainings - Yearly performance reviews where compensation and performance are assessed and rewarded generously - Clear paths for growth within our roles (but we know that career development can be like a spider web, not a ladder - we give you the tools to move outside of your career as well) **Company Background