Job description

• The Proxy Product Owner partners with the Product Owner and Agile squad to translate product strategy and business requirements into working digital solutions and customer journeys.
• Define functional specifications, workflows, use cases, interfaces, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Gather and translate business requirements into clear, actionable software requirements.
• Manage and prioritize the product backlog in line with the product roadmap.
• Ensure committed backlog items are completed within each sprint.
• Use technical expertise to actively contribute to sprint planning, refinement, retrospectives, and demos.
• Identify technology opportunities that support business goals.

• Acts as a bridge between business stakeholders and development teams, the PPO ensures seamless execution of digital initiatives.

  
  
• Drives squad execution and ensures progress against product roadmap commitments.
  
• Work closely with Product, Engineering, QA, UX, Governance, Compliance, and other stakeholders.
• Support testing, release readiness, and implementation activities.

Qualifications and Skills

• 7+ years of experience in digital product, technical project delivery, business analysis, or software delivery.
• Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies and the software development lifecycle.
• Experience with requirements gathering, user stories, backlog management, and Azure DevOps.
• Technical experience in development or testing is an advantage.
• Strong analytical, leadership, negotiation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Collaborative, delivery-focused, and proactive, with a strong “can-do” attitude.