Technical Product Owner

The Technical Product Owner plays a crucial role in bridging the gap between business requirements and technical execution. This role focuses on transforming business needs into actionable user stories for front-end and back-end development teams, ensuring that internal stakeholders' expectations are met and that products align with the company's strategic goals. The Technical Product Owner will collaborate closely with the Product Manager and the other key internal stakeholders to define and prioritize requirements and work with development teams to deliver innovative and high-quality solutions.

Responsibilities

• Requirements Gathering - Collaborate with key internal stakeholders to understand and collect business requirements, ensuring they align with overall business objectives;
• User Story Creation - Translate business requirements into clear and actionable user stories for front-end and back-end development teams;
• Prioritization - Manage the product backlog, balancing stakeholder needs with technical feasibility and business value;
• Specification Preparation - Develop and maintain functional specifications, ensuring they accurately reflect business needs and technical requirements;
• Integration and Design - Participate in subsystems' design analysis and integration, contributing to the overall system architecture;
• Testing Support - Assist in the overall testing of tools and support internal teams during user acceptance testing (UAT) to ensure successful product delivery;
• Feedback Evaluation - Gather and analyze feedback from stakeholders to identify opportunities for improvement and enhancement of the product;
• Feature Validation - Ensure that features meet acceptance criteria and pass necessary acceptance tests before being considered "done"
• Cross-Functional Collaboration - Work closely with the Product Manager, IT, operations, UX/ UI designers and other relevant teams to ensure successful product launches and integration into existing systems;
• Documentation - Produce and manage decision documents and other relevant documentation to support product development and deployment;
• Product vision support - Help the Product Development Manager in shaping and building the Company’s Product Vision.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, IT, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience;
• Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role in IT, with a strong understanding of translating business requirements into technical specifications;
• Experience in working within an Agile methodology environment (e.g., SCRUM, Kanban);
• Strong technical understanding of web applications, APIs, and data flow process mapping;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively manage relationships with internal stakeholders;
• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously, balancing business needs with technical capabilities;
• Detail-oriented with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to changing requirements;
• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Azure is a plus;
• Demonstrable experience in a complex and evolving environment, with a results-driven approach to achieving goals.

We offer

• Competitive salary with performance-based bonuses;
• Flexible hybrid work model with a cozy office in Sofia, Bulgaria;
• Additional social benefits (additional health insurance, and fully funded MultiSport card);
• Opportunity to join a new Payment Institution business;
• Mentorship program and personalized career development plan;
• Additional trainings and certification;
• Regular networking events and team-building activities;
• A dynamic and diverse team of dedicated professionals, committed to creating cutting-edge products;
• Supportive and welcoming company culture.

If you’re a “big picture” thinker with a strategic mindset who would like to work for a fast-growing FinTech company and grow with it, then this may be the perfect opportunity for you!