Associate Product Owner
Current• Collaborated closely with stakeholders to understand and document product visions, business needs and requirements, ensuring clarity and alignment.• Conducted market research and analysis to inform product strategy and identify opportunities for value creation.• Transformed high-level strategy into features, epics and user stories, creating a structured and prioritized product backlog to drive development focus.• Created and defined product acceptance criteria, ensuring deliverables meet stakeholder expectations.• Prioritized backlog based on business value, stakeholder input and market trends, enabling data-driven decision-making.• Identified product release content and timeline, effectively managing expectations and aligning delivery schedules.• Communicated vision and goals at the start of each release and sprint to Development Teams, fostering alignment and reducing rework.• Acted as a representative for stakeholders, end-users and customers, providing direction and resolving queries to increase engagement and satisfaction.• Collaborated cross-functionally with Release Engineers, Project Managers and IT Managers to ensure seamless execution and timely delivery of projects.• Oversaw the end-to-end product development lifecycle, from ideation to launch and optimization, improving time-to-market.• Implemented Agile methodologies using the Scrum framework to support an adaptive development process.• Tracked product performance and optimized features using data-driven insights, communicating strategy and roadmap through demos and training sessions.