Nasscomm
Website:
nasscomm.com
Job details:
Role: Technical Product Owner
Duration: 9 months (contract to hire)
Location: Hyderabad/ Gurugram - 70-80% Remote, On-site as needed/Work Hours: 2:30pm - 11:30pm IST
Position Description: This is not a general Product Owner or delivery-focused role. Specifically looking for a deeply technical, SaaS-oriented TPO with strong engineering credibility.
Scope and Responsibilities:
· The Technical Product Owner will facilitate the agile practices within AI development teams, ensuring smooth collaboration, timely delivery, and continuous improvement.
· Mandatory: Strong SaaS engineering background and prior experience working as a Product Owner (PO) in a SaaS product company - Own, refine, and prioritize the product backlog
· Translate business priorities into clear sprint goals and development work
· Communicate product vision and roadmap to business and technology stakeholders
· Partner with Domain Manager to define and track KPIs, adoption metrics, and outcome measures
· Ensure delivery teams understand business value, context, and success criteria
· Partner with business leaders and IT stakeholders to understand strategic objectives and translate them into actionable, prioritized project and enhancement initiatives.
· Ensure analysts are equipped to support test planning, user acceptance testing, and post-deployment validation for successful solution rollouts.
· Lead requirements gathering, business process definition, and solution design sessions
· Translate strategic objectives into actionable user stories and acceptance criteria
· Support backlog refinement with POs, architects, and developers
· Drive alignment across cross-functional business areas
· Support UAT planning, validation, defect resolution, and post-release feedback
Required Skills
- Mandatory: Strong SaaS engineering background and prior experience working as a Product Owner (PO) in a SaaS product company
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or equivalent.
- 8+ years of experience in total with 5+ years of experience managing AI or software development projects.
- Strong understanding of Agile principles and frameworks.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
- Translating business priorities into sprint goals and user stories
- Backlog refinement and sprint planning collaboration
- Cross-functional collaboration with business leaders, IT, and domain managers
- Driving alignment across multiple business areas
Client Notes
- Need experience in AI product development, RAG, model evaluation, hallucination control, shadow/canary rollout, fairness slicing, or risk gates.
- Translate an OKR into sprint goals/stories.
- Understanding of quantitative forecasting (P50/P90) or UAT capacity
- Client need someone who can operate at the level required for an AI-oriented Technical Product Owner
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