Product Owner
Dallas, IA - USA
Job Summary
About this Position:
The Technical Product Owner/Builder supports the development and evolution of platform products and capabilities across client-facing solutions and internal platform initiatives.
This role combines product ownership with hands-on execution. The ideal candidate enjoys working closely with stakeholders and engineering teams to define requirements shape solutions validate outcomes and continuously improve the products they support.
The Technical Product Owner / Builder serves as a bridge between Product Delivery and Engineering helping ensure products are built to meet business needs and provide value to users.
This position is ideal for someone who enjoys both product thinking and problem solving and wants to continue growing their technical product management capabilities.
What Youll Do:
Product Ownership
Partner with stakeholders to understand business needs and define product requirements.
Translate requirements into user stories acceptance criteria and prioritized backlog items.
Manage and refine the product backlog in partnership with engineering and product leadership.
Support sprint planning backlog refinement and other team ceremonies.
Help drive delivery of product enhancements and platform initiatives.
Product Development & Delivery
Work closely with engineering teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
Create prototypes workflows configurations or lightweight solutions when appropriate to help validate ideas and accelerate delivery.
Support implementation planning and help ensure requirements are clearly understood.
Maintain product documentation and support continuous improvement efforts.
Define acceptance criteria and expected outcomes for product features and enhancements.
Participate in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and release validation activities.
Confirm that implemented solutions meet business requirements and user needs.
Identify gaps edge cases and opportunities for improvement.
Develop deep knowledge of assigned products platform capabilities workflows and system dependencies.
Act as a primary point of contact for product-related questions and requirement clarification.
Support teams in understanding product behavior expected functionality and business rules.
Partner with Engineering and Delivery teams to analyze product-related issues clarify requirements and help identify solutions.
What You Bring
3-5 years of experience in Product Management Product Ownership Software Engineering Business Analysis or a related technical role.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Information Systems or equivalent practical experience.
Experience gathering requirements writing user stories defining acceptance criteria and managing product backlogs.
Understanding of software development lifecycles and experience partnering closely with engineering teams to deliver digital products and platform solutions.
Ability to create prototypes workflows configurations or lightweight solutions that help validate ideas and support product delivery.
Strong analytical problem-solving and communication skills with the ability to translate business needs into practical solutions and explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Ability to develop deep product expertise support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and help teams understand product behavior requirements and expected functionality.
Nice to have: Experience with Jira Confluence APIs Postman AI tools automation platforms or configuration-based systems.
Why Its Great to Work Here:
We live by our C.O.R.E. values:
Collaborative - We work together to get better stuff done than we could alone.
Optimistic - Honest and confident in our quest forward; believing the impossible is possible.
Results-driven - Creativity is always in service of results and never for its own sake.
Entrepreneurial - Build something new. Shoot for the moon.
We offer comprehensive benefits and work perks like great options for medical / dental / vision insurance 401(k) with company matching unlimited PTO generous paid parental leave tuition reimbursement family forming assistance reimbursement pet adoption assistance pawternity leave etc.
We have a hybrid work schedule
Were part of Publicis Groupe which is a huge global network so there are many resources that come with that like Business Resource Groups for a variety of communities like Publicis Parents VivaWomen Egalité etc.
We give back to our communities with our annual Day of Good and volunteer opportunities throughout the year.
We love to grow our talent and promote from within whenever possible and we offer professional development trainings and regular structured performance reviews.
We have a lot fun! We have a whole committee called Team Fun that plans parties and events for us to celebrate birthdays holidays cultural moments etc. Some recent fun events include a flower bouquet bar origami lessons and hearing from creative entrepreneurs at our Moonshot speaker series.
Our Publicis Groupe motto Viva La Différence means were better together and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities across all facets of intersectionality and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.
Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage dental vision disability 401K as well as parental and family care leave family forming assistance tuition reimbursement and flexible time off.
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About Company
Publicis Media is one of the four solutions hubs of Publicis Groupe ([Euronext Paris FR0000130577, CAC 40], alongside Publicis Communications, Publicis.Sapient and Publicis Healthcare. Led by Steve King, CEO, Publicis Media is powered by its five global brands, Starcom, Zenith, Spark ... View more