Software Product Owner

Who we are

Cognito Forms is a fast-growing SaaS company empowering users to quickly build forms – and form-driven business solutions – by themselves. No developer necessary.

Who you are

We’re looking for an innovative product owner to work as a key member of an agile software product development team. As Product Owner you will own the requirements for and drive the development of new product functionality to its completion. You will act as the bridge between Product Management and your agile delivery team, aligning both parties to a common goal – delivering high-quality product features to our customers.

What you’d be doing

  • Organizing, prioritizing, and assessing the work for your team ensuring iteration goals are clearly defined and communicated.
  • Identifying and helping remove or escalate obstacles to product management.
  • Continuously refining the team backlog, ensuring work items are prioritized and clearly defined.
  • Verifying user stories are “done” and “tested”.
  • Meeting with Product Management regularly to clarify requirements and changes to scope.
  • Helping identify dependencies with other agile teams during Scrum of Scrums meetings.
  • Conducting the iteration review with the team.
  • Presenting completed user stories during system demos.
  • Assuring the quality of changes delivered by the team for release to production.

What you should bring to the table

  • Experience with agile software development methodologies.
  • Familiarity with Azure DevOps or similar software development lifecycle tools.
  • Excellent writing and verbal communication skills.
  • Experience testing web-based software.
  • Must be motivated, detail-oriented, highly-organized, and able to handle a variety of tasks and responsibilities in an effective manner with a high level of quality.
  • Bachelor’s degree and experience working closely with technical teams to build new software.

What you can expect in return

  • A competitive salary
  • Health insurance and other benefits
  • 401k retirement plan with company match
  • Company provided cell phone
  • 24 paid days off as a new employee
  • Hybrid work schedule – a mix of in office and work from home
  • A relaxed and flexible work environment
  • A great team to work with and learn from
  • Team outings and planned get-togethers
  • A fun and functional office in the heart of Columbia’s arts and technology district

Interested in joining our growing team?

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