Blue Acorn iCi · 15 hours ago
Product Owner
Bothell, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
12+ years expBlue Acorn iCi is a digital experience partner helping global brands design, build, and optimize the future of customer engagement. They are seeking a Product Owner to manage product backlogs, drive feature delivery, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality digital solutions.
Information Technology & Services
Responsibilities
Product Backlog Ownership & Prioritization: Strong experience managing and prioritizing detailed product backlogs aligned with business value, customer needs, and technical dependencies
User Story Development: Expertise in writing clear, technically detailed user stories and acceptance criteria for complex features, integrations, and platform enhancements
Stakeholder Communication & Alignment: Act as a senior liaison between engineering teams, business stakeholders, UX teams, and leadership to ensure clarity, alignment, and execution efficiency
Agile Delivery Leadership: Lead sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and retrospectives with a strong focus on delivery velocity, quality, and continuous improvement
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Facilitate seamless collaboration between product, engineering, QA, DevOps, marketing, analytics, and support teams to enhance product development synergy
Quality Assurance & Acceptance Criteria: Define rigorous acceptance criteria, oversee quality standards, and ensure features meet functional, technical, and user experience expectations
Product Reporting & Metrics: Publish and maintain product delivery reports including backlog health, feature progress, velocity metrics, roadmap updates, and release readiness dashboards
Mentorship & Knowledge Sharing: Coach and mentor junior Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Scrum team members on product management best practices and Agile delivery standards
Agile & Delivery Tools: Backlog & Project Tools: Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Rally, or similar Agile project management platforms
Documentation & Collaboration: Experience producing product documentation, roadmaps, release notes, and stakeholder communication artifacts
Release Planning: Experience coordinating multi-team releases, dependency management, and feature rollouts across enterprise programs
Customer-Centric Mindset: Strong focus on user experience, usability, accessibility, and business outcomes
Technical Acumen: Comfort working with APIs, integrations, data flows, and platform architectures to effectively collaborate with engineering teams
Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to identify delivery risks, prioritize tradeoffs, and make data-driven product decisions
Leadership & Communication: Excellent presentation, facilitation, and executive communication skills
Agile Methodologies: Hands-on experience working in Scrum, SAFe, or Kanban delivery models
Adobe Platform Knowledge (Preferred): Adobe Experience Cloud Experience: Hands-on experience working with Adobe platforms such as Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target, Adobe Commerce (Magento), or Adobe Customer Journey Analytics
Digital Experience & Content Platforms: Understanding of CMS-driven architectures, content workflows, digital asset management (DAM), personalization engines, and customer data platforms (CDP)
Qualification
Required
12+ years of experience in Digital Product Management, Business Analysis, or Software Delivery, with at least 5+ years in a Product Owner or Product Manager role delivering enterprise-scale digital platforms and customer-facing applications
8+ years of experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, owning product backlogs, driving feature delivery, and partnering closely with engineering, design, and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions
Strong experience managing and prioritizing detailed product backlogs aligned with business value, customer needs, and technical dependencies
Expertise in writing clear, technically detailed user stories and acceptance criteria for complex features, integrations, and platform enhancements
Act as a senior liaison between engineering teams, business stakeholders, UX teams, and leadership to ensure clarity, alignment, and execution efficiency
Lead sprint planning, backlog grooming, sprint reviews, and retrospectives with a strong focus on delivery velocity, quality, and continuous improvement
Facilitate seamless collaboration between product, engineering, QA, DevOps, marketing, analytics, and support teams to enhance product development synergy
Define rigorous acceptance criteria, oversee quality standards, and ensure features meet functional, technical, and user experience expectations
Publish and maintain product delivery reports including backlog health, feature progress, velocity metrics, roadmap updates, and release readiness dashboards
Coach and mentor junior Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Scrum team members on product management best practices and Agile delivery standards
Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Rally, or similar Agile project management platforms
Experience producing product documentation, roadmaps, release notes, and stakeholder communication artifacts
Experience coordinating multi-team releases, dependency management, and feature rollouts across enterprise programs
Strong focus on user experience, usability, accessibility, and business outcomes
Comfort working with APIs, integrations, data flows, and platform architectures to effectively collaborate with engineering teams
Ability to identify delivery risks, prioritize tradeoffs, and make data-driven product decisions
Excellent presentation, facilitation, and executive communication skills
Hands-on experience working in Scrum, SAFe, or Kanban delivery models
Preferred
Hands-on experience working with Adobe platforms such as Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Adobe Analytics, Adobe Target, Adobe Commerce (Magento), or Adobe Customer Journey Analytics
Understanding of CMS-driven architectures, content workflows, digital asset management (DAM), personalization engines, and customer data platforms (CDP)
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision insurance
Life insurance
Disability
Paid time off
401(k)
And more!
Company
Blue Acorn iCi
Blue Acorn iCi, an Infosys Company, is the leading digital customer experience company pioneering what’s possible through the convergence of analytics, digital commerce, customer experience, and experience-driven commerce offerings.
201-500 employees
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Funding
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Growth StageLeadership Team
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Chief Executive Officer
Judy Geaslen
Chief Financial Officer
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