Lead Product Owner
Forged Fiber 37•Denver, CO
About The Position
Forged Fiber is seeking a Lead Product Owner to drive backlog prioritization, business alignment, and delivery outcomes across a portfolio of software and data products. This is a hands-on product ownership role working across multiple Agile teams in a scaled Agile environment. The ideal candidate brings strong experience as a Product Owner in organizations using Scrum@Scale and/or SAFe, with the ability to translate business priorities into clear product direction, manage competing workstreams, and coordinate across teams to deliver measurable business value.
Requirements
- Experience serving as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or equivalent Agile product leadership role
- Experience supporting multiple Agile teams and managing shared priorities across a software portfolio
- Strong experience with Scrum@Scale, SAFe, or similar scaled Agile frameworks
- Demonstrated ability to manage product backlogs, define requirements, write effective user stories, and make priority tradeoff decisions
- Strong stakeholder communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to work effectively across business and technical teams
- Experience in software, data, analytics, BI, or cloud platform environments
- Experience working in organizations with cross-team planning, dependency management, and continuous release practices
Nice To Haves
- Scrum Product Owner and/or SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager certification
Responsibilities
- Own and prioritize product backlogs across multiple Agile teams to ensure alignment with business objectives and delivery commitments.
- Partner with business stakeholders, engineering leaders, architects, and delivery teams to define features, stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Drive tradeoff decisions across competing priorities and ensure work is sequenced for maximum business value.
- Support cross-team coordination and dependency management through scaled Agile forums such as weekly intake meetings and business prioritization through MetaScrum.
- Participate in team sprint planning, backlog refinement, demos, release readiness, and continuous planning activities.
- Help ensure delivered capabilities meet business expectations, quality standards, and release readiness criteria.
- Communicate roadmap priorities, delivery status, risks, and dependencies clearly to stakeholders and leadership.
- Work across software, reporting, analytics, and data-related initiatives as part of a broader product portfolio.
Benefits
- Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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