Product Owner (Payments)
About The Position
PayJunction is seeking a Product Owner to turn product intent into a healthy, shovel-ready flow of work for the engineering team, and to keep that flow moving. PayJunction is relentless and emphatic about helping others. We exist to drive the success of our partners. Specifically, the developers who connect to us, businesses who process payments through us, and all of our team members who work with us at PayJunction. We believe dreams inspire people to start a business, and others to partner with them. While building these dreams, entrepreneurs and business professionals will face many challenges along the way. We believe great partners can make all the difference. We are your dream partner. Your success is our success. Our dream is to help you realize yours. We exist to drive the success of our partners. We do this by fundamentally changing the way you transact with others. We just happen to make great payment systems. If you love helping others succeed, in a culture that celebrates perfecting your craft, consider partnering with us.
Requirements
- Three or more years as a Product Owner or in a close role (Product Manager, or a business analyst with strong product ownership).
- Two or more years with Agile and Scrum where you drove refinement and backlog health, not just attended.
- Track record of outcome-focused delivery you can point to.
- Direct experience with users and internal stakeholders.
- Have written clean user stories and acceptance criteria, prioritized with explicit criteria, and kept work visible in tools like Jira and Confluence.
Nice To Haves
- experience in payments, fintech, or B2B SaaS
- a CSPO or PSPO certification
- comfort reading product data to inform priorities.
Responsibilities
- Own and order the product backlog for Payment Experience so the highest-value work is always at the top and clearly tied to product and company goals.
- Break initiatives and incoming requests into user stories with clear problem statements, acceptance criteria, and identified dependencies.
- Chase down the answers: talk to stakeholders across Risk, Support, Sales, and Rev Ops, and bring back the use cases and requirements the team needs.
- Run backlog refinement every sprint and keep at least two sprints of Ready work in front of the team.
- Act as the single, clear voice between stakeholders and engineering, so nothing disappears and no one is surprised mid-sprint.
- Track adoption and outcomes after release, and use what you learn to adjust priorities.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision paid 100% by company for you and your dependents
- 401k with 6% match
- FSA and Dependent Care FSA
- Long-term & short-term disability coverage for you paid 100% by company
- 8 paid company holidays per year
- 2 paid floating holidays per year
- 1 paid volunteer day per year
- Paid Time Off
- Annual learning stipend
- Home office equipment stipend
- Quarterly “fun budgets” for team bonding events
- Opportunity to be part of a company that is changing a whole industry
- Opportunity for growth within the company
- Opportunity for remote, in-office, or hybrid work
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
