Product Owner

BotCity

15h • Remote

About The Position

BotCity is building the future of automation with the Governance Platform for Python automations and AI Agents, empowering enterprises to innovate at scale by bringing governance, control, and observability to automation projects. The company recently raised a $12M Series A, has over 1,000 customers in 70+ countries, and is recognized by G2 as a top emerging platform. BotCity is a global remote company that values impact, autonomy, and excellence. The Product Owner will be responsible for driving Sentinel's product execution by translating the CTO's strategic direction into a clear, well-prioritized backlog. This role involves owning the full execution layer, maintaining sprint-ready user stories, removing blockers, and tracking delivery metrics to ensure continuous improvement in quality and predictability. This position is suited for a strong product professional comfortable with ambiguity in an early-stage environment, obsessed with delivery quality, and data-driven.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, or related field.
• Prior experience (3+ years) in product ownership or a closely adjacent role in a tech company, ideally operating as the primary or sole PO on a product.
• Strong experience working in B2B SaaS market.
• Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle — from code changes flowing through development, staging, and production environments, through QA evaluation and release.
• Proven ability to independently own a full product backlog, including stories, acceptance criteria, dependencies and prioritization.
• Solid experience running Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Proficient with Jira for project, backlog and sprint management.
• Prior experience in an early-stage, high-growth, and fast-paced startup environment.
• Experience working with MS Office/Excel, Google Suite, Notion.
• Ability to travel as needed to support events and meet the team.
• Portuguese - Fluent.
• English - Advanced.

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to enterprise software, automation, AI agents, or developer-facing products.
• Experience working directly with a CTO or VP Engineering as primary stakeholder.
• Familiarity with product analytics tools (e.g., Mixpanel, Amplitude, Metabase).
• Working familiarity with GitHub or version control workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own Sentinel's product backlog end-to-end — grooming, prioritization, dependency management, and sprint readiness.
• Ensure 100% of items entering a sprint have clearly defined acceptance criteria, eliminating rework caused by scope ambiguity.
• Frame backlog items as testable hypotheses where appropriate, keeping delivery connected to Sentinel's PMF learning agenda and ensuring the team knows what success looks like each cycle.
• Lead sprint ceremonies — planning, refinement, review, and retrospectives — adapting agile practices pragmatically to what the team actually needs.
• Translate strategic direction from the CTO into clear, well-scoped stories, asking the right clarifying questions upfront to prevent rework downstream.
• Proactively initiate and structure discovery work every sprint cycle — user feedback synthesis, assumption mapping, delivery retrospectives — and bring evidence-based recommendations to the CTO.
• Act as the primary point of contact for requirement clarification during development, unblocking engineers quickly and protecting sprint integrity.
• Define, monitor, and report on delivery health KPIs through Jira — including sprint predictability, defect leakage, and cycle time — giving the CTO continuous visibility into Sentinel's delivery quality.
• Contribute actively to roadmap and product direction conversations, bringing a grounded, delivery-informed perspective to strategic discussions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees