Senior Technical Product Owner

East West Bank • El Monte, CA

3d • $110,000 - $160,000

About The Position

We are seeking a dynamic, technically grounded Technical Product Owner to bridge the gap between business strategy and core engineering execution. In this role, you will champion platform product delivery by driving common, reusable technical solutions to scale software services and capabilities company-wide. You will manage a multi-project, multi-priority portfolio, align global engineering teams, and enjoy the creative freedom to build hands-on proofs-of-concept. This role requires an infrastructure platform mindset to balance new feature pipelines, bug fixes, and structural technical debt while proactively managing stakeholder expectations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business Information Systems, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years managing software product backlogs, running Agile ceremonies, and delivering scrum-based projects.
• Proven experience chairing and leading daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and team retrospectives.
• Proven ability to track, prioritize, and deliver concurrent projects under tight deadlines.
• Strong negotiation skills to handle escalations and resolve conflicting priorities among stakeholders.
• Advanced proficiency in Jira architecture, board hygiene, and agile software development lifecycles (SDLC).
• Experience with data integration or creating engineering performance dashboards is highly preferred.
• Comfort building hands-on proofs-of-concept (PoCs) to test creative ideas.
• Must have hands on software delivery experience (as a software engineer) in either AWS or Azure cloud ecosystem.
• Flexibility to host and run Agile ceremonies during evening hours to sync with international development teams.
• Applicants must have legal authorization to work in the United States.
• We do not offer visa sponsorship at this time.

Nice To Haves

• Scrum Master certification (e.g., CSM, PSM), preferred.

Responsibilities

• Chair, run, and facilitate critical Agile ceremonies, including daily stand-ups, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and retrospectives to maintain momentum.
• Act as the primary liaison between leadership, business stakeholders, and product managers to ingest new work and manage delivery expectations.
• Write precise user stories, define acceptance criteria, and ruthlessly prioritize the Jira backlog to keep engineering aligned.
• Create compelling client pitch decks and visual assets to communicate product value and project status.
• Run structured evening handovers and sync meetings with development teams in a different geographical location to guarantee 24-hour development cycles.
• Embed AI productivity tools into daily workflows and actively champion, train, and drive AI tool adoption across engineering and stakeholder teams.
• Maintain monthly SDLC metrics, update leadership dashboards, and build metrics reporting to drive delivery performance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• The base pay range for this position is USD $110,000.00/Yr. - USD $160,000.00/Yr. Exact offers will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior