Product Owner

Summary

EPAM Systems is seeking a Product Owner to maximize product value by owning the backlog and translating business needs into actionable requirements. The role involves balancing priorities and validating outcomes to ensure high-quality releases, while collaborating with stakeholders and supporting Agile delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own the product backlog for an assigned product or product area
• Prioritize backlog items based on business value, dependencies, and constraints
• Write clear user stories and acceptance criteria that are ready for development
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather, clarify, and translate needs into functional requirements
• Align expectations by communicating progress, changes, and trade-offs to stakeholders
• Support Agile delivery by participating in sprint planning, refinement, and reviews
• Clarify requirements during development and respond quickly to team questions
• Validate completed work against acceptance criteria and support release readiness and UAT
• Gather stakeholder and user feedback to update priorities and drive continuous improvement
• Partner with engineering and QA to define feasible, testable functional and non-functional requirements
• Support defect triage by assessing impact and prioritizing fixes
• Identify opportunities to improve usability, efficiency, and product value

Skills

• 2+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or similar role in Agile teams
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience gathering and clarifying requirements
• Strong backlog management experience including prioritization by value, dependencies, and constraints
• Strong Scrum and Agile principles knowledge and practical application in team ceremonies
• Strong user story writing skills with clear acceptance criteria
• Strong analytical skills and organizational skills to manage competing priorities
• Experience in retail and eCommerce digital products, including DTC and payment gateway contexts
• Cross-functional collaboration skills with engineers and QA and ability to explain requirements to technical and non-technical audiences
• Upper-Intermediate English proficiency (B2)
• Product Owner certification (CSPO or PSPO)
• Experience with platform-based or technical products
• Experience working in enterprise-scale organizations
• Experience with digital products or platforms

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 2+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or similar role in Agile teams
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience gathering and clarifying requirements
• Strong backlog management experience including prioritization by value, dependencies, and constraints
• Strong Scrum and Agile principles knowledge and practical application in team ceremonies
• Strong user story writing skills with clear acceptance criteria
• Strong analytical skills and organizational skills to manage competing priorities
• Experience in retail and eCommerce digital products, including DTC and payment gateway contexts
• Cross-functional collaboration skills with engineers and QA and ability to explain requirements to technical and non-technical audiences
• Upper-Intermediate English proficiency (B2)

Nice to Haves

• Product Owner certification (CSPO or PSPO)
• Experience with platform-based or technical products
• Experience working in enterprise-scale organizations
• Experience with digital products or platforms

Benefits

• International projects with top brands
• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
• Healthcare benefits
• Employee financial programs
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
• Global career opportunities
• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
• EPAM Employee Groups
• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn