Product Owner (Payments)

Summary

PayJunction is a payments technology company focused on helping developers, businesses, and partners succeed through innovative payment systems. The Product Owner will own and prioritize the Payment Experience backlog, translate initiatives into clear user stories and acceptance criteria, and coordinate with stakeholders and engineering. The role will also manage backlog refinement and track product adoption and outcomes 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

Skills

• 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
• All PayJunction employees must reside in one of the following states: CA, IL, TX, MN, CO, GA, CT, NY or MA
• Experience in payments, fintech, or B2B SaaS
• A CSPO or PSPO certification
• Comfort reading product data to inform priorities

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 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
• All PayJunction employees must reside in one of the following states: CA, IL, TX, MN, CO, GA, CT, NY or MA

Nice to Haves

• experience in payments, fintech, or B2B SaaS
• a CSPO or PSPO certification
• comfort reading product data to inform 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