Product Owner – Technical BA

Role Overview

• Gather, analyze, document, and validate the functionality of existing applications/functions within the business and identify opportunities for enhancements.
• Facilitate meetings, workshops, and discussions with business stakeholders and SMEs.
• Work with Product Owner(s) and UX Designer(s) to create process maps, workflow diagrams, and supporting documentation as needed.
• Perform data analysis to support decision making and solution design, if necessary.
• Support testing activities including test case development, user acceptance testing (UAT), and defect triage.
• Partner closely with business SMEs to elicit and refine detailed functional and non-functional requirements for application enhancements.
• Write clear, concise, and comprehensive Agile user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives.
• Explain and clarify user stories to software engineers during refinement sessions to ensure shared understanding.
• Collaborate with Product Owners to prioritize the backlog based on business value and dependencies.
• Work with engineering teams to ensure stories are fully understood and ready for development.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ensure requirements are aligned with strategic goals, operational needs, and technical constraints.
• Support change management activities by contributing to training materials, communications, and rollout planning, where necessary.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Business Analyst, Product Owner, or similar role.
• Strong ability to gather and translate business needs into technical requirements.
• Demonstrated experience writing Agile user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem solving abilities.
• Ability to quickly understand domain complexity and align efforts to broader business and technical goals.
• Hybrid Schedule (local to Cincinnati, OH)

Benefits

• Health/Vision/Dental insurance effective first day of employment
• 401k match vested immediately
• Profit Sharing Bonus
• Annual professional development stipend ($1,500)
• Paid parental leave
• Paid bench time
• Paid flex time for training, blogging, speaking engagements, and thought leadership
• Paid time off (3–5 weeks depending on level) + 8 holidays
• Competitive industry salary
• Lunch and learns
• Team building events
• Small company feel with the stability of a proven business model
• High employee retention and satisfaction (One of Cincinnati’s Best Places to Work!)