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Technical Product Owner

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At Cognizant we have an ideal opportunity for you to be part of one of the largest companies in the digital sector worldwide. A Great Place To Work where we look for people who contribute new ideas, experiencing a dynamic and growing environment. At Cognizant we promote an inclusive culture, where we value different perspectives providing career growth and development opportunities. #WelcomeToCognizant!

We are looking for a Technical Product Owner

Responsibilities

· Serve as the voice of the end user while translating business and technical needs into clear requirements, user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria for release of new customer experiences.

· Deliver Personalization product roadmap – planning, prioritizing, and driving execution of deliverables aligned with Product Management and overall program milestones.

· Work with the Product Managers, Business Owners, Business Stakeholders to understand the needs, understand the domain, scope and provide clear requirements for the Team.

· Take ownership of Development Team outcomes – setting priorities, managing risks and dependencies, monitoring progress, and ensuring timely delivery of high-quality solutions.

· Maintain and continuously refine the product backlog, ensuring items are well-defined, estimated, prioritized, and aligned with both short-term deliverables and long-term architectural goals.

· Facilitate cross-team collaboration and dependency management across systems, teams, and vendors to ensure seamless integration and delivery.

· Ensure technical integrity and production readiness of delivered solutions, aligning with development, architecture standards and release management practices.

· Act as the technical advisor to relevant stakeholders driving key technical decisions

· Work with product teams to capture feature requests,define and manage use cases, and assist when called upon to write them into technical user stories and/or epics.

· Participate in end-to-end activities related to implementation planning including project management, issue management, production support, communication management, and change management.

· Perform gap analysis, data and analytic research, production support escalation, and security requirement sign-off, as required.

· Coordinate with Product Managers and Architects across Customer Experience, Digital Products, and Retail Systems teams to align backlogs, and document key design decisions.

· Build strong cooperation with other development teams and stakeholders across Customer Experience, Digital Products, and Retail Systems.

Qualifications

· At least 4 years of proven experience in building consumer-facing products, leading product backlog, managing roadmaps of epics, setting milestones for development and delivery.

· Strong understanding of backend services, APIs, architecture, and performance considerations.

· Strong customer focus.

· Deep understanding of CDP, preferably Adobe, includes integration architecture.

· Professional background or bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, marketing, or a closely related field or equivalent experience.

· Demonstrated experience leveraging qualitative and quantitative insights to plan and prioritize feature ideas.

· Demonstrated ability to communicate complex technical information in a concise manner to a wide range of audiences, verbal and written.

· Ability to work effectively with remote teams, comfortable managing communications across multiple channels (email, slack, teams, etc.) and geographies to get people aligned and get things done.

· Excellent oral and written communication skills in English (C1 or higher).

· Strong working knowledge of Agile frameworks and delivery practices (e.g., Scrum, SAFe).

· Hands-on experience with Agile planning and collaboration tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence, Miro).

Why Cognizant?

Improve your career in one of the largest and fastest growing IT services providers worldwide

Receive ongoing support and funding with training and development plans

Have a highly competitive benefits and salary package

Get the opportunity to work for leading global companies

We are committed to respecting human rights and build a better future by helping your minds and the environment

We invest in people and their wellbeing.

We create conditions for everyone to thrive. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or for any other reason covered.

Igualdad de Empleo y Política de Acción Afirmativa:

Cognizant es un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Todos los solicitantes calificados recibirán consideración para el empleo sin distinción de sexo, identidad de género, orientación sexual, raza, color, religión, origen nacional, discapacidad, estado de veterano protegido, edad o cualquier otra característica protegida por la ley.

At Cognizant we believe than our culture make us stronger!

Join us now!

#BeCognizant #IntuitionEngineered


Additional employment information
Compensation information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Applicants may be required to attend interviews in person or by video conference. In addition, candidates may be required to present their current state or government issued ID during each interview.

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work for any employer in the United States. The company is unable to provide employment-based immigration sponsorship for this position.

If you have a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening or submit an application, please email [email protected] with your request and contact information.

About Cognizant: 
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value by building full-stack AI solutions for our clients. Our deep industry, process and engineering expertise enables us to build an organization’s unique context into technology systems that amplify human potential, drive tangible outcomes and keep global enterprises ahead in a fast-changing world. See how at cognizant.ai or @cognizant.

 

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