Product Owner

Role Overview: As the Product Owner at Sia, you will be responsible for owning the end-to-end lifecycle of enterprise solutions, from ideation through launch and iteration. You will blend strategic vision with technical fluency to translate generative AI, analytics, and automation platforms into high-impact product features. Working in Agile squads, you will collaborate with engineering, data science, design, and business teams, and effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels. Key Responsibilities: - **Product Strategy & Vision:** Define, refine, and evangelize the product roadmap, ensuring alignment with market needs and business objectives. - **Market & Competitive Analysis:** Conduct research to identify AI trends, differentiation opportunities, and competitive threats. - **Backlog Ownership:** Author clear user stories and acceptance criteria, prioritize backlog by customer value, technical feasibility, and ROI. - **Cross-Functional Leadership:** Collaborate with AI/ML engineers, data scientists, architects, designers, and business stakeholders to drive delivery. - **AI Model Integration:** Oversee integration, deployment, and lifecycle management of AI models, ensuring performance, security, and compliance. - **Stakeholder Communication:** Act as the primary product liaison, reporting status, risks, and dependencies to executives, clients, and partners. - **Metrics & Optimization:** Define KPIs/OKRs, analyze product usage and performance data, and adjust roadmap based on insights. - **Go-to-Market Enablement:** Partner with marketing, sales, and customer success on launch planning, user onboarding, and adoption strategies. - **Risk & Compliance:** Identify technical, ethical, and regulatory risks, implement mitigation plans and responsible-AI guardrails. - **Agile Process Management:** Lead sprint planning, backlog grooming, and retrospectives to maintain velocity and quality. Qualifications: - **Education:** Bachelors in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field. - **Experience:** 4+ years in product management for technology or enterprise software, including significant AI-driven product exposure. - **Certifications:** CSPO, PMI-ACP, or PMP. Skills: - Technical Fluency: Comfortable discussing system architecture, APIs, and data-model trade-offs with engineering teams. - Strong understanding of Artificial Intelligence technologies and their business applications. - Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments; certification such as CSPO or similar is a plus. - Exceptional communication and leadership skills, capable of effectively interfacing with technical and non-technical stakeholders. - Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities. - Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines. - Proven track record of driving products from concept to launch without direct authority. (Note: The additional information section was omitted as it did not provide any specific details relevant to the job description.),