Technical Product Owner

<meta><h1 style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:13pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:1px;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;"=""><span style="font-size:13pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">About the Role</span></h1><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Ecotrak is looking for a Senior Technical Product Owner to help drive execution across complex B2B SaaS workflows. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, thinks systematically, writes exceptional requirements, and partners closely with Engineering, UX, and QA to deliver scalable product solutions.</span></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><br></p><p style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:1.6;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin:4px="" 0px;padding:0px;"=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">You’ll own product execution from intake through development readiness, translating business needs, operational workflows, and technical constraints into clear requirements, refined stories, and implementation-ready work.</span></p><h1 style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:13pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:1px;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;"=""><span style="font-size:13pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">What You Will Own</span></h1><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px="" 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px="" 0px="" 32px;list-style-type:disc;"=""><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Own execution for complex product domains and workflows</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Translate business and customer needs into clear requirements and acceptance criteria</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Partner with Engineering, UX, and QA to refine and deliver high-quality solutions</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Lead backlog refinement and sprint readiness activities</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Maintain high-quality Jira artifacts so stakeholders clearly understand scope, readiness, priority, risks, and status without relying on undocumented verbal context</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Identify edge cases, dependencies, risks, and implementation impacts early</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Help simplify operational complexity into intuitive user experiences</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Drive alignment across Product, Support, Customer Success, Sales, and leadership</span></li></ul><h1 style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:13pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:1px;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;"=""><span style="font-size:13pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">What You Will Bring to the Crew</span></h1><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px="" 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px="" 0px="" 32px;list-style-type:disc;"=""><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">3+ years of Product Management, Product Owner, Business Analyst, or Technical Product experience in B2B SaaS or workflow-heavy platforms</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Proven ability to independently own a product domain as a senior IC</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Strong requirements writing skills including workflow logic, acceptance criteria, edge cases, and development-ready stories</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Strong systems thinking across permissions, configurations, APIs, integrations, notifications, reporting, audit history, and UX impacts</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience partnering closely with Engineering and QA to improve delivery predictability and implementation clarity</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Strong Jira discipline including backlog grooming, prioritization, refinement, sprint readiness, and story development</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience working cross-functionally with UX/UI, Engineering, QA, Support, Implementation, Customer Success, Sales, and leadership</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Strong communication skills with the ability to clarify tradeoffs, align stakeholders, and push back constructively</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Comfort operating in a fast-moving startup environment with competing priorities and frequent releases</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Working knowledge of Jira, Figma, Confluence, Postman, Swagger, analytics platforms, or similar collaboration tools</span></li></ul><h3 style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:13pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.25px;margin-top:14px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;"=""><span style="font-size:13pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Nice to Have</span></h3><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px="" 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px="" 0px="" 32px;list-style-type:disc;"=""><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience with facilities management, CMMS, field service, restaurant operations, or operational SaaS platforms</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Experience with enterprise workflows involving approvals, invoices, work orders, vendors, assets, or reporting</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap;">Familiarity with API debugging, SQL, integrations, automation workflows, or backend process flows</span></li></ul><h1 style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.6;font-size:13pt;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:1px;margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:4px;padding-left:0px;"=""><span style="font-size:13pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Company Benefits</span></h1><ul data-pattern="discCircleSquare" data-depth="1" style="font-family:" basel="" grotesk",arial,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;margin:8px="" 0px;line-height:1.6;padding:0px="" 0px="" 32px;list-style-type:disc;"=""><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Medical, FSA, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">401(k) with 4% match</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Tuition reimbursement</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Unlimited PTO</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">12 paid holidays</span></li><li style="font-size:11pt;margin:3px 0px;letter-spacing:0.25px;line-height:1.6;"><span style="font-size:11pt;white-space:pre-wrap;">Company swag and team-building events</span></li></ul><p 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