Technical Product Owner Job at Excelacom in Colorado Springs
Excelacom, Colorado Springs, CO, US
Technical Product Owner Greenwood Village, CO Who We Are: Excelacom is a global consulting and technology solutions firm solving client's complex business and technology challenges through a mix of consulting expertise, telecom-focused software, and managed services within the communications and media industries. Who You Are: We are looking for a Technical Product Owner with strong technical expertise to lead the development of scalable, cloud-native products. The ideal candidate will bridge business needs and engineering execution, translating complex technical requirements into clear, actionable backlog items while ensuring system architecture aligns with product goals. As a Consultant, you'll contribute to client engagements by delivering insights, building deliverables, and leading workstreams. You'll be expected to bring strong analytical thinking, and a proactive mindset to solve client problems and drive transformation. Role and Responsibilities: You may work on various projects throughout your career with Excelacom. The roles and responsibilities noted below pertain to the specific role listed above.
- Own and drive the product vision, roadmap, and backlog for complex, cloud-native technical platforms
- Act as the primary product and technical interface between internal engineering teams and external teams, partners, and customers
- Lead feature requirement discussions with external stakeholders, translating business needs into clear, actionable technical requirements
- Define and prioritize features, platform capabilities, and technical enablers based on business value, architectural impact, and delivery constraints
- Translate business, customer, and architectural requirements into high-quality user stories with clear functional and non-functional acceptance criteria
- Collaborate closely with architects, engineering leads, and developers on microservices architecture, API design, data flows, and event-driven systems
- Work with engineering teams to design, evolve, and optimize microservices-based and distributed architectures
- Ensure alignment and dependency management across multiple teams working in a microservices and event-driven environment
- Track, analyze, and communicate progress, risks, system metrics, and dependencies to internal leadership and external stakeholders
- Ensure non-functional requirements (performance, availability, security, scalability, observability) are clearly defined and delivered
- Drive backlog refinement, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives, and release readiness activities
- Make informed trade-off decisions balancing scope, timeline, quality, risk, and technical debt
- Work closely with clients to identify process improvements
- Analyze business challenges and recommend technology-driven solutions
- Support system development, integration, and testing activities
- Develop presentations, deliverables, and implementation plans
- Assist with proposals and business development efforts
- 5+ years of experience in product ownership or product management roles
- Strong experience working directly with external stakeholders and cross-company teams
- Deep understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and scaled Agile environments
- Experience working with enterprise customers or system integrators
- Background in platform, infrastructure, or developer-focused products preferably Java / Spring Boot ecosystem and microservices architecture
- Experience with security, compliance, or regulated environments
- Ability to translate complex technical constraints into clear business-level explanations
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science or related field
- Prior consulting experience - in an agile environment - with a leading strategy firm, consulting practice, or consulting technology firm
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Prior experience in Telecommunications, Media, or Cable is highly preferred
- Past success in generating new business with existing clients
- Good time management and collaboration skills
- Agile certifications (CSPO, SAFe POPM, SPC)