Senior Product Manager

2 Months ago • 5 Years +
Product Management

Job Description

As a Product Owner at Toppan Merrill, you will be a key member of a cross-functional team, collaborating with development, shared services, operations, sales, marketing, and finance. Your role will involve influencing priorities, fostering a shared understanding, and delivering cohesive product solutions aligned with strategic objectives. This position focuses on a SaaS digital experience platform. You will work closely with a Senior Product Owner to establish Agile Scrum discipline in a new domain, prioritizing requirements, maintaining a robust backlog, and supporting iterative delivery. You will be deeply involved in sprint cycles, guiding product delivery from concept to execution to achieve measurable business value. Responsibilities include defining and evolving product strategy, owning and maintaining the Jira backlog (grooming, prioritizing, structuring Epics and Stories), using Jira for roadmap forecasting, leading backlog refinement sessions, participating actively in Sprint Planning and Sprint Reviews, and facilitating Agile Scrum adoption among stakeholders and development teams. Collaboration on non-development initiatives such as business process re-engineering, training, client demos, and stakeholder requests is also expected. You will coordinate with other Product Owners to standardize practices across domains.
Good To Have:
  • Advanced technical degree
  • SDLC project management experience
  • Software engineering background
  • UX background
  • Experience with IaaS/SaaS/PaaS/cloud product development
  • Scrum Alliance/SAFe or Scrum.org certifications
Must Have:
  • Lead Agile Scrum adoption in new domains
  • Define and prioritize requirements
  • Maintain and groom Jira backlog
  • Support iterative product delivery
  • Collaborate with stakeholders and development teams
  • Lead backlog refinement sessions
  • Participate in Sprint Planning and Reviews
  • Facilitate Agile Scrum adoption
  • Collaborate on non-dev initiatives
  • Strong communication skills
  • Highly collaborative
Perks:
  • Opportunity to establish Agile Scrum policies and structures
  • Opportunity to advance SaaS solutions from the ground floor

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Job Description:

About the Role: 

The Product Owner role at Toppan Merrill is a key matrixed position requiring collaboration across development, shared services, operations, sales and marketing, and finance. The successful candidate will influence without authority to align priorities, drive shared understanding, and deliver cohesive product solutions that support strategic objectives

This Product Owner will focus on a SaaS digital experience platform. 

Working closely with a Senior Product Owner, this role will help establish Agile Scrum discipline in a domain new to the methodology. More critical than subject matter familiarity is the ability to drive Agile adoption, define and prioritize requirements, maintain a robust backlog, and support iterative delivery. The Product Owner will be deeply engaged in sprint cycles, guiding product delivery from concept through execution to achieve measurable business value. 

What You’ll Do: 

  • Define and evolve product strategy in collaboration with operations, sales and marketing, and executive leadership, grounded in customer needs and market analysis. 

  • Own and maintain the Jira backlog—grooming, prioritizing, and structuring Epics and Stories with input from stakeholders and development teams for effective sprint planning. 

  • Use Jira to connect backlog execution to broader roadmap forecasts and Agile Scrum-based targets, supporting visibility and planning. 

  • Scrum ceremonies: Lead backlog refinement sessions. Actively participate in Sprint Planning as key contributor, Sprint Reviews as lead contributor and increment approver. Engage directly in workshopping backlog items during ceremonies—adding, updating, and reprioritizing issues to ensure delivery readiness and stakeholder alignment. 

  • Facilitate adoption of Agile Scrum principles and practices by key stakeholders and legacy development teams that integrate with this product 

  • Collaborate on non-dev initiatives such as business process re-engineering, training, client demos, and stakeholder requests with sales, service, and operations. 

  • Coordinate with fellow Product Owners to standardize practices across domains where appropriate andsupport deviations where necessary for business alignment. 

About You: 

  • Proven ability to lead the adoption and implementation of Agile Scrum discipline, particularly in environments or domains new to the methodology. 

  • Proven track record of driving customer discovery, defining product vision, scoping features, and navigating trade-offs to deliver impactful and scalable business software solutions. 

  • Exceptional organizational and multitasking skills. 

  • Flexible and adaptable to changing business needs and priorities. 

  • Strong oral, written, and presentation communication skills applicable to both technical and non-technical audiences 

  • Highly collaborative and capable as both a team leader and individual contributor. 

Qualifications and Experience: 

  • Bachelor's Degree required; advanced technical degree is a plus 

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Product Owner or Scrum Master in mission-critical software, with a preference for candidates with SDLC project management, software engineering or UX backgrounds. 

  • Experience with IaaS/SaaS/PaaS/cloud product development is a plus 

  • Scrum Alliance /SAFe or Scrum.org certifications is a plus 

Why You Should Work Here: 

  • Opportunity to help establish the policies, disciplines, and organizational structures necessary to support optimal Agile Scrum productivity and long-term team success. 

  • Opportunity to help advance SaaS solutions from the ground floor within the organization, setting the tone and foundation for future capabilities, standards, and innovation. 

 

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