Product Owner

JOB DUCK IS HIRING A PRODUCT OWNER

For ambitious, culturally diverse, curious minds seeking booming careers, Job Duck unlocks and nurtures your potential. We connect you with rewarding, remote job opportunities with US-based employers who recognize and appreciate your skills, allowing you to not just survive but thrive. As a lifestyle company we ensure that everybody working here has a fantastic time, which is why we’ve earned the Great Place to Work Certification for 4 years!

Role Overview

The Talent Community Product Owner is accountable for maximizing the value delivered by the Talent Community product and lifecycle (portal experience + candidate/Staffer journeys), enhancing the overall experience within the Job Duck Talent Community, from Candidates preparing for placement to Staffers advancing in their careers. This role owns the Talent Community product vision and roadmap, prioritizing the backlog to maximize member quality, readiness, and placement outcomes. Working through the Talent Community Committee and delivery partners, it aligns cross-functional efforts, establishes clear product goals, manages tradeoffs, and drives continuous improvement, using data to support broader organizational goals.

Schedule:

Monday to Friday from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM EST (USA)

Your Responsibilities Will Include but Are Not Limited To:

• Translating Talent Community strategy into clear product goals, success measures, and backlog priorities.
• Owning and maintaining a transparent backlog and roadmap, prioritizing by value, effort, risk, and dependencies, and pushing back on misaligned requests to protect focus and capacity.
• Running the Talent Community Committee cadence for intake, prioritization, decisioning, escalation, and dependency management, keeping stakeholders aligned on priorities, constraints, and rationale.
• Defining and communicating the Talent Community product goal(s) and success measures, aligned to business priorities.
• Publishing outcome readouts tied to KPIs and experiments (what changed, what moved, what's next) and using the insights to re-prioritize.
• Defining "ready" work by turning needs into clear backlog items with user stories and acceptance criteria for features, enhancements, and workflows.
• Partnering with cross-functional owners to clarify scope, manage tradeoffs, and ship high-quality iterations that deliver measurable value.
• Representing the candidate/Staffer voice in prioritization and decision-making across the product lifecycle.
• Leading continuous improvement by using candidate/Staffer feedback and performance data to identify friction, run pilots/A/B tests when appropriate, scale what works, and stop what doesn't.

What We’re Looking For:

• At least three years of experience in a Product Owner (or equivalent) role with backlog ownership and demonstrated prioritization authority.
• Experience defining success metrics (KPIs) and using performance insights to reprioritize roadmaps/backlogs.
• Familiarity with experimentation and measurement (A/B testing, segmentation/cohorts, funnel analysis).
• Experience leading cross-functional governance (cadences, decisioning, escalation, dependency alignment) and managing stakeholder tradeoffs.
• Experience partnering with technical delivery teams in iterative environments (preferred).
• Experience in staffing, talent acquisition, onboarding, lifecycle programs, or talent development (preferred).
• Technical skills (Required) : BI and dashboard literacy, Experimentation and measurement, Data interpretation and insight communication, Requirements documentation, Data quality and governance basics
• Technical skills (Preferred): Data querying literacy, Automation/analysis tooling familiarity, Version control familiarity, Data pipeline and integration awareness, Transformation framework awareness
• Behavioral Skills (Required): Business acumen, Stakeholder management, Coaching and feedback
• Reliable computer setup (laptop/PC, headset, stable internet min. 10 Mbps download / 5 Mbps upload)
• Quiet, distraction-free remote work environment

What’s In It for You?

• Competitive monthly compensation
• Paid time off.
• 100% Remote, Full-Time, Long-Term Career Opportunity.
• Parental leave.
• Opportunities for professional development and training
• Dedicated support from our team.
• A chance to work with clients who share our values.

Ready to dive in? Apply now and make sure to follow all the instructions!

DISCLAIMER: Every candidate must pass each step in our application process to become part of our team. Ensure you have all the required documentation ready to streamline your application process.