Product Owner

ConnectPay Payroll Services provides payroll and HR solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. As a Product Owner, you will collaborate with product managers, engineering, and design to translate product strategy into actionable requirements and prioritize the product backlog to enhance payroll and HRIS capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Translate high-level product strategy into detailed user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional requirements
• Maintain and prioritize the product backlog to ensure clarity and alignment with business and customer needs
• Work with engineering to refine requirements and support sprint planning activities
• Conduct user interviews, analyze support trends, and gather feedback to understand customer pain points
• Review product usage data to identify patterns, opportunities, and areas for improvement
• Partner with design to support user flows, prototypes, and UX decisions
• Work with engineering throughout the development cycle, ensuring clarity and alignment on scope and objectives
• Collaborate with compliance teams to understand core payroll and tax requirements
• Coordinate with go-to-market teams to communicate upcoming releases and product updates
• Assist in defining release goals and supporting successful feature launches
• Participate in sprint ceremonies (standups, retros, planning, grooming)
• Test new features, validate acceptance criteria, and troubleshoot issues when needed

Skills

• 1–3 years of experience in product ownership, business analysis, or a related role
• Exposure to SaaS, HRIS, payroll, or financial/operations software is a plus
• Strong communication and documentation skills
• Ability to break complex problems into clear, structured requirements
• Basic understanding of agile methodologies
• Experience working with API driven products or integrations
• Familiarity with small business customer needs
• Comfort with data analysis tools (e.g., SQL, product analytics platforms)

Benefits

• Equity
• Annual bonus plan, based on company and individual performance
• 401(k) with company contributions
• Group medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible spending accounts

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