Technical Product Owner

Kforce has a client in Grand Rapids, MI that is seeking a Technical Product Owner with a strong Technical Analyst skillset. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of relevant work experience and a proven ability to bridge the gap between business needs and technical execution. Key Responsibilities:

• Scrum Board Ownership (in partnership with Scrum Master and Product Owner):
• Create cards with thorough acceptance criteria, necessary screenshots, and test cases
• Ensure cards are tracked and completed through delivery
• Represent the team's work in cross-team ceremonies
• Vet work items for robust business acceptance criteria
• Ensure adherence to and maturity of the Definition of Done
• Maintain a prioritized backlog that aligns with both business objectives and technical feasibility
• Partner with up- and downstream teams to capture all requirements, verify needs are met, establish robust test plans, and ensure no assumptions are unvetted
• Act as the conduit between product, development, QA, and TDM teams to eliminate silos and ensure smooth communication
• Drive integration between front-end and back-end teams, proactively addressing pain points in planning and testing
• Partner closely with the UX/UI team to ensure user-centric design
• Work with the Domain Architect to support and advance the technical roadmap
• Analyze both legacy systems and new platforms (e.g., .NET, Azure Functions, SQL) to document workflows and dependencies
• Validate API contracts, data types, and expected responses; ensure functional parity between legacy and migrated systems
• Partner with QA to define test scenarios and advocate for early API testing to minimize late-stage defects
• Recommend process optimizations for planning, data setup, and integration testing
• Excellent critical thinking skills and the ability to bring clarity out of confusion
• Technical acumen: Ability to understand code at a high level, test APIs, self-serve data analysis (skilled in SQL, comfortable parsing JSON, etc.)
• Highly analytical with a hands-on approach-expected to dive deep into cards and topics and help with testing and validation
• Self-starter who is eager and curious about optimizing team performance
• Proven track record in analyzing complex systems and debugging issues across front-end and back-end
• Excellent understanding of business workflows, with the ability to translate them into technical requirements
• Hands-on experience with Agile methodologies, PI planning, and backlog management
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills for cross-team engagement
• Ability to document end-to-end workflows and clarify technical dependencies
• Familiarity with QA processes, test case generation, and integration testing

• Experience with migration projects (legacy to modern platforms)
• Prior experience in a hybrid role combining product ownership and technical analysis