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Product Owner

Optimiza

Responsibilities

  • Own and communicate the product vision and roadmap, aligned with business goals and user needs.
  • Build, groom and prioritize the product backlog so the team always knows what matters most and why.
  • Write clear user stories with acceptance criteria that cover both functionality and user experience.
  • Lead Agile/Scrum ceremonies as Product Owner: sprint planning, refinement, reviews and retrospectives.
  • Act as the main point of contact for stakeholders, balancing requests and saying no when needed.
  • Define success metrics (KPIs) for features and track them after release.
  • Champion the user throughout the product lifecycle, from discovery to delivery.
  • Plan and run user research: interviews, usability tests, surveys and analytics reviews.
  • Turn research insights into user journeys, personas and prioritized product requirements.
  • Work closely with UI/UX designers on wireframes, prototypes and high-fidelity designs, and give informed design feedback.
  • Ensure consistency with the design system, accessibility standards (WCAG) and usability best practices.
  • Validate designs with users before development and measure UX quality after launch.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager on digital products (web or mobile).
  • 2+ years of hands-on UI/UX experience, as a designer, UX researcher or in a closely related role.
  • A portfolio or case studies showing UX work and product decisions you drove.
  • Proficiency with design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch or Adobe XD.
  • Solid understanding of Agile/Scrum and experience with tools like Jira, Azure DevOps or Trello.
  • Experience running user research and usability testing, and turning findings into action.
  • Comfort with product analytics tools (e.g. Google Analytics, Mixpanel, Hotjar) and data-informed decisions.
  • Excellent communication skills in English \[and Arabic\], with the ability to explain design rationale to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, Computer Science, Business or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Preferred

  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), PSPO or a recognized UX certification (e.g. NN/g UX Certification).
  • Experience building or maintaining a design system.
  • Familiarity with A/B testing and experimentation frameworks.
  • Knowledge of front-end basics (HTML, CSS) to collaborate smoothly with developers.
  • Experience designing for right-to-left (RTL) and multilingual interfaces.
  • Background in \[industry, e.g. fintech, e-commerce, SaaS\].

Product Owner

Optimiza · Amman, Jordan · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-18

Description

Optimiza is looking for a Product Owner with a strong UI/UX background to own the vision, backlog and user experience of \[product name\]. You will sit between our users, designers and engineers, turning customer needs and business goals into clear, prioritized work that ships as intuitive, well-designed features.

This role suits someone who has designed or researched user experiences before and now wants to own product outcomes end to end.

Benefits

  • Annuak Salary Raise
  • Binus
  • Medical Insurance

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