Product Owner

About Jo Academy:

Jo Academy is a pioneering Jordanian e-learning platform, established in 2014, offering high-quality, technology-driven education for students from primary to university levels across national, international, and training curricula. With a mission to empower the next generation of learners, Jo Academy supports over two million students with thousands of interactive courses and materials-including during the COVID-19 transition when it produced 5,000 educational videos in just 100 days.

Jo Academy is expanding into the regional market and integrating emerging technologies such as AI-powered adaptive learning, AR/VR, and virtual schools - all while retaining Jordan as its tech hub. The company blends education and innovation with social impact-offering scholarships, educational lab access, and support for underserved communities throughout Jordan.

About the role:

The Product Owner (PO) is responsible for maximizing the value delivered by the product team. This role serves as the voice of the customer within Agile teams and owns the product backlog. Working closely with Product Managers, Business Analysts, developers, designers, and QA engineers, the Product Owner translates

product strategy into actionable user stories and features. The PO maintains constant alignment with business priorities and user needs, ensuring that each sprint delivers high impact, validated outcomes. This is a highly

collaborative, value-driven role requiring strategic clarity and day-to-day decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

1.Maintain a transparent, well-groomed product backlog that reflects business value, customer feedback, and strategic priorities.

2.Break down product features and strategy into detailed, actionable user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional requirements.

3.Lead Agile Ceremonies and facilitate backlog refinement sessions, participate in sprint planning, and collaborate with development teams to ensure shared understanding of work items.

4. Collaborate with business stakeholders to gather input, manage expectations, and ensure alignment on sprint goals and deliverables.

5. Review completed stories, validate against acceptance criteria and the Definition of Done (DoD), and approve or reject work accordingly.

6. Ensure the backlog is always organized, prioritized, and ready for upcoming sprints, including dependencies and technical considerations.

7.Actively participate in sprint reviews, retrospectives, and product demos to capture insights and inform continuous improvement.

8. Work closely with Product Managers to align team output with the broader product roadmap and

business goals.

9.Contribute to defining meaningful sprint goals and ensure the team’s work supports their successful achievement.

10.Support Release Planning and Issue Management -including scheduled launches and hotfixes-in coordination with engineering, QA, and operations.

11.Collaborate with Business Analysts to conduct deep-dive requirement gathering, business rule validation, and documentation.

12.Provide input into go-to-market planning, support user training, and collect real-world feedback to inform iterative development.

13.Participate in user research, A/B testing, and early-stage discovery to validate ideas and de-risk product decisions.

14.Perform any additional relevant tasks assigned

by the direct supervisor.

Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, product management, project management, or a related field.

· 4-6 years of experience in a related field.

· PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA) is preferred but not mandatory.

· Google Project Management Certificate is not mandatory is preferred but not mandatory.

· English

· Arabic