Product Owner

About Shelvz

At Shelvz, we specialize in developing an advanced platform tailored for the Consumer-Packaged Goods (CPG) industry. Our platform offers a holistic solution for businesses to efficiently gather, consolidate, and analyze data from various sources. This enables our clients to make informed, data-driven decisions, optimize their operations, and achieve a competitive advantage. Our ambition is to become the leading partner for CPG businesses, helping them unlock the full potential.

The Role

At Shelvz, we’re transforming how CPG and FMCG brands manage retail execution and field operations through our B2B SaaS platform.

As a Product Owner, you will work closely with the Product Manager, and Engineering, to translate product strategy and customer needs into clear, actionable requirements for the development team.

You will own and manage the product backlog, define user stories and acceptance criteria, clarify requirements, and ensure that features are delivered efficiently and meet the expected business and user needs.

This role is ideal for someone who is organized, detail-oriented, analytical, and comfortable working closely with technical teams in a fast-moving B2B SaaS environment.

Responsibilities

• Backlog Management: Own, maintain, and prioritize the product backlog to ensure the development team works on the most valuable items.
• Requirements Definition: Translate product goals, customer needs, and business requirements into clear functional specifications and actionable development tasks.
• User Stories & Acceptance Criteria: Write detailed user stories, workflows, and acceptance criteria to ensure requirements are clear and testable.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with the Product Manager, Engineering, Design, QA, and other stakeholders throughout the development lifecycle.
• Requirement Clarification: Act as the primary point of contact for the development team when clarifications or additional context are needed.
• Feature Prioritization: Help prioritize features, bug fixes, and improvements based on business value, customer impact, urgency, and development effort.
• Sprint Planning: Prepare and refine backlog items, participate in sprint planning, and ensure the team has well-defined work ready for development.
• Product Delivery: Follow up on development progress, address requirement-related blockers, and help ensure features meet the defined acceptance criteria.
• Testing & Validation: Collaborate with QA and Engineering to validate delivered features and ensure they meet the expected requirements before release.
• Release Coordination: Support product releases by ensuring requirements, documentation, and relevant stakeholders are aligned.
• Stakeholder Communication: Coordinate with Sales and Customer Success to understand customer requests, clarify requirements, and communicate product-related updates.
• Continuous Improvement: Gather feedback on delivered features and identify opportunities to improve functionality, usability, and workflows.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate product documentation, user stories, workflows, and functional specifications.
• Innovation: Stay informed about AI, automation, and emerging technologies that could improve product capabilities and development workflows.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or in a similar product-focused role, preferably within B2B SaaS or enterprise software.
• Experience managing product backlogs and translating business requirements into actionable development tasks.
• Strong experience writing user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional specifications.
• Solid understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and software development lifecycles.
• Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into clear, structured, and testable specifications.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to work effectively with Engineering, Design, QA, Product Management, and business teams.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality product requirements.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and follow through on tasks independently.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with evolving requirements.
• A proactive mindset with the ability to identify gaps, ask the right questions, and drive clarity.

Good to Have

• Experience in Retail Execution, Field Force Management, CPG, FMCG, Retail, Sales Force Automation, or related technologies.
• Experience with B2B mobile applications or products used by field teams.
• Experience working with enterprise customers and complex business workflows.
• Familiarity with APIs, integrations, analytics platforms, or data-heavy products.
• Experience working with AI-powered products or automation features.
• A technical background or a strong understanding of software development concepts.
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, or similar product-management and collaboration tools.
• Experience working with distributed teams across multiple countries or markets.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary.
• The opportunity to contribute directly to the development and evolution of the Shelvz product.
• Exposure to enterprise customers and complex, real-world business challenges.
• Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.
• Flexible working hours and a hybrid work arrangement.
• A collaborative and supportive work environment.