Saatchi & Saatchi

Technical Product Owner

Saatchi & Saatchi$135K — $185K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3-5+ years in Product Management, Product Ownership, Software Engineering, Business Analysis, or a related role.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience in gathering requirements, writing user stories, and managing product backlogs.
  • Understanding of software development lifecycles and experience working with engineering teams.
  • Ability to create prototypes and validate ideas to enhance product delivery.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Capability to support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and help teams understand product functionality.
  • Nice to have: Experience with Jira, Confluence, APIs, Postman, AI tools, or automation platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with stakeholders to define product requirements based on business needs.
  • Translate requirements into user stories and manage the product backlog.
  • Support sprint planning and refining the backlog with product leadership and engineering teams.
  • Drive the delivery of product enhancements and internal platform initiatives.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams throughout product development.
  • Create workflows or lightweight prototypes to validate ideas and speed up delivery.
  • Define acceptance criteria and participate in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for product features.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
  • 401(k) plan with company matching.
  • Unlimited paid time off (PTO) and generous paid parental leave.
  • Tuition reimbursement and family forming assistance reimbursement.
  • Pet adoption assistance and 'pawternity' leave.
  • Hybrid work schedule.
  • Resources from Publicis Groupe including Business Resource Groups.
  • Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
  • Annual Day of Good and community volunteer opportunities.
  • Team Fun committee planning events to celebrate cultural moments and team-building.
Full Job Description
Overview

About this Position:

The Technical Product Owner/Builder supports the development and evolution of platform products and capabilities across client-facing solutions and internal platform initiatives.

This role combines product ownership with hands-on execution. The ideal candidate enjoys working closely with stakeholders and engineering teams to define requirements, shape solutions, validate outcomes, and continuously improve the products they support.

The Technical Product Owner / Builder serves as a bridge between Product, Delivery, and Engineering, helping ensure products are built to meet business needs and provide value to users.

This position is ideal for someone who enjoys both product thinking and problem solving and wants to continue growing their technical product management capabilities.

Responsibilities

What You'll Do:

Product Ownership
  • Partner with stakeholders to understand business needs and define product requirements.
  • Translate requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, and prioritized backlog items.
  • Manage and refine the product backlog in partnership with engineering and product leadership.
  • Support sprint planning, backlog refinement, and other team ceremonies.
  • Help drive delivery of product enhancements and platform initiatives.

Product Development & Delivery
  • Work closely with engineering teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
  • Create prototypes, workflows, configurations, or lightweight solutions when appropriate to help validate ideas and accelerate delivery.
  • Support implementation planning and help ensure requirements are clearly understood.
  • Maintain product documentation and support continuous improvement efforts.

Product Validation
  • Define acceptance criteria and expected outcomes for product features and enhancements.
  • Participate in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and release validation activities.
  • Confirm that implemented solutions meet business requirements and user needs.
  • Identify gaps, edge cases, and opportunities for improvement.

Product Expertise & Support
  • Develop deep knowledge of assigned products, platform capabilities, workflows, and system dependencies.
  • Act as a primary point of contact for product-related questions and requirement clarification.
  • Support teams in understanding product behavior, expected functionality, and business rules.
  • Partner with Engineering and Delivery teams to analyze product-related issues, clarify requirements, and help identify solutions.

Qualifications

What You Bring
  • 3-5+ years of experience in Product Management, Product Ownership, Software Engineering, Business Analysis, or a related technical role.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience gathering requirements, writing user stories, defining acceptance criteria, and managing product backlogs.
  • Understanding of software development lifecycles and experience partnering closely with engineering teams to deliver digital products and platform solutions.
  • Ability to create prototypes, workflows, configurations, or lightweight solutions that help validate ideas and support product delivery.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to translate business needs into practical solutions and explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Ability to develop deep product expertise, support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and help teams understand product behavior, requirements, and expected functionality.
  • Nice to have: Experience with Jira, Confluence, APIs, Postman, AI tools, automation platforms, or configuration-based systems.

Additional information

Why It's Great to Work Here:
  • We live by our C.O.R.E. values:
    • Collaborative - We work together to get better stuff done than we could alone.
    • Optimistic - Honest and confident in our quest forward; believing the impossible is possible.
    • Results-driven - Creativity is always in service of results and never for its own sake.
    • Entrepreneurial - Build something new. Shoot for the moon.
  • We offer comprehensive benefits and 'work perks' like great options for medical / dental / vision insurance, 401(k) with company matching, unlimited PTO, generous paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement, family forming assistance reimbursement, pet adoption assistance + "pawternity" leave, etc.
  • We have a hybrid work schedule
  • We're part of Publicis Groupe which is a huge global network, so there are many resources that come with that like Business Resource Groups for a variety of communities like Publicis Parents, VivaWomen, Egalité, etc.
  • We give back to our communities with our annual Day of Good and volunteer opportunities throughout the year.
  • We love to grow our talent and promote from within whenever possible, and we offer professional development trainings and regular structured performance reviews.
  • We have a lot fun! We have a whole committee called "Team Fun" that plans parties and events for us to celebrate birthdays, holidays, cultural moments, etc. Some recent fun events include a flower bouquet bar, origami lessons, and hearing from creative entrepreneurs at our Moonshot speaker series.

Compensation Range: USD $135,375.00 - USD $185,200.00/Annually. This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 10/5/2026.

About Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in London in 1970 by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi and is now part of the Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Saatchi & Saatchi has over 6,000 employees in 114 countries and provides a range of advertising and marketing services to clients in various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. The company is known for its creative and innovative advertising campaigns, including the iconic 'Nothing is Impossible' campaign for Toyota. Saatchi & Saatchi has won numerous awards for its work, including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies.
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