Product Owner

About the role

Bain's Private Equity Group (PEG) is seeking a Product Owner to lead the delivery of innovative solutions for private equity analysts. Reporting to the Director of Product Management, the Product Owner will be responsible for owning the roadmap and backlog for a product area on the PE due diligence platform, ensuring high-quality capabilities that improve analyst workflows.

Responsibilities

• Roadmap, Discovery, and Squad Delivery Leadership (80%)
  • Own the roadmap and backlog for an assigned product area
  • Define outcomes, milestones, and sequencing
  • Lead continuous discovery with stakeholders
  • Write and maintain epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria
  • Define success metrics and instrumentation requirements
  • Partner with Engineering to shape feasible technical approaches
  • Partner with Design to ensure UX quality and accessibility
  • Own release readiness for your scope
  • Drive post-release learning
• Other (20%)
  • Own squad ceremonies from a product perspective
  • Act as the primary interface for your product area to cross-functional partners
  • Establish and maintain a clear Definition of Done

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
• 6+ years of experience in product management, product ownership, business analysis, consulting, or product strategy roles delivering software products in production environments
• Demonstrated experience owning a backlog and leading cross-functional delivery (Product/Design/Engineering), including prioritisation and dependency management
• Prior proven ability to translate ambiguous stakeholder needs into well-scoped epics/stories with measurable outcomes and acceptance criteria
• Experience using data to inform product decisions: defining KPIs, interpreting dashboards, and driving iteration based on evidence
• Strong stakeholder management skills; able to communicate trade-offs, progress, and outcomes to senior business leaders
• Outcome-driven roadmap ownership: sets OKRs/success metrics, sequences work pragmatically, and maintains focus on measurable impact
• Requirements excellence: produces clear PRDs/stories/acceptance criteria; anticipates edge cases and ensures testability
• Prioritisation discipline: makes trade-offs explicitly; balances user value, delivery risk, quality, and operational considerations
• Cross-functional leadership: aligns Engineering, Design, Data Platform, and Platform teams; manages dependencies without surprise work
• Product analytics: comfortable with KPI design, adoption measurement, and interpreting qualitative and quantitative signals to drive decisions
• Communication: concise, structured executive updates; clear decision logs; strong facilitation of stakeholder discussions

Qualifications

• Generative AI and Agentic Systems: Understands the user-facing implications of AI features (non-determinism, latency, context limits, hallucination risk) and bakes constraints into requirements and acceptance criteria
• Partners with the Agent / AI squad to define evaluation-ready requirements (golden scenarios, quality thresholds, HITL needs) and ensures regression gates exist for changes
• Uses AI tooling to accelerate PRDs, OKRs, prioritisation drafts, and stakeholder communications; validates accuracy and removes speculation before sharing
• Safeguards AI features by coordinating early with Security and Governance
• Builds for users: deeply understands PE workflows and optimizes for real analyst outcomes, not internal convenience
• Leads with clarity: reduces ambiguity for squads through crisp requirements, priorities, and success metrics
• Drives follow-through: measures results post-release and iterates based on evidence
• Uses AI tooling to move faster, but applies judgement and accountability for every decision and artifact shared

Benefits

Bain & Company offers a comprehensive benefits and wellness program designed to help employees achieve personal independence, protection, and stability in the areas most important to them and their families. This includes:

• Full premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision programs
• Generous paid time off, including parental leave, sick leave, and paid holidays
• Paid Life and Long-Term Disability insurance
• Annual fitness reimbursements

Pay

The estimated annualized compensation for this role varies based on location:

• In Atlanta: $140,875 - $153,750
• In Boston: $162,000 - $176,750
• In Texas: $147,625 - $161,250
• In Chicago: $155,125 - $169,250

Schedule

This role follows a hybrid model, requiring in-office presence at least 1 day per week.