Product Owner

About the role

SRS Acquiom delivers the smartest way to run a deal™ through a platform and services designed to help deal parties manage complex M&A and loan agency transactions more efficiently. Based in Denver, Colorado, with offices across the United States and in London and Amsterdam, SRS Acquiom supports transactions across North America and Europe. Our M&A services include professional shareholder representation, paying and escrow agent services, and online document solicitation and reporting. For loan and credit transactions, we provide independent Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Sub-Agent, and Successor Agent services. Since 2007, SRS Acquiom has supported more than 11,500 transactions globally. By bringing efficiency, expertise, and purpose-built technology to complex financial transactions, we help sophisticated deal parties focus on building great businesses and maximizing value. We’re equally committed to building careers as we are to building solutions. If you’re looking for a company with entrepreneurial energy, a proven record of growth and innovation, and a culture that supports your next career move, we’d love to talk.

Responsibilities

• Delivery Team Ownership & Execution
• Own day-to-day execution for a delivery team, ensuring value-oriented work is ready and sprint commitments are met.
• Drive backlog grooming, sprint planning, and other delivery-team meetings that keep work moving forward.
• Maintain a clear sprint objective and focus the team on completing a small number of high-value initiatives at a time and aligns with PM’s vision.
• Ensure new, usable value is delivered to production on a regular basis.
• Proactively identify and resolve blockers, open questions, and execution risks with the delivery team.
• Backlog Management, Prioritization & Story Quality
• Own and maintain an organized backlog where important work remains visible and prioritized.
• Gather requirements and translate business needs into clear, outcome-oriented user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Break features and projects into the smallest practical increments that deliver value frequently and reduce risk.
• Prioritize work to maximize customer and business value while minimizing unnecessary context switching.
• Document changes, decisions, and requirements clearly so delivery teams can execute efficiently.
• Stakeholder, Design & Engineering Collaboration
• Build strong relationships with Engineering, Design, and business stakeholders to support successful product delivery.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand requirements and consider impacts across teams, processes, and users.
• Communicate clearly, concisely, and proactively through meetings, written updates, and day-to-day interactions.
• Ensure high responsiveness and follow-through in all communications, providing prompt updates to engineering and product stakeholders.
• Product Knowledge, Data & Continuous Improvement
• Develop deep knowledge of the product, user personas, business processes, and adjacent applications.
• Understand and support execution of each of the Product Managers’ vision and strategy by representing user needs and expectations to the development team throughout planning and execution.
• Monitor product performance and maintain awareness of key usage, operational, and delivery metrics.
• Use data, user feedback, and critical thinking to evaluate opportunities, identify problems, and support decision-making.
• Demonstrate bias towards documentation and efficiency, curiosity, initiative, and continuous learning to improve products, processes, and team effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university
• At least 2 years of SaaS product owner / product manager experience or other related product management experience
• Demonstrated focus on delivering business and user value first and foremost, and anchoring the value delivered with measurable impact signals
• Experience working with internal stakeholders
• Experience developing reports and metrics for stakeholders and product teams, using data analysis to drive decisions
• Exceptional organizational and prioritization skills to keep the product backlog well-ordered and ensure important items don’t get overlooked
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and work independently with a proactive, self-starter mindset in a fast-paced environment
• Empathetic, detail-oriented, data-driven, analytical, and inquisitive, with strong critical-thinking skills and the ability to visualize the big picture
• Excellent communication skills (clear and concise in writing and speaking) and strong presentation abilities
• Experience working with development teams using Agile methodologies (e.g., Scrum), including story mapping and writing clear user stories
• Able to grasp complex business challenges and nuanced product workflows, and translate them into simple, intuitive user experiences and designs

Skills

• Experience in the B2B space where you have built and managed complex internal tools to scale business processes
• Experience working in customer support or other client facing teams, or partnering closely with those teams to understand user/client pain points
• Knowledge of NetSuite, Salesforce, AWS, other ERP or enterprise systems
• Experience building custom software applications to meet the needs of internal employees and teams, and client facing applications
• Background in financial services, payments, mergers & acquisitions, banking, or accounting and tax systems
• Naturally curious and eager to learn how complex systems and business processes operate
• Experience with data analysis and reporting
• Enthusiasm for product strategy and vision, with an interest in contributing to long-term product planning
• Proactive leadership and initiative in driving improvements and team success
• Strong research skills in areas like user journeys and workflows
• Experience with information systems and operations management

Benefits

Day-one coverage: medical, dental, and vision plans so you’re protected from the start
401(k) with a 4% company match to keep your future on track
Discretionary time off - take the time you need, when you need it
Employer-paid life insurance, with the option to add extra coverage for peace of mind
Employee Assistance Programs for confidential support when life gets complicated
Discounted pet insurance (because furry family members count, too)
Fitness credit to back your health and wellness goals
Pre-tax plans for dependent care, transportation, and flexible spending

Pay

The salary range for this position is between $105k - $120k, depending on level of experience.

Schedule

This is a Denver based hybrid position with the expectation that you work from the office 2 times per week.