Senior Product Owner

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Act as a bridge between the Croatia-based development team (10–11 developers, 3 QA) and US-based product leadership (Senior Product Manager, Product Designer), ensuring smooth communications and avoiding bottlenecks.
Hands-on in Jira: create, clarify, and manage epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria; identify edge cases and ensure requirements are unambiguous and complete.
Transform high-level requirements (prepared by Senior Product Manager) into actionable tasks for the development team, ensuring all details are captured, particularly for workflow-heavy and highly regulated domains.
Support product planning and ensure that sprints are well-prepared and all work is ready for execution, including feature status reporting and roadmap tracking.
Research open questions or requirements gaps independently before escalating to US-based leads, keeping in mind time zone differences.

5+ years of experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst.
Prior experience as Product Owner or Business Analyst in finance, insurance claims, public safety, healthcare, or similar high-regulation and process-rich environments.
Reside in, or be able to work within, the Croatian (or nearby) time zone for maximum team overlap.
Solid track record managing product requirements, forming user stories with explicit acceptance criteria, and covering sophisticated approval and workflow rules.
Excellent spoken and written English; experience working across distributed teams (Europe–US).

Experience working with US public safety agencies or analogous enterprise domains.
Understanding product areas focused on reporting and analytics with extensive data capture and process tracking.
Coordinated multiple development teams (10+ engineers and QA).