Staff Product Owner

LastPass is looking for a Staff Product Owner:

The Engineering group at LastPass is looking for a Staff Product Owner to join our team. You will be responsible for roadmap planning, backlog management, stakeholder collaboration, performance analysis, release coordination, and user experience oversight for multiple software development teams within a single area of accountability. 

If you are passionate about complex problem solving and motivated by scale, then this is the role for you. 

Who will you work with? 

You will collaborate with a diverse and talented cross-functional teams dedicated to ensuring the usability, security, scalability, and reliability of our software products. Your interactions will span across various teams and departments, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment, including Engineering, Security and Compliance, Product & UX teams in Hungary, Portugal, United States of America, and Canada. 

What are some of the exciting challenges you will be working on? 

 Communication and Collaboration:  

• Navigate the diverse landscape of stakeholder interests offers a chance to hone negotiation skills and become a champion of consensus-building. 
• Collaborating with teams across the globe is a unique opportunity to foster a culture of diversity and inclusion, while also expanding one’s global business acumen. 
• The challenge of backlog refinement is an opportunity to become adept at strategic planning, ensuring that every task contributes to the overarching product goals.

Technical and Business Aptitude:  

• The need for technical understanding presents an opportunity to delve into the latest technologies, positioning oneself at the forefront of security and innovation. 
• Translating customer feedback into product features is an opportunity to deepen empathy and sharpen problem-solving skills, ensuring that products truly resonate with users. 

Predictability and Speed:  

• The need for quick and predictable results is an exciting opportunity to demonstrate agility and resilience, delivering high-quality products within tight timelines. 

What does it take to work at LastPass?  

• Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role in software product management.  
• Experienced in decision-making and risk management while managing team priorities and backlog 
• A record of success leading secure, high-visibility, technical projects that require cross-group collaboration and alignment from a distributed set of stakeholders.   
• Excellent communications skills and an ability to translate between business and technical stakeholders 
• Strategic thinking with a focus on security, usability, and customer satisfaction. 
• Define and prioritize product features and requirements for multiple software development teams within a related technology area. 
• Develop detailed user stories and define clear acceptance criteria. 
• Coordinate with multiple cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of product features. 
• Plan product releases ensuring that updates are delivered promptly and efficiently. 
• Address security, production, and technical issues to refine the product. 
• Passion for working with internal customers and stakeholders, understand their needs and handle expectations properly 
• Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle, with a focus on security product development. 
• Experience in the development and operation of cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) based architectures. 
• An understanding of Quality Assurance practices and their role in software validation and delivery. 
• Ability to read, understand, and discuss software and system architecture documents.  
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to analyze data and provide insights 
• Familiarity with modern software delivery tooling including distributed code repositories, automate build/deploy systems.