Product Owner

About Us

Embrace Software, headquartered in Tampa, USA, is one of the fastest-growing software acquirers in the world. We focus on building niche software businesses that deliver mission-critical solutions across industries (Industrial, Healthcare, Fintech and Edtech).

Why Join Embrace:

• Rapid Growth: Our team has expanded to over 300 members in just 4 years.
• Financial Strength: We’ve secured $130M in capital.
• Acquisitions: With 13 successful acquisitions to date, we’re operating in hyper-scale mode.
• Fortune 500 Impact: We serve 16% of Fortune 500 companies.
• Proven Leadership: Our CEO/Founder has a track record of creating over $2B in value through his ventures (prior ventures include being a founding member and Chief Strategist at Valsoft, as well as an early lead investor and Board member at VitalHub (TSX: VHI))

Join us as we lay the groundwork for exponential growth over the next 5 years. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and share our vision, we’d love to have you on board!

Job Description

This is a remote position.

Embrace Industrial Group serves some of the largest manufacturers in the world, including 8 of the top 10 chemical companies, 3 of the top 10 automotive companies, and 3 of the top 5 oil and gas companies, as well as leading names in heavy machinery and food manufacturing. Our products power mission-critical operations across these industries, helping clients drive efficiency, compliance, and innovation at scale.

As we continue to grow, we're looking for a high-impact Technical Product Manager / Product Owner to help execute our product vision and drive the development of meaningful, customer-focused solutions. This is a unique opportunity to work across a portfolio of established enterprise clients while shaping the future of industrial software platforms.

In this role, you will serve as a critical link between business strategy and technical execution. You’ll translate high-level product goals into actionable development plans, lead agile ceremonies, and ensure timely, high-quality feature delivery. Success in this position requires strong technical acumen, excellent communication and collaboration skills, and a deep understanding of agile product development within a SaaS environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Product Ownership & Execution

• Translate high-level product strategy into clear, actionable requirements and development tasks that guide team execution and align with business objectives.
• Own and manage the product backlog, ensuring clarity, prioritization, and consistent alignment with evolving business needs.
• Define and maintain product roadmaps, user story maps, and release plans to support structured planning and transparent delivery.
• Act as the primary liaison between stakeholders and development teams to ensure consistent communication, shared understanding, and alignment throughout the product lifecycle.

Agile Planning & Team Collaboration

• Facilitate key Agile ceremonies, including backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, to drive alignment, transparency, and continuous improvement across teams.
• Collaborate closely with development and QA teams to define clear, actionable user stories and establish well-defined acceptance criteria that ensure shared understanding and high-quality delivery.
• Ensure a steady pipeline of well-defined, prioritized backlog items to support efficient planning and sustained delivery velocity.

Delivery Oversight & Metrics

• Monitor and report on key delivery metrics such as team progress, development velocity, and release readiness to ensure transparency and continuous improvement.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks that could impact timelines, product quality, or delivery outcomes.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to align product delivery with broader business objectives and strategic goals.

Cross-functional Coordination

• Collaborate with quality assurance teams to define testing requirements early in the development lifecycle, ensuring quality is built into each stage of delivery.
• Align closely with leadership on product performance indicators and key outcomes to ensure delivery efforts support strategic objectives.
• Support leadership by taking ownership of day-to-day execution and operational tasks, enabling greater focus on high-level strategic priorities.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a Product Owner or Technical Product Manager in an enterprise SaaS environment.
• Prior experience in software development or QA/testing with a solid understanding of how software is designed, tested, and deployed in modern development environments.
• Deep understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies with experience leading agile ceremonies.
• Proficiency in product management and agile tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, product boards).
• Ability to decompose strategic objectives into clear, technical requirements.
• Strong analytical skills and familiarity with metrics-driven decision-making.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with a comfort level engaging engineers, QA, and executive stakeholders.
• Prior experience managing cross-functional teams in a multi-product organization is highly desirable.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, structured based on the UK working hours.
• Comprehensive training and mentorship programs for skill and knowledge enhancement.
• Opportunities for career advancement and professional development.