Product Owner Job at Insight Global, New York, NY

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  • Insight Global
  • New York, NY

Job Description

Job Title : Junior Product Owner

Location : NYC - Greenwich St. (4 days onsite)

Openings: 1

Start Date: 1/5

PR: Up to $56.67

Duration : 12 months (opportunities for extensions)

Hours : 8:30/9-5

Job Description

Insight Global is looking for a Junior Product Owner to join one of their financial services clients in New York City. The Junior Product Owner will support the Product Owner in developing, enhancing, and delivering digital products and internal tools. This role operates under the Product Owner, contributing directly to backlog management, business documentation, agile delivery, and process improvement. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, collaborative, and comfortable translating business needs into actionable requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Work directly under the Product Owner to execute the product vision, roadmap, and priorities.
  • Assist in backlog grooming, sprint planning, and stakeholder alignment.
  • Serve as a point of coordination between the Product Owner, developers, UX, and business teams.
  • Help manage and prioritize the product backlog aligned with strategic goals.
  • Write clear, concise user stories, tasks, and acceptance criteria.
  • Participate in sprint ceremonies: daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
  • Support delivery of product enhancements, feature launches, and process improvements.
  • Engage business stakeholders in working discussions to understand needs, gaps, and opportunities.
  • Document business requirements, workflows, use cases, and process maps.
  • Translate business needs into functional requirements for developers and QA.
  • Identify issues or dependencies and escalate appropriately to the Product Owner.
  • Create and manage JIRA epics, stories, tasks, and dashboards to maintain transparency across teams.
  • Ensure story quality, acceptance criteria, and documentation meet internal standards.
  • Support documentation in Confluence including product guides, requirements, and sprint notes.
  • Create and update standard operating procedures (SOPs), product manuals, and training guides.
  • Write release notes, how-to guides, and user documentation.
  • Assist with training sessions and user onboarding for new tools or enhancements.
  • Partner with operations, technology, compliance, data, and product teams to support end-to-end delivery.
  • Manage feedback loops between users and the development team.
  • Support UAT cycles by testing features, documenting results, and gathering user feedback.

Role Impact:

The Junior Product Owner / Business Analyst plays a key role in helping the Product Owner deliver efficient, user-centered tools. This role provides an opportunity to learn product strategy, deepen agile practices, and grow into a more senior Product Owner role over time.

Must Have Requirements

  • 1–3 years of experience as a Business Analyst, Junior Product Owner, or similar role.
  • Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum or Kanban).
  • Hands-on experience with JIRA and Confluence.
  • Strong skills in writing user stories, business requirements, and process documentation.
  • Ability to lead working sessions and communicate effectively with business and technical teams.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; attention to detail.

Nice to Have Skills

  • Experience in financial services, technology, or other complex, regulated environments.
  • Basic understanding of data structures, integrations, or system architecture.
  • Experience with product analytics or basic UX principles.

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