Technical Product Manager (Temporary Contract) at ApplaudoStudios

About the Role

Applaudo is seeking a Product Owner to join our team for a 6-month contract. This role requires a technically fluent professional who can bridge the gap between product, engineering, and stakeholders, leveraging Agile methodologies and AI tools to drive successful outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• →Own and maintain a well-groomed product backlog, writing user stories and acceptance criteria aligned with business needs
• →Lead cross-functional project delivery and serve as the team’s single point of accountability for quality and progress
• →Act as the primary coordination point between internal engineering teams and external API or integration partners
• →Translate business and partner requirements into clear functional and technical specifications
• →Manage intake, triage, prioritization, and assignment of technical issues, defects, and enhancement requests
• →Support onboarding of API and integration partners, including requirements gathering, environment setup, testing, and go-live
• →Facilitate Agile ceremonies and cross-functional working sessions with internal and external teams
• →Collaborate with engineering teams to analyze logs, error reports, and support tickets to diagnose and resolve issues
• →Deliver weekly status reports to stakeholders covering milestones, risks, and blockers
• →Present change requests to the Change Advisory Board (CAB)
• →Coordinate and support UAT and partner validation activities
• →Track delivery progress, dependencies, and risks across multiple concurrent initiatives
• →Provide direct user support when required, including troubleshooting, feature walkthroughs, and discovery sessions
• →Leverage AI tools to improve workflows, documentation quality, and delivery speed
• →Identify opportunities to improve onboarding, support, and issue management processes through standardization and automation