IO Global
Information Technology and Services
SeniorProductOwner-Pogun
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“Senior Product Owner - Pogun at IO Global. Skills: backlog management, delivery tracking, reporting, technical literacy. Run the engineering operating system across Pogun: backlog, delivery tracking, dependencies, and cadences.. Keep a clear, honest read on what the team is shipping and when, and summarize it at the level leadership needs.”
What You'll Achieve.
Definition of Ready, epic decomposition, dependencies, labels, and stale-issue cleanup.; Milestones, target dates, slippage flagged early.; Weekly delivery summaries: what shipped, what is shipping next, what is at risk. Outcome-level, not ticket-level.; KPI dashboards that tie user stories to shipped outputs.
Industry & Context.
spotting what is missing; proposing a fix; closing gaps in process, tooling, reporting, and coordination; triage
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Five or more years in technical product ownership, delivery management, or technical program management., Demonstrated ownership of an engineering backlog at scale (Linear, Jira, or similar)., A track record of taking initiative: spotting what is missing, proposing a fix, and shipping it without waiting to be told., Working understanding of GitHub, pull requests, CI/CD, and testing practices., Enough technical literacy in our stack (Bitcoin, BitVM, Cardano, cross-chain bridging) to triage without round-tripping every detail to engineering., written communication. Crisp, summary-level reporting is a core deliverable., Comfort building lightweight dashboards using modern AI-assisted tooling.
Nice to Have
prior crypto or Web3 engineering exposure, experience with distributed contributors
What You'll Do.
Run the engineering operating system across Pogun: backlog
honest read on what the team is shipping and when
and summarize it at the level leadership needs.
Manage backlog and linear hygiene across Pogun projects: Definition of Ready
and stale-issue cleanup.
Track delivery with engineering leads: milestones
slippage flagged early.
Provide weekly delivery summaries for the head of product and stakeholders: what shipped
what is shipping next
Build and maintain KPI dashboards that tie user stories to shipped outputs using AI tooling.
Coordinate cross-team efforts: outsourced contributors
Manage process and tooling: workflow conventions
automated-finding sweeps (RUSTSEC
Consult on roadmap and GTM input: actively consult on sequencing and feasibility
flag misalignment between marketing and reality.
Provide operational glue: software license procurement
day-to-day Slack presence.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work day to day with the engineering manager and the engineers.; Serve as the head of product’s line of sight into how delivery is going.; Summarize delivery status at the leadership level.; Coordinate with outsourced contributors, business development, and product peers.; Consult with marketing on roadmap and GTM.
Communication Scope
written communication; Crisp, summary-level reporting
Process & Methodology
backlog management, delivery tracking, dependency management, milestone tracking, target date setting, slippage flagging, roadmap planning, GTM planning
Full Job Description
### The opportunity Pogun is building infrastructure that brings programmability to Bitcoin, an asset base that is large, established, and has so far seen limited use beyond settlement. Even a modest share of that surface area is a meaningful market, and the technical work, BitVM, cross-chain bridging, and the Cardano-side smart-contract layer, is among the more interesting engineering problems in the space right now. We are hiring a product owner to help us deliver against that opportunity. You will run the engineering operating system across Pogun: backlog, delivery tracking, dependencies, and the cadences that keep a multi-project team moving in the same direction. ### The role You will work day to day with the engineering manager and the engineers, and serve as the head of product’s line of sight into how delivery is going. Part of the job is keeping a clear, honest read on what the team is shipping and when, and summarizing it at the level leadership needs without dragging them into ticket-level detail. We want someone who takes initiative. The first version of this role will not be fully defined on day one. You should expect to find gaps in process, tooling, reporting, and coordination, and to close them without being asked. The strongest candidates will treat the JD as a starting point, identify what is missing, and propose what to build next. This is a role where the person shapes the shape ### What you’ll own * Backlog and Linear hygiene across Pogun projects: Definition of Ready, epic decomposition, dependencies, labels, and stale-issue cleanup. * Delivery tracking with engineering leads: milestones, target dates, slippage flagged early. * Weekly delivery summaries for the head of product and stakeholders: what shipped, what is shipping next, what is at risk. Outcome-level, not ticket-level. * KPI dashboards that tie user stories to shipped outputs. Build them with AI tooling, then maintain them. * Cross-team coordination: outsourced contributors, business
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