<ul><li>Own and maintain a technically detailed product backlog aligned to platform architecture and business priorities</li><li>Decompose high-level initiatives into epics, features, and user stories with clear technical acceptance criteria</li><li>Collaborate with architects and senior engineers on system design, integration patterns, and technical feasibility</li><li>Define and document functional and non-functional requirements, including performance, security, scalability, and reliability</li><li>Partner with DevOps teams to align backlog priorities with CI/CD pipelines, release strategies, and deployment schedules</li><li>Participate in technical design discussions, backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives</li><li>Manage dependencies across teams, services, and third-party integrations</li><li>Support API-first and event-driven development by defining contracts, payloads, and interface expectations</li><li>Validate completed work through story acceptance, integration testing coordination, and release sign-off</li><li>Support production readiness, including release notes, rollout planning, and post-deployment validation</li><li>Analyze production issues, defects, and technical debt to drive root-cause remediation and backlog prioritization</li><li>Use metrics such as velocity, cycle time, defect trends, and system performance to inform prioritization decisions</li></ul>
