Associate Product Owner

About Sofstica:
At Sofstica, we are committed to delivering innovative solutions that meet our clients' needs. Our team thrives on collaboration, creativity, and a passion for excellence. We are currently seeking a dedicated and detail-oriented Associate Product Owner to join our dynamic team.

• Support the stakeholders in defining and refining product requirements aligned with business objectives.
  

• Translate business needs into clear, structured user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional workflows.
  

• Maintain and prioritize the product backlog to support sprint goals and delivery timelines.
  

• Participate actively in sprint planning, backlog grooming, reviews, and retrospectives.
  

• Ensure requirements are complete, testable, and ready for development before sprint commitment.
  

Technical & Delivery Collaboration

• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure requirements are technically feasible, clearly understood, and dependently aware.
  

• Contribute to solution discussions by understanding system behavior, integrations, APIs, and data flows at a functional level.
  

• Support effort estimation, impact analysis, and delivery sequencing.
  

• Review functional designs, API mappings, and configuration requirements where applicable.
  

Release Management & Readiness

• Coordinate feature readiness across development, QA, and deployment activities.
  

• Support release planning, version control, and change tracking.
  

• Ensure release prerequisites are met, including:
  

• Quality assurance and regression testing sign offs
  

• Feature/ product release coordination and acceptance
  

• Documentation and release notes preparation
  

• Assist in managing minor releases, hotfixes, and patches with proper traceability and communication.
  

• Support post-release validation and issue of triage.
  

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as a functional point of contact between stakeholders and technical teams.
  

• Support product demos, walkthroughs, and requirement clarifications.
  

• Communicate scope, timelines, and delivery status with transparency and professionalism.
  

Sector Exposure (Preferred)

Experience or familiarity with the following is considered an advantage:

• Healthcare or hospital systems (e.g., EMR/EHR, clinical or administrative workflows)
  

• Compliance-driven or data-sensitive environments
  

• Workflow-heavy platforms such as scheduling, billing, reporting, or operational systems
  

Skills & Capabilities

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  

• Ability to document and communicate complex requirements clearly
  

• Working knowledge of Agile/Scrum delivery frameworks
  

• Technical aptitude to engage effectively with engineering teams
  

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a delivery-focused environment