Role: Product Owner – UI/UX

Location: Whippany, NJ 07981

Type: Contract

We are seeking an experienced Product Owner – UI/UX with strong knowledge of SAFe Agile to drive the vision, prioritization, and delivery of user-centered digital products. The role will bridge business stakeholders, UX/UI designers, engineering teams, architects, and Agile delivery teams to ensure that products provide intuitive user experiences while meeting business and technical objectives.

The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with Product Ownership, UX/UI, customer journey mapping, user research, backlog management, Agile delivery, and SAFe ceremonies.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and communicate the product vision, roadmap, and UI/UX priorities.
• Translate business objectives and customer needs into clear features, capabilities, and user stories.
• Partner with UX/UI designers to define intuitive and consistent user experiences.
• Conduct and participate in user research, usability testing, journey mapping, personas, and customer interviews.
• Define UI/UX requirements, acceptance criteria, and measurable outcomes.
• Maintain and prioritize the Product Backlog based on business value, customer impact, dependencies, risk, and technical considerations.
• Collaborate with Scrum Masters, UX designers, developers, architects, QA, business stakeholders, and other Product Owners.
• Participate in SAFe Program Increment (PI) Planning and help establish PI objectives.
• Work with the Product Manager to break down features and capabilities into actionable stories.
• Participate in backlog refinement, iteration planning, daily syncs, reviews, demos, and retrospectives.
• Ensure stories are ready for development and have clear acceptance criteria.
• Review completed functionality and provide Product Owner acceptance.
• Use analytics, customer feedback, usability findings, and product metrics to drive UI/UX improvements.
• Identify dependencies and risks across Agile teams and coordinate their resolution.
• Ensure UI/UX designs align with accessibility, usability, branding, security, and technical standards.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure the delivered product matches approved designs and business requirements.
• Continuously prioritize enhancements based on customer feedback and product performance.
• Support release planning and communicate product priorities to stakeholders.