Technical Product Owner Lead

We are hiring a Technical Product Owner Lead to lead our team of 4 TPOs across 7 product streams — and personally own the B2C product stream as a hands-on TPO.

This is not a coordination role. This is not a process-management role.

This role requires someone who writes TRDs, BRDs, and UML sequence diagrams, challenges engineering estimates, coaches and develops their team, and makes backlog decisions independently — all at the same time.

What You'll Be Doing

As TPO Lead — Team Leadership

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of 4 TPOs embedded across 7 product streams

• Own hiring and performance management of the TPO team

• Define and maintain TPO standards — backlog quality, AC format, TRD/BRD templates

• Identify delivery gaps across streams and drive clarity on what gets done, by whom, and by when

• Act as escalation point for blockers and cross-stream dependencies

As TPO of the B2C Stream — Hands-On Ownership

• Own the B2C product stream backlog end-to-end

• Write technical requirements: TRD (Technical Requirements Document), BRD (Business Requirements Document), UML sequence diagrams

• Refine backlog items from discovery to sprint-ready in collaboration with engineering and design

• Monitor delivery quality and velocity — surface risks proactively

• Collaborate daily with engineering leads, product designers, and the CPO

What We Expect

Must-have

• 3+ years of experience as a Technical Product Owner or Senior TPO — not purely BA, not purely PM

• Proven experience directly managing a team of POs or TPOs (direct manager, not informal lead)

• Hands-on technical requirements writing: TRD, BRD, UML sequence diagrams — this is a core deliverable

• Business Analysis foundation — process mapping, gap analysis, requirements documentation

• Backlog ownership at the task / technical level with real trade-off decisions

• Experience in fintech, payments, crypto, or a similarly complex and regulated technical product environment

• Strong stakeholder management across engineering, business, and C-level simultaneously

• High autonomy working style — you do not need micromanagement to operate effectively

• Fluent English — all working communication is in English

Nice-to-have

• Crypto-specific product experience (exchange, wallet, on/off-ramp, DeFi)

• Knowledge of MiCA, VASP, or EU crypto regulatory framework

• Experience building or scaling a TPO / PO practice from scratch

• CSPO, SAFe PO/PM, or equivalent product certification

• CBAP or similar Business Analysis certification

• Platform or API product ownership experience

How You Work

This role will fit you if:

• You are technically credible — engineers respect your requirements and challenge your thinking

• You lead through coaching, not authority — you develop your team rather than do their work

• You are comfortable making backlog and delivery decisions without waiting for perfect information

• You adapt quickly to ambiguity — the backlog is not always clear, and you help bring order to that

• You are an extravert who builds relationships naturally across functions and seniority levels

• You write requirements that engineering can build from without daily clarification

This role will NOT fit you if:

• You are a business-only PO who cannot write a TRD or challenge an engineering estimate

• You have never directly managed Product Owners

• You treat the backlog as a to-do list rather than a product responsibility

• You prefer process certainty over ambiguity

• You need regular guidance to determine your priorities