Jr. Product Owner
About the role
We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Product Owner / Digital Project Coordinator to support product development and project execution for our client on an 11-month contract. This role is ideal for someone early in their product, business, or analytics career who enjoys working cross-functionally, staying organized, and using data to support decision-making.
The successful candidate will work closely with senior Product Owners, engineering, design, business stakeholders, and operations teams to ensure timely delivery of product initiatives and smooth day-to-day project coordination .
Responsibilities:
Product Ownership Support
- Assist senior Product Owners in defining product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
- Maintain and help prioritize the product backlog under guidance Participate in sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
- Translate business needs into clear, actionable requirements for development teams Support product documentation and roadmap updates
Project Coordination
- Coordinate day-to-day project activities across teams and stakeholders
- Track project timelines, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables
- Follow up on action items and ensure tasks are completed on schedule Identify risks, issues, and blockers, and escalate when necessary
- Prepare and distribute project status reports and meeting notes
- Support communication between product, technology, business, and external teams
Data Analysis & Reporting
- Collect, clean, and analyze product, project, or business data
- Create dashboards, reports, and basic visualizations to track progress and performance Analyze user behavior, feature usage, and operational metrics
- Provide data-driven insights to support decision-making Assist in defining KPIs and success metrics for product initiatives
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field
- 2-3 years of experience in product management, project coordination, business analysis, or data analysis
- Strong organizational and time-management skills
- Basic understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies Ability to analyze data and clearly present insights
- Proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets (experience with SQL, Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools is a plus)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills High attention to detail with a problem-solving mindset
- Exposure to product management or software development projects
- Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Trello, Asana, or similar platforms
- Understanding of user experience (UX) concepts
- Experience working with cross-functional and remote teams
This is an hourly-based position and offers between $35-41/hr.
This job posting is for a current vacancy with our client. Our specialized recruiting professionals apply their expertise and utilize our proprietary AI to find you great job matches faster.
About Robert Half
Robert Half, the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm, connects opportunities at great companies with highly skilled job seekers. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for roles in finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support. Named to Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies and 100 Best Companies to Work For® lists and a Forbes Best Employer for Diversity, Robert Half is the parent company of Protiviti®. Robert Half is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: RHI) and is a member of the S&P 500 index.
Jr. Product Owner
About the role
We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Product Owner / Digital Project Coordinator to support product development and project execution for our client on an 11-month contract. This role is ideal for someone early in their product, business, or analytics career who enjoys working cross-functionally, staying organized, and using data to support decision-making.
The successful candidate will work closely with senior Product Owners, engineering, design, business stakeholders, and operations teams to ensure timely delivery of product initiatives and smooth day-to-day project coordination .
Responsibilities:
Product Ownership Support
- Assist senior Product Owners in defining product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria
- Maintain and help prioritize the product backlog under guidance Participate in sprint planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives
- Translate business needs into clear, actionable requirements for development teams Support product documentation and roadmap updates
Project Coordination
- Coordinate day-to-day project activities across teams and stakeholders
- Track project timelines, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables
- Follow up on action items and ensure tasks are completed on schedule Identify risks, issues, and blockers, and escalate when necessary
- Prepare and distribute project status reports and meeting notes
- Support communication between product, technology, business, and external teams
Data Analysis & Reporting
- Collect, clean, and analyze product, project, or business data
- Create dashboards, reports, and basic visualizations to track progress and performance Analyze user behavior, feature usage, and operational metrics
- Provide data-driven insights to support decision-making Assist in defining KPIs and success metrics for product initiatives
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Data Analytics, Information Systems, or a related field
- 2-3 years of experience in product management, project coordination, business analysis, or data analysis
- Strong organizational and time-management skills
- Basic understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies Ability to analyze data and clearly present insights
- Proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets (experience with SQL, Power BI, Tableau, or similar tools is a plus)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills High attention to detail with a problem-solving mindset
- Exposure to product management or software development projects
- Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Trello, Asana, or similar platforms
- Understanding of user experience (UX) concepts
- Experience working with cross-functional and remote teams
This is an hourly-based position and offers between $35-41/hr.
This job posting is for a current vacancy with our client. Our specialized recruiting professionals apply their expertise and utilize our proprietary AI to find you great job matches faster.
About Robert Half
Robert Half, the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm, connects opportunities at great companies with highly skilled job seekers. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for roles in finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support. Named to Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies and 100 Best Companies to Work For® lists and a Forbes Best Employer for Diversity, Robert Half is the parent company of Protiviti®. Robert Half is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (symbol: RHI) and is a member of the S&P 500 index.