Product Owner

Location: Mumbai / Pune (Work from Office)

Department: Product

Reports to: Director, Product Management

About the Role

Scitara is building the digital backbone for modern scientific laboratories. Our DLX platform connects instruments, apps, and data across the laboratory to help our customers achieve their data mobility, transformation, and analytics use cases.

We're looking for a senior level Product Owner who combines strong technical foundations with sharp product instincts and the ability to bring clarity in fast-moving, ambiguous environments. You'll lead product requirements end-to-end, work closely with Engineering and Quality, and shape platform capabilities that drive real customer impact.

If you're someone who is resourceful, analytical, curious, and comfortable building with limited information and evolving priorities - we'd love to meet you.

What You'll Own

Product Ownership & Backlog Excellence

• Own and refine the product backlog for DLX platform components
• Write crisp, detailed user stories with acceptance criteria (no fluff, just clarity)
• Partner with Engineering to ensure shared understanding and smooth delivery

Customer & Market Insight

• Deeply understand lab workflows, customer pain points, and integration challenges
• Convert customer conversations into actionable product requirements
• Stay aware of industry trends and best practices in platform/SaaS products

Delivery & Execution

• Work with Architects, Engineering, and Quality to ensure release readiness
• Track sprints, remove blockers, and keep improvements moving
• Define KPIs, measure outcomes, and adjust based on data

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Align with Engineering, UX, Customer Success, Sales, and Support
• Communicate decisions clearly across teams (especially during ambiguity)
• Share regular product updates that build trust and transparency

Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Suggest and prototype new ideas; validate fast with data
• Use AI tools (ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code, etc.) to accelerate research and refinement
• Continuously improve product documentation and internal processes
• Be hands-on with the product — test, break, refine

What You Bring

Experience

• 7+ years as a Product Owner / Product Manager
• SaaS experience is strongly preferred
• Experience as a software engineer or working closely with engineering teams

Technical Strength

• Understanding of APIs, system integrations, data flows
• Ability to break down and troubleshoot technical problems
• Working knowledge of at least one programming language (Python/JavaScript preferred)
• Comfortable using AI-assisted tools for research and technical analysis
• Exposure to AWS, Azure services

Product Skills

• Strong product sense and ability to convert problems into solutions
• Experience with user research, solution design, workflow mapping and prototyping
• Ability to deliver compelling demos

Behavioral Traits

• High ownership and bias for action
• Curiosity, learning agility, and comfort working with imperfect information
• Clear communicator who can simplify complex concepts

Nice to Have

• Experience with product lifecycle tools (JIRA, Canny, Figma, etc.)
• Exposure to AI/ML-driven products or platform capabilities

What Success Looks Like in 6 Months

• Brings structure and clarity to ambiguous requirements
• Ships features that show measurable customer impact
• Earns trust across engineering, quality, and customer-facing teams
• Drives innovation through small experiments and data-backed decisions
• Demonstrates strong understanding of the DLX platform and its technical foundations
• Demonstrates strong problem-solving and technical understanding