Technical Product Owner

Chyron is a global leader in products, services, and solutions for professional broadcast. As part of the Chyron team, you will be working with products that create content viewed by billions every day. We serve live television, news, and sports production, as well as other markets such as corporate, government, house of worship, esports and education. We offer the industry leading PRIME Live Platform, encompassing broadcast grade graphics, branding, augmented reality, video and audio mixing and more. Privately held, Chyron is headquartered in Melville, New York.

We are looking for a Technical Product Owner to join our software development team and act as the critical link between Product Management, Engineering, and key stakeholders. The Product Owner will translate product vision and strategy into actionable deliverables, ensuring the team builds high-value, user-centric solutions that align with business objectives. The role of Product Owner will own a product focused on virtual studios and augmented reality based on Unreal Engine. Using world class graphical fidelity to drive broadcasts augmented with virtual graphics all across the world.

This role requires strong communication, prioritization, and collaboration skills. You will manage the product backlog, write user stories, coordinate releases, and actively participate in Scrum ceremonies to drive the successful delivery of features and improvements.

Key Responsibilities

• Communicate the product vision by ensuring alignment between business objectives, product strategy, and development teams.
• Translate product roadmap into actionable User Stories that clearly capture customer needs, technical feasibility, and business value.
• Own and manage the product backlog , ensuring items are clearly defined, prioritized, and transparent to all stakeholders.
• Prioritize product needs , making informed trade-offs between scope, time, and budget to maximize business impact.
• Participate in Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, demos, and retrospectives.
• Facilitate cross-team communication between development (Frontend, Backend, DevOps), Product Management, Support, and UI/UX teams to ensure shared understanding of requirements and priorities.
• Gather and evaluate feedback at each iteration to continuously refine backlog items and product direction.
• Collaborate with UI/UX teams to influence and validate design decisions, ensuring the product delivers a delightful user experience.
• Work closely with DevOps teams to track dependencies, groom requirements, and ensure operational readiness for new features.
• Coordinate releases , ensuring development, QA, and stakeholders are prepared, scope is validated, and risks are mitigated before launch.

Requirements

• Proven experience as a Product Owner or in a similar product-facing role (Business Analyst, Product Manager, etc.) within an Agile/Scrum environment.
• Experience with Unreal Engine and technical background as developer or tester
• Strong understanding of Agile principles and hands-on experience with Scrum ceremonies and backlog management.
• Ability to write clear, actionable User Stories and acceptance criteria.
• Excellent communication skills, able to bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make informed trade-off decisions.
• Familiarity with software development processes, DevOps practices, and UI/UX design collaboration.
• Experience coordinating product releases and ensuring stakeholder alignment.

Nice to Have

• Certification such as CSPO (Certified Scrum Product Owner) or equivalent.
• Background in software engineering or UX/UI design.
• Experience with tools like Jira, Confluence, or similar Agile management tools .