Job description
We build tech with art at the heart.
Artest is a product-focused tech company based in Yerevan. We design products, build software systems, and grow a strong quality culture — with art at the heart of everything we do. We believe every professional should feel seen, inspired, and trusted. At Artest, we’ve created a space where ideas come to life through collaboration, passion, and precision.
We’re looking for a Product Owner to join our team in** Yerevan, Armenia.**
✅ Key responsibilities:
🔹 Gather ** Functional ** and ** non ** - ** Functional ** ** requirements **, maintain and verify requirements as well.
🔹 Manage Product Backlog: formulating the list of backlog items and prioritizing them as per the critical business objectives.
🔹 Backlog Refinement: ability to prioritize, enhance, and finalize the items with the team before the sprint planning.
🔹 Define Acceptance Criteria for their Product: the Product Owner must know what they want their product features to achieve.
🔹 Define Sprint Objectives.
🔹 Review and approve the work done by the development team: the product owner inspects the product increment made by the development team in each iteration, from design preparation to production release verification.
🔹 Provide effective communication to the stakeholders of the project : the Product Owner is the central communicator between the development team and the stakeholders.
🔹 Create and Maintain Epics, Stories, Use and Edge Cases .
🔹 Participate in OKR planning .
✅ Requirements:
🔹 Experience: At least **3 years **as a Product Owner or similar role (Business Analyst, System Analyst, Quality Assurance Analyst).
🔹 Skills Requirements:
To execute tasks, technical understanding is required in the following areas:
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Requirements lifecycle
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Product backlog management
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Product development architecture
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Scrum and Agile development methodologies
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User experience principles
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Coding and designing (nice to have)
🔹 Communication Skills (Proficient in English).
🔹 Analytical Skills: ability to analyze various issues and find workable solutions as quickly as possible.
🔹 Organizational skills.
🔹 Leadership: You will lead a team (without being a manager), therefore you must be able to demonstrate effective leadership techniques.
🔹 Professional Certification: PSPO level 1 or similar, but not a requirement.
✅ We offer excellent benefits, including but not limited to:
🏖️ 20 vacation days 🤕 Sick leave - 6 days 👶 Paternity leave - 5 days 🏥 Private Medical insurance 🎁 Birthday, Wedding, Newborn gifts 🏋🏼♂️ Sport - 50% coverage 🎾 Tennis/Paddle lessons - 50% coverage 🔡 Language learning opportunities - 50% coverage 🎭 Company activities and team-building events** **