Product Owner - Monitor

Career Fulfillment & Culture

People come to work for Deque because of what we do: enable businesses and organizations to make their sites and apps accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities. The personal fulfillment employees feel here is unparalleled. In addition to the altruistic nature of our jobs, the organizational structure is extremely flat and welcoming. Women-owned and operated, Deque CEO Preety Kumar is internationally revered for her down-to-earth personality and work ethic. Deque's core values are central to our culture of customer satisfaction. Do you share them?

• Innovation with results that matter

• Deliver what you promise

• Can-do attitude

• Open, direct & respectful communications

• We care deeply

• We practice humility

At Deque, you’ll work with the best and brightest minds in the industry, sharing best practices, tackling new issues and uncovering new approaches. Accessibility Consultants at Deque also love their jobs because of the support systems in place.

Deque experts regularly contribute to W3C Accessibility Working Groups and collectively hold more CPACC, WAS, & CPWA certifications issued by the IAAP than any accessibility testing company in the world.

Position Description

Deque Systems is looking for an execution-focused Product Owner to orchestrate the development of two of our flagship products, axe Monitor and axe Reports. The Product Owner will be responsible for maintaining the backlog, running sprints, and delivering releases. They will work with the engineering leads to define and maintain metrics to track the effectiveness of the development team. They will work with the QA team to ensure that product releases are high quality and will proactively communicate with all stakeholders to make the releases of our products smooth and seamless.

Primary Responsibilities

• Maintain prioritized backlogs that balance roadmap features, tech debt, bug fixes and customer tickets 

• Work with customer support to resolve issues

• Communicate regularly with the Product Manager about roadmap progress, team capacity, and risks to meeting the goals

• Write tickets with clear and complete acceptance criteria

• Schedule and facilitate team events, such as standup, refinement, planning, demo, and retro

• Set objectives for the team that reflect current product priorities

• Collaborate with the development leads and Product Manager to set release dates

• Work with QA and development to ensure complete and efficient development and testing

• Maintain team metrics and prioritize automation to improve the development processes

• Own the release process by ensuring quality requirements are met, preparing internal teams, delivering documentation, and scheduling the release.

Requirements

• Experience as a scrum master or product owner

• Agile development expertise

• Previous experience with enterprise software products

• Excellent communication skills

• Excellent prioritization and coordination skills

Additional Skills

• Accessibility knowledge and experience would be a plus.

• Developer tools knowledge and experience would be a plus e.g., command line applications, APIs, git, GitHub/GitLab, Continuous Integration tools

About Deque

Deque (pronounced dee-cue) is a web accessibility software and services company, and our mission is Digital Equality.  We believe everyone, regardless of their ability, should have equal access to the information, services, applications, and everything else on the web.

We work with enterprise-level businesses and organizations to ensure that their sites and mobile apps are accessible. With over 475,000 extensions installed and over 5,000 audit projects completed, Deque is the industry standard. Join our growing family as we work to make the web a better place for everyone.

Job Location

Remote

How to Apply

Apply by submitting your resume and a cover letter. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.  

In your cover letter: 

• Explain your interest in joining Deque and how you align with our Core Values

• Depict key attributes that differentiate you as a candidate

Deque is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to hiring a diverse work team (EEO/AA). Reference and background checks will be required.

Thank you for your interest in joining our exciting company!