As an NS1 Product Owner, you will be guiding a team of agile engineers ensuring they are successfully executing against product strategy and have a unified vision they are working towards. You will be building proper requirements to hit our customer demands and future product vision. 

You will be working hand in hand with the product managers, the engineers, and the engineering managers to help deliver on a roadmap and be part of the iterative process in product design.

About us:

NS1 has transformed the way the internet works by automating the deployment and delivery of the world’s most trafficked internet and enterprise applications. Its application networking stack modernizes DNS, DHCP, and IPAM — the familiar and universal foundations of all network and internet services — to unlock unprecedented automation, visibility, and control. NS1 has more than 600 enterprise customers worldwide, including LinkedIn, Dropbox, and The Guardian, and is backed by investments from Energy Impact Partners, Dell Technologies Capital, Cisco Investments, and GGV Capital.

You will:

• Maintain and communicate the vision of what should be built to the agile team
• Work with engineering managers, product line leaders, and technical product owner to  drive roadmap and backlog prioritization and refinement.
• Assess value, develop cases, and prioritize stories, epics and themes to ensure work focuses on those with maximum value that are aligned with product strategy
• Work with the engineering service team tech lead to choose technical approaches that meet customer needs while meeting business constraints (e.g. committed dates)
• Perform user acceptance testing
• Provide backlog management, iteration planning, and elaboration of requirements using user stories
• Work with customer design partners to validate requirements, assumptions, and designs to ensure value is delivered
• Map out project dependencies to inform the necessary sequence of development

Ideally, you’ll bring:

• 3+ years working with software delivery teams
• Experience working on highly technical and distributed systems
• Experience interacting directly with customers and users.
• Comfortable working with distributed teams, facilitating communication, and managing work-tracking software.
• Experience eliciting requirements and feedback from product users and business stakeholders
• Extra kudos for some coding experience (any language)

Working at NS1:

We’re a fast-growing, well-funded startup based in the heart of New York City’s Financial District with offices and team members around the world. Working at NS1, you’ll come to understand our team is unique, both in and out of the workplace. We have PhDs, musicians, artists, and athletes working side by side, dedicated to delivering first class products. We’re hardworking, but we're also a compassionate group. We understand that outside of NS1 is a world that places demands on our time. Our leadership team is dedicated to open and honest communication and we continuously strive to foster a culture of transparency, flexibility, and creativity. We were chosen as one of BuiltinNYC’s Top 50 Startups to watch in 2019 and closed our $40M Series D in July 2020.

Benefits:

For all employees, we offer:

• Competitive compensation, including new hire and recurring stock options 
• Flexible hours, time off and work from home options (even prior to COVID-19!)
• Choice of laptop and supplemental allowance for workstation accessories
• In house wellness programming and education
• Access to employee-led affinity and social awareness groups
• “Funtivities” calendar - employees can participate in culture building workplace activities ranging from happy hours, holiday events and special interest activities 
• Quarterly giving campaign to charities and social causes

In addition to the above, we offer US Employees:

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Unlimited vacation time with a mandatory minimum utilized each year
• 401k through Betterment
• Commuter benefits (which we’ll use even more often once we return to the office!)
• An outstanding parental leave policy of up to 18 weeks (12 of which can be consecutive)

NS1 champions diversity - we welcome and employ people regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, gender identity, genetic information, parental or pregnancy status, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or Veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.