Delivery Lead / Proxy Product Owner

UKAD is looking for an experienced Delivery Lead / Proxy Product Owner to join a long-term product development initiative for one of our international SaaS clients.

This role is ideal for someone with a strong engineering background who has evolved into delivery leadership. You understand software development deeply enough to speak the language of architects and engineers, but your primary focus is delivery excellence, stakeholder communication, planning, risk management, and turning business priorities into successful outcomes.

You will work closely with product leadership, architects, and engineering teams to drive roadmap execution, maintain delivery transparency, and ensure predictable, high-quality releases.

About the Project

Our client develops a mature SaaS platform built on Microsoft Azure, .NET, and Angular. The product serves business customers and continues to expand its capabilities across reporting, billing, automation, decision support, user experience, data services, security, and AI-enabled functionality.

The platform is delivered through Azure DevOps and follows modern cloud-native engineering practices.

The client already has established product and architecture leadership. Your role will be to help transform strategic priorities into effective execution and ensure that delivery remains aligned, transparent, and predictable.

Technology Environment

You won't be expected to code on a daily basis, but you should be comfortable operating in a highly technical environment and discussing solutions with engineers.

The product ecosystem includes:

• .NET / C# backend development
• ASP.NET Core APIs
• Angular frontend applications
• Microsoft Azure cloud services
• Azure-native architecture
• Azure DevOps Boards, Repositories, Pipelines, and Reporting
• Data engineering and reporting services
• CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Observability, security, and DevSecOps
• AI-assisted development and delivery practices

What You'll Do

• Act as the day-to-day delivery lead for the product development team
• Translate roadmap priorities into actionable delivery plans and sprint-ready work
• Ensure backlog readiness, prioritization alignment, and delivery transparency
• Coordinate sprint planning, reviews, retrospectives, and delivery ceremonies
• Identify, track, and mitigate delivery risks and dependencies
• Maintain visibility of progress, blockers, and key decisions
• Work closely with product leadership to operationalize roadmap priorities
• Coordinate activities across multiple engineering disciplines and stakeholders
• Help maintain a single, integrated product team culture
• Manage expectations, facilitate communication, and drive alignment between business and engineering teams
• Support planning and coordination across both local and international team members

What We're Looking For

• Strong software engineering background, ideally in .NET / Microsoft technologies
• Previous experience as a Delivery Lead, Technical Project Manager, Engineering Manager, Technical Product Owner, Scrum Master, or Tech Lead with delivery responsibilities
• Experience leading software development teams of approximately 6–10 people
• Strong understanding of Agile delivery practices and product development lifecycles
• Ability to work effectively with architects, developers, QA engineers, and business stakeholders
• Experience managing delivery risks, dependencies, scope, and stakeholder expectations
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Ability to create structure, clarity, and accountability without introducing unnecessary bureaucracy
• Strong ownership mindset and outcome-oriented approach
• Fluent English communication skills

Nice to Have

• Previous hands-on experience with .NET, Azure, or Angular environments
• Experience with SaaS products
• Experience working with distributed or international teams
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps
• Exposure to data platforms, reporting solutions, or analytics products
• Experience working in environments that use AI-assisted engineering practices

What Success Looks Like

• Roadmap priorities are translated into predictable delivery
• Sprint goals are consistently achieved
• Risks and dependencies are identified early and managed proactively
• Stakeholders have clear visibility into progress and delivery status
• Product leadership spends less time coordinating and more time driving strategy
• Engineering teams operate efficiently with minimal management overhead

What we offer

• Opportunity to work remotely, or in a hybrid format
• Flexible schedule, start your workday anytime between 08:00 and 11:00, whatever works best for you
• Work equipment provided (if needed)
• Minimal bureaucracy, focus on work
• Conferences, meetups (we support your professional growth)
• Sane and polite, but effective management
• The best corporate culture (according to our teammates' opinions)
• Competitive salary and other stuff
• Becoming a part of UKAD with unique value and long-term relationships

Some facts about UKAD to help you make a decision

During 2022-2025, we only increased cooperation with our foreign partners

UKAD combines the benefits of family-sized companies, like no bureaucracy, easy access to the executives, with sustainable growth and vast opportunities

Our company is strong enough to be not just a vendor but a tech partner. We can afford to choose customers that respect developers

UKAD is one of the leading employers in Kharkiv, according to DOU

We never hire people for projects, but to build the team, so if the project ends, you remain a part of UKAD.

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