Arcadea Group | Product Owner

<p><strong>About Arcadea Group</strong></p> <p>Arcadea Group is a long-hold equity firm focused on scaling vertical market software businesses. Recruitment for this role is conducted by WMI, an Arcadea Group company, on behalf of Arcadea Group.</p> <p><strong>About the Role</strong></p> <p>We're looking for a Product Owner to turn defined product initiatives into shipped, high-quality software across a portfolio of vertical software businesses. These initiatives span both traditional applications and AI-driven products. This is a hands-on execution role for someone who is highly organized, ramps into new domains fast, and uses AI to work faster and sharper. 100% remote position, engaged as an independent contractor (PJ).</p> <p><strong>What You'll Do</strong></p> <ul> <li>Take defined initiatives and own them through execution and delivery.</li> <li>- Learn each product's domain quickly and work directly with customers and business stakeholders to capture the context behind clear requirements.</li> <li>- Define the MVP for each initiative: scope the smallest release that delivers real value, and sequence what comes next.</li> <li>- Translate requirements into user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and development specs.</li> <li>- Build full, high-fidelity prototypes that look and behave like the real product to align delivery teams and stakeholders.</li> <li>- Lead the day-to-day delivery rhythm with developers and keep stakeholders updated on progress, blockers, and risks.</li> <li>- Build, prioritize, and maintain sprint-ready backlogs, and support testing, demos, and defect tracking.</li> </ul> <p><strong>What We're Looking For</strong></p> <ul> <li>Skilled at defining MVPs and prioritizing backlogs against customer value and delivery constraints.</li> <li>- Proven ability to run multiple projects, teams, and backlogs at the same time without dropping quality.</li> <li>- Genuine interest and comfort using AI tooling in your daily workflow. AI is central to how we work across many products and domains.</li> <li>- Familiarity with frameworks for running development teams (e.g., Scrum, Kanban) and the judgment to apply the right one.</li> <li>- Confident leading meetings with developers, customers, and business stakeholders.</li> <li>- Strong communication through clear written requirements and high-fidelity prototypes.</li> <li>- Highly organized and delivery-focused, comfortable in industries with regulatory or operational complexity.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Education &amp; Experience</strong></p> <ul> <li>3+ years as a Product Owner writing requirements and supporting delivery teams.</li> <li>- Experience across multiple domains, or a strong vertical software background, with a track record of getting up to speed in a new domain fast.</li> <li>- Fluent in Portuguese and advanced/professional English (required). You will work daily with both Brazilian and international teams, customers, and stakeholders.</li> <li>- Bachelor's degree in Business, Product Design, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.</li> </ul> <p><strong>Preferred</strong></p> <p>- Deep, hands-on AI fluency: you use AI across your workflow, from building high-fidelity prototypes to backlog creation to building the skills and agents that generate development specs, and you know how to make that output trustworthy.</p>