Lead Product Owner

We are looking for a Lead Product Owner to drive end-to-end delivery of security vulnerability remediation across a web application ecosystem. You will align stakeholders, translate security findings into actionable backlog items, and ensure timely validation and release.

Responsibilities

• Own and prioritize the security vulnerability remediation backlog
• Coordinate remediation delivery across engineering, QA, security, and business stakeholders
• Translate security findings into clear requirements, backlog items, and acceptance criteria
• Drive vulnerabilities through analysis, remediation, testing, validation, release, and closure
• Prioritize work by severity, business risk, deadlines, and technical dependencies
• Track progress, risks, blockers, dependencies, and remediation commitments
• Coordinate validation of findings from Veracode or similar SAST/SCA/DAST tools
• Facilitate planning and Agile ceremonies to ensure delivery commitments are met
• Coordinate release planning and regression and security validation
• Maintain clear status reporting and escalate critical risks or delays
• Support AI-assisted practices to improve analysis, remediation, testing, and team productivity

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner or Business Analyst
• Experience in backlog management, prioritization, and delivery planning
• Strong leadership skills coordinating engineering, QA, security, and business stakeholders
• Strong project management skills with dependency, risk, and commitment tracking
• Solid technical knowledge of web application security, OWASP risks, and remediation workflows
• Hands-on familiarity with SAST/SCA/DAST tools such as Veracode or similar
• Proficiency with Jira and Confluence for requirements, planning, and status reporting
• Strong analytical skills to translate findings into requirements and acceptance criteria
• Strong communication skills for clear status updates and proactive escalation
• Knowledge of GenAI for BA Productivity & SDLC, Product Management, Project Management, Project Team Management, and Stakeholder Management
• Upper-Intermediate English (B2) proficiency

Nice to have

• Agile and Scrum facilitation experience
• Understanding of common security vulnerabilities and remediation best practices

Benefits

• International projects with top brands
• Work with global teams of highly skilled, diverse peers
• Healthcare benefits
• Employee financial programs
• Paid time off and sick leave
• Upskilling, reskilling and certification courses
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning library and 22,000+ courses
• Global career opportunities
• Volunteer and community involvement opportunities
• EPAM Employee Groups
• Award-winning culture recognized by Glassdoor, Newsweek and LinkedIn