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Technical Product Owner @ Ocra

ChicagoRemoteFull-time
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About OcraOcra is an AI-powered Revenue Management System (RMS) and Global Distribution System (GDS) built for hotel parking assets. Hotels use Ocra to sell underutilized parking inventory through “parking OTAs” to non-guest customers looking to park near airports and event venues.

Ocra's team of parking revenue management experts drives revenue growth without adding labor or disrupting operations, helping hotels increase net operating income (NOI) while never compromising parking for hotel guests and staff.

Ocra partners with 50+ operators and 25+ hotel groups at 600+ locations. The company has raised $10M, most recently an oversubscribed $5M round co-led by Trestle Partners and MCR Hotels.

About The RoleAs the Technical Product Owner, you are responsible for day-to-day delivery execution. This role is squarely focused on turning business needs into clear, actionable engineering work and ensuring that work ships predictably and at quality. You are the primary owner of tickets, requirements, sprint flow, and delivery coordination—not long-range roadmap ownership.

You act as the connective tissue between stakeholders and engineering, ensuring the team always knows what to build, why it matters, and when it is done.

Responsibilities

Delivery & Sprint ExecutionLead core agile ceremonies: standups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives

Own sprint execution: manage scope, dependencies, risks, and blockers

Maintain visibility into delivery health, throughput, and progress

Remove operational, technical, and cross-functional obstacles

Ensure stories are sprint-ready and QA standards are met

Communicate clear, consistent status updates to stakeholders

Technical Product OwnershipTranslate business needs into clear, outcome-driven requirements

Write well-scoped user stories with explicit acceptance criteria

Groom and prioritize the backlog based on value, urgency, and constraints

Ensure backlog readiness before sprint planning

Balance feature delivery, technical debt, and operational needs

Make real-time scope and priority decisions as constraints evolve

Review completed work and accept/reject based on defined standards

Maintain visibility into PDLC readiness, dependencies, and upcoming work

QualificationsExperience in agile delivery management and/or technical product ownership

Proven ability to run sprints and drive execution in fast-paced environments

Strong competency writing clear, buildable, testable user stories

Experience managing backlogs and prioritizing against business impact

Comfortable making scope and tradeoff decisions under time constraints

Strong cross-functional communication and stakeholder management skills

Detail-oriented with a focus on throughput, clarity, and shipped outcomes

Hands-on, execution-driven mindset with engineering-first thinking

BenefitsCompetitive salary w/ ancillary earning opportunities

Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, & vision

Flexible work-from-anywhere policy

Unlimited PTO that supports work-life balance

Stock option incentive plan

Company-sponsored 401k

Opportunity to work in a dynamic and growing company

Collaborative and supportive work environment

Training and ongoing professional development

Skills

Engineering

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