Associate Technical Product Owner - Strong English Communication Required

Summary

Join Aperia Solutions, a leader in SaaS solutions for the Payments and Compliance industries. Aperia is a Texas-based fintech and managed consultancy firm that creates custom SaaS applications and other software-based solutions for the payments, banking, and processing industry. Founded in 1999, Aperia offers business intelligence, risk management, compliance, and customer intelligence platforms. With offices in Dallas, Washington DC, and Vietnam, Aperia is a fast-paced, global organization that strives to improve efficiency in compliance, risk, and customer service operations. Aperia’s clients include banks, processors, payment facilitators, merchant service providers, independent sales organizations, and government entities. A career at Aperia promises a great challenge, culture, and opportunities to forge your own path. 

Job Description

We’re looking for an Associate Product Owner to support the Product Owner in collaborating closely with client, translating product direction into clear, actionable work for our software delivery teams. You’ll help define requirements, write user stories, maintain a healthy backlog, and assist with sprint execution in an Agile environment.

This role is ideal for someone early in their product/BA career who is structured, detail-oriented, and eager to learn how to build and ship SaaS products in the Payments and Compliance space.

Core Responsibilities

• Take ownership of assigned features from requirement clarification through development, testing, and production release, with guidance from Product Owner or Product Manager as needed.
• Translate product needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and development-ready tasks.
• Support backlog management: organize items, keep statuses updated, track dependencies, and prepare work for refinement/planning.
• Partner with developers and QA to clarify requirements, answer questions, and reduce rework through better definition upfront.
• Collaborate with the UI/UX team to translate business requirements and user needs into clear, implementable mockups and user flows, ensuring designs align with functional requirements and technical feasibility.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (refinement, planning, review, retro); capture decisions and follow up on action items.
• Produce clear and precise written artifacts, including requirements, acceptance criteria, Jira documentation, investigation notes, and communication with stakeholders and engineering team.
• Assist with release execution tasks such as scope confirmation, UAT coordination support, and release notes drafting.
• Communicate effectively with Vietnam and US stakeholders to gather inputs, confirm understanding, and keep work moving.

Technical Skills

• At least 1-year full-time experience in Product Owner role.
• Experience in fully delivering one feature from business requirement to production.
• Strong English skills to communicate with global stakeholders.
• Solid knowledge of product development cycle process.
• Ability to write clear, structured documentation (user stories, acceptance criteria, step-by-step behaviors).
• Strong attention to detail and comfort working with multiple small tasks across teams.
• Familiarity with Agile basics (Scrum/Kanban): sprints, backlog, refinement, definition of done/ready.
• Comfortable using tools such as Azure DevOps/Jira, Confluence, and Microsoft 365 (or equivalents).

Things that separate you from the rest: 

• Experience working with SaaS products or B2B platforms.
• Exposure to payments, security, compliance, or fintech domains.
• Basic technical literacy: APIs, logs, data fields, file formats, or SQL basics.
• Experience supporting cloud-related initiatives (e.g., Azure) in any capacity.

What will make you successful in this role

• You ask clarifying questions early and document decisions clearly.
• You can break down a request into small, testable requirements.
• You follow up reliably and keep stakeholders aligned on “what’s decided vs what’s pending.”
• You continuously improve by learning from defects, feedback, and delivery outcomes.

Education: Relevant training or certifications in product management, business analysis, or a related field. 

Job Type

• Full-Time

Schedule

• Monday to Friday

Work Location (Hybrid): WFH in Friday, 4 days at office: The Six8 Building: 24 Phan Dinh Giot, Tan Binh District, HCMC

Benefits

• Competitive Salary Package – Enjoy a rewarding income from day one.
• Security from the Start – Full salary during probation plus complete social insurance coverage.
• Premium Health Insurance – Comprehensive protection for you and your loved one (spouse/children).
• Family-Friendly Benefits – Monthly childcare support to make parenting easier.
• Generous Leave Policies – 15 days annual leave, 6 weeks paternity leave, and 10 days bereavement leave.
• Premium Welcome Kit & Special Gifts – Thoughtfully selected welcome package and occasional gifts for employees
• Active Lifestyle – Join our vibrant clubs: Football, Billiards, Badminton, and E-sports...