Outsourced product owner: a dedicated product owner to manage your backlog
When the CEO or CTO also plays the product owner role, the backlog grows and developers wait for decisions. MaaSil recruits a dedicated product owner for you. They gather requirements, write user stories, prioritize the backlog and support your developers every sprint, within your tools.
What an outsourced product owner does
They connect your users' needs with your developers' work:
- Requirements gathering: discussions with users, business teams, support and management.
- Backlog: building, splitting and continuously prioritizing based on value and constraints.
- User stories: writing user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Scrum ceremonies: sprint planning, reviews and backlog refinement.
- Liaison with developers: answers to functional questions and decisions throughout the sprint.
- Acceptance testing: validating delivered features with your QA tester or your users.
- Roadmap: updating the roadmap and communicating it to stakeholders.
Which companies is it for?
This role suits SaaS software vendors, start-ups and companies that build their own tools, with an in-house or outsourced development team. It fits when the CEO, the CTO or a project manager plays this role part-time and product decisions are starting to slow down the sprints.
Skills and tools mastered
We look for experienced product owners, comfortable with both the functional and the technical side, assessed through practical case studies. Depending on your organization, they master for example:
- Agile methods: Scrum, Kanban, splitting into user stories, acceptance criteria.
- Backlog management: Jira, Azure DevOps, Linear, Trello.
- Documentation: Confluence, Notion, writing functional specifications.
- Design: reading and annotating Figma mockups, user journeys.
- Analysis: product metrics and AI-based assistants to summarize user feedback.
Why outsource a product owner with MaaSil
A lasting product vision
Our consultants stay on the same assignment for 3.5 years on average.
A demanding selection
Test battery, practical case studies and in-depth interviews, then a final interview conducted by you.
Little time difference
1 to 2 hours between Madagascar and Paris, to take part live in your ceremonies.
No HR management
MaaSil handles the contract, payroll, equipment and follow-up of the talent.
How does the recruitment process work?
- 1
Discovery
We analyze your business, your tools, your processes and the personal qualities you are looking for.
- 2
Search
We select the best profiles after a series of tests and in-depth interviews.
- 3
Final interview
You meet the shortlisted candidates and put them through your usual hiring process.
- 4
Start
The assignment begins with a supervised 2-month trial phase, with full integration into your tools.
Frequently asked questions
Can a remote product owner really get to know our users?
Yes, if they have access to the right sources: user interviews by video call, support tickets, sales feedback, usage data. They attend your business meetings like an in-house employee.
Product owner or project manager: which one to choose?
The product owner maximizes the value of a product by managing its backlog, in an agile way. The project manager leads a project bounded by deadlines, a budget and a scope. For software that evolves continuously, choose a product owner.
Who makes the product decisions?
You set the vision and the objectives. The product owner translates them into priorities and user stories, and makes day-to-day decisions within that framework.
How much does an outsourced product owner cost?
It depends on experience, product complexity and working time. Recruitment, contract, payroll and equipment are included. See our Pricing page or request a personalized quote.
Do you want to outsource this role?
Tell us about your needs: we will present profiles selected for your company.
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