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Hiring a Product Owner? Avoid copying job specs from the internet

Learn what makes an effective Product Owner, why generic job specs fall short, and which key responsibilities and skills are essential for true product leadership and success.

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Hiring a Product Owner? Don’t just copy-paste a job spec from the internet. A real PO isn’t just a requirements collector or project manager—they own product success.

Here’s what a strong Product Owner actually does:

And here’s the hard truth: one person alone cannot do all of this at scale. POs delegate, but they remain accountable. If a PO is just taking orders, someone else is actually running the product—and that’s a problem.

If your PO is buried in admin work instead of driving outcomes, you don’t have a real PO. You have a backlog secretary.

What’s the biggest gap in most Product Owner job descriptions you’ve seen?

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