How Can I Start a Career as a Product Owner?
If you are passionate about solving problems, that’s your chance! The market has thousands of open positions for Product Owners.
The market has many opportunities for you who want to be a Product Owner. If you search for Product Owner positions on LinkedIn, you will find thousands of companies looking for it. If you love solving problems and helping teams build meaningful solutions, this role suits you very well.
If you want to start a career as a Product Owner, how can you become a relevant candidate? I don’t have a precise answer for you, but I can share some learnings from my experience to clarify what to do.
Be aware. The Product Owner role is often misunderstood.
Companies don’t have a shared understanding of what it means to be a Product Owner. If you read ten job posts, you will find different expectations from each company. In my opinion, the Product Owner is the most misunderstood and complex role of Scrum. The reason is clear; Scrum is not enough to succeed as a Product Owner. You need more than Scrum to build meaningful products.
Being a Product Owner means you are the value maximizer for the customers and the business. But how you…
