
Product Ownership in Practice: Beyond Processes and Backlogs
After a year as a Senior Product Owner in CyberArk’s Platform Engineering division, I reflect on the invisible work the role truly demands. Beyond backlogs and roadmaps, this article explores the soft skills that prevent future debt, scale team thinking, and shape better decisions before code is written. It dives beneath job descriptions into how Product Owners influence architecture, delivery, and people—often measured by the problems that never happen.








