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Product Lead

Product Lead

The person who will be responsible for:

  • ensuring the problem is prioritised appropriately,
  • gathering requirements, and
  • coordinating the creation and refinement of functional and non-functional specifications.

This person is accountable for ensuring the planned solution is aligned with the overarching product strategy and adds measurable value to the product.

They are also responsible for describing changes to product behaviour to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Owner Governance Area Responsibility
Product Lead Requirements Definition The person responsible for gathering, sorting and refining requirements, and consolidating them into a specification
Product Lead Release Planning Usually the person responsible for describing product changes, brought about by the release, to Problem Stakeholders