Product Owner
Essentials
Job title: Product Owner
Location: Bucharest
Type: employment contract
Offer
Welcome package that you will feel like being part of the team.
Tailored career development plan.
Medical insurance.
Flexible working schedule
Client
Our client is one of the world’s leading web hosting and internet service providers, serving both private and commercial users.
Role
The team’s mission is to make having an online presence accessible for any busy small and medium business owners, by building an ecosystem of do-it-yourself services, spanning from website builder to online marketing, that our customers can use to be successful online.
As a Product Owner you will shape, maintain and communicate the product vision to the Development Team and key stakeholders across the company.
You will work with an Agile Development Team to fulfill the Team’s Mission of crafting a modern and accessible Online Presence ecosystem, identifying and developing key customer journeys across multiple touch-points, and integrating new Applications meant to help customers go online and grow their Online Presence.
You work with the Product Managers, Software Architects and the Development Team to ensure that business, quality and functional goals are met with each product release.
You are a key decision maker on priorities, roadmap and design decisions, and will be working with stakeholders across the company to ensure that everyone is aligned at each stage of the development lifecycle.
You constantly develop a deep understanding of the customer’s needs, and act as the customer champion when working with the Development team.
Responsibilities
Work with Product Managers and key stakeholders across the company to define goals and product features
Act as an ambassador for the product, internally and externally
Act as the primary point of contact for queries related to the product
Inspire development teams to deliver an exciting product and infuse an appropriate sense of urgency
Prioritise and manage the product backlog
Write user stories and groom the backlog together with the development team
Develop, gather and document requirements with an appropriate level of detail so that they are clearly understood by the Development Team
Define and measure success for Product releases by establishing important performance indicators and metrics to monitor and act upon
Make sure all Product Releases comply with Legal requirements for all markets where the company sells its Applications and Services
Work on defining quarterly OKRs with the team and actively participate in OKR heartbeats
Keep a close relationship with the Customer Care team, brief them on new product releases, and identify customer pain-points and Support calls drivers so that actions can be taken to reduce them
Attend the Development Team’s scrum ceremonies
Manage basic Project Management tasks for the Development Team, such as Release and Roadmap Planning, Capacity Planning, etc.
Be available for occasional travel to Germany (post-pandemic)
Requirements
Minimum 5 years of experience working as a Product Owner
Have been involved with high-scale SaaS products (hundreds of thousands to millions of customers)
Have worked with Agile Development Teams before
Good grasp on web technologies and how web applications work
You are a master of bringing your thoughts across in a simple way, understandable for different audiences (Engineering, Design, Commercial Management, Product Management, etc.)
Excellent written and spoken English
Great communication skills
Very good presentation skills
Conflict management skills
Nice to have
User Experience Design background or demonstrated affinity is a Plus (e.g: deeply involved within the design process)
Have worked on products targeting Small and Medium Businesses
Experience working with OKRs
Experience with developing for/with WordPress
Apply today
If you meet the minimum requirements and are interested in applying for this position, please send your details to careers@key-talents.com with “Product Owner ”, in the subject line.