Technical Product Owner - E-commerce
We are looking for you to lead the development process from concept to implementation of innovative e-commerce applications. Are you an analytical thinker with strong communication skills? Complex system architectures and technical dependencies motivate you? We are keen to meet YOU!
RESPONSIBILITIES
> Define the product vision, product brief and development roadmap for mobile & web-based e-commerce products together with stakeholders > Be the key account manager to identify and align requirements with stakeholders together with project managers > Define clear, well designed and distinct user stories derived from requirements > Create, manage and prioritize the product backlog > Generate user stories and manage the product backlogs in order to guide the development team and to form the product > Take over the responsibility for the work of an interdisciplinary development team (Backend Developer, Frontend Developer, Frontend Designer, UX Designer, Mobile Developer,…) > Set up a most suitable development methodology for your development team (agile/scrum/…) > Take over the role as “development team’s advocate”: communicate and stand in for your colleagues needs towards management and stakeholders > Represent “the customer’s voice”: take in the customer’s perspective and transport the product vision into the development team > Include user-centered development methodologies (research, persona, customer journey, prototyping, user tests,…) into the development setup > Research market trends and derive product development strategies > Initialize continuous development and actively shape the product > Transfer requirements to other products and projects > Take over accountability for product status and development progress, including estimation and tracking of development efforts > Accept development artifacts, conduct stakeholder reviews and communicate the product status to all involved parties
REQUIREMENTS
> Completed degree (diploma / master) in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Marketing or comparable working experience > Industry background in website, web app or mobile development projects > 4+ years hands-on experience as Product Owner in the field of e-commerce (Magento, WordPress, WooCommerce,…) > 4+ experience in Design Thinking and conducting interdisciplinary workshops > Experience with Digital Marketing analysis tools and concepts (SEO, SEM, inbound marketing, email marketing, Google Analytics, Heatmaps, Hubspot, Retargeting…) > 4+ experience in requirements management > Experience with Jira / GIT / … > Enjoy to represent and consider the customers’ voice within development decisions > Basic entrepreneurial thinking and experience with digital marketing > Rudimentary understanding of Frontend (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript,…) and Backend technologies > Like to lead an interdisciplinary, dynamic and multicultural team > Test/Quality Manager as well Product Owner certificates (e.g. Agile, Scrum,…) will be considered an advantage > Communication and negotiation skills are considered your strength > English: business fluent > Comfortable and thriving working in an agile software development environment > Naturally curious and boundless enthusiasm to learn new technologies
BENEFITS
> Competitive compensation, extraordinary pension plan, profit sharing and various benefits in the areas of sport/health, work/life, mobility and fun > Highly innovative, agile and unique team with a great working culture > Some of the most prestigious customers in high-tech > Freedom to try out and use new technologies > An extraordinarily good work environment with many nations who grow and work hand in hand to meet those challenges > Transparency and room for new initiatives and ideas > Room for independence, personal growth and creativity > Professional development concept including constant individual trainings > Individual guidance and mentoring from your start > Team events on a regular basis
