About this role
Primary Position Objectives The Product Owner will play a key part in generating technical software requirements for development teams and facilitating release cycles. They will:
• Understand IDT products and services, and how to translate requirements into well-defined user stories with clear acceptance criteria. • Facilitate Agile Development and Delivery, ensuring smooth sprint execution • Work closely with Product Managers and Engineering teams to ensure the roadmap aligns with technical capabilities and constraints Key responsibilities Product Development and Backlog Management
• Create and maintain a detailed software backlog with clear priorities aligned with Product Management and Software teams.
• Write user stories with clear acceptance criteria and work with development teams to ensure accurate implementation. • Lead agile meetings like sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives. • Become a subject matter expert, facilitate demos to different teams when necessary. • Maintain software product documentation, accounting for regulatory and best practices. Cross-functional Collaboration
• Work closely with development, marketing, sales, and quality teams to ensure smooth product development and launches. • Facilitate product testing and validation to ensure technical requirements and user needs are met. • Ensure timely delivery of features that meet quality standards and business goals. Your profile
• 3 – 5 years of Product Owner or Product Management, hands-on experience managing software development projects and working with engineering teams. • Experience working in Agile environments, including backlog refinement, sprint planning, and stakeholder management. • Experience in software development, system architecture, APIs, cloud platforms, or DevOps. Prior experience as a developer, engineer, or technical business analyst is a plus. • Proven ability to work closely with engineering, UX/UI, QA, and business teams to deliver technical products. • Experience engaging with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, translating business needs into technical requirements. • Able to work in a multi-cultural environment, balancing the needs of different stakeholders. Your skills
• Managing Atlassian Cloud, Azure DevOps, or similar
• Understanding of APIs, microservices, databases, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), CI/CD pipelines. • Understanding of Scrum, Kanban, SAFe frameworks. • Problem solving and critical thinking, ability to break down complex technical issues and work with teams to find solutions. • Strong communication skills, translating technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and vice versa. • Influencing engineering teams, aligning stakeholders, and making trade-off decisions. Academic
• English C1 + any other European languages • Bachelors in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical field. • Certifications (Nice-to-Have): • Atlassian certifications for Jira and Confluence • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) • SAFe Product Owner/Product Manager (SAFe POPM) • Professional Scrum Product Owner (PSPO)