Product Owner - Aftersales Supply Chain Logistics

Job Title: Product Owner

What You Will Do

As a Product Owner (PO), you will be a key member of the Agile team, responsible for maximizing the value delivered by ensuring that the team backlog aligns with customer needs and stakeholder expectations. As part of the extended Product Management function, you will act as the primary customer advocate and the bridge between business and technology strategy.

Your role enables the team to balance multiple stakeholder needs while continuously evolving the solution to meet business goals.

Key Responsibilities

Contributing to Vision and Roadmap

• Understand market forces and customer expectations
• Represent the end user throughout the product lifecycle
• Assist with Agile Release Train (ART) backlog prioritization
• Educate the ART during PI Planning sessions

Connecting with the Customer

• Build a deep understanding of customers and stakeholders
• Identify key problems to be solved
• Develop end-to-end product solutions

Managing and Prioritizing the Team Backlog

• Guide and elaborate user story creation
• Prioritize backlog items based on business value
• Accept completed stories
• Support the architectural runway

Supporting the Agile Team

• Balance diverse stakeholder perspectives
• Foster built-in quality within the team
• Actively participate in team and ART events

Gathering and Applying Feedback

• Test benefit hypotheses
• Obtain feedback from customers and stakeholders
• Share insights with the ART to evolve the solution design

As a PO, you are ultimately responsible for ensuring the right solutions are built the right way. You serve as a critical link between Product Management and the Agile team, ensuring bi-directional flow of information from strategy through execution. This role also requires you to step into Product Manager responsibilities when needed.

Qualifications

• Engineering graduate with 7+ years of experience as a Product Owner or Product Manager
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English

Preferred Qualifications

• Added advantage: Knowledge on Supply Chain Logistics, Exposure to Product Management Tools
• German language proficiency
• Understanding of vehicle networks and control units