(Senior) Product Owner (w/m/d) at aedifion GmbH

• Experience: You have at least 5 years of professional experience in software development or technical product management. Ideally, you have already worked in SaaS environments and are familiar with the specific challenges of cloud-based products.
• Technical Expertise: You have in-depth knowledge of software architectures, API design, and agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban, you understand technical contexts in depth and can competently evaluate architectural decisions.
• Communication Skills: You effortlessly build bridges between technical and non-technical stakeholders by communicating complex technical issues in an understandable way while translating business requirements into tech language.
• Process-Driven Approach: Through strategic planning, you design effective workflows, monitor for critical interdependencies, and identify challenges proactively before they result in delays.
• Decisiveness & Leadership Competence: You make confident, clear decisions and stick to them, even when challenges arise – through your interpersonal skills and your talent for leading and inspiring teams without a formal leadership position.
• Language Skills: Fluent English at C2 level enables you to communicate confidently in international teams; German language skills are an advantage.

• End-to-end ownership: You take full responsibility for features throughout the entire development cycle from initial requirements analysis and technical implementation to successful release and beyond.
• Process moderation: As a moderator, you ensure consistent adherence to agile development processes such as Scrum or Kanban by defining clear responsibilities, setting timelines, and guiding the team through structured meetings.
• Technical requirements management: Translating complex business requirements into precise technical specifications and user stories, always taking into account architectural decisions, API design, system integrations, and technical feasibility.
• Cross-functional Coordination: You professionally orchestrate collaboration between different teams frontend, backend, DevOps, and other stakeholders and ensure that everyone involved works in sync and pursues common goals.
• Dependency Management: You proactively identify dependencies between teams, features, and technical components, manage them systematically, and ensure that blockers are identified and resolved early on.
• Stakeholder Communication: You communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders on an equal footing, translate between business and tech language, and ensure that all parties involved are always kept informed in a transparent manner.
• Commitment tracking: Consistently track team commitments, hold the team accountable for agreed goals, and deal with delays or deviations constructively but firmly, even in the face of resistance.

At aedifion, we welcome applications from people of all gender identities, nationalities, ethnic backgrounds, social origins, religious beliefs, physical and mental abilities, age groups, and sexual orientations. We particularly encourage applications from women.

• Make an Impact: Your work helps reduce CO₂ emissions and make buildings more sustainable and energy-efficient.
• Mobile Work: Shape your workday to fit your lifestyle – with flexible working hours, a short core working time, and the freedom to work from our modern office in Cologne, remotely from anywhere in Germany, or up to 10 days per year from other European countries.
• Long-Term Perspective: After your probation period, we offer you a permanent employment contract.
• Feel-Good Perks: Enjoy 30 days of annual vacation to recharge, plus fresh organic fruit, regional coffee, free drinks, and a monthly team breakfast to power your day.
• Professional Development: We support your growth with tailored training and development opportunities to advance your career.
• Tech Stack: You'll receive modern equipment of your choice – Microsoft or Apple – and high-quality noise-cancelling headphones for focused work.
• Mobility Package: Stay mobile with your choice of the Deutschland-Ticket or a JobRad – for commuting or personal use.
• Retirement & Savings: We contribute to capital-forming benefits (VWL) or your company pension plan (bAV).
• #teamaedifion: Regular team events, collaboration at eye level, active knowledge sharing, and flat hierarchies foster a strong team spirit and open communication.
• Dog-Friendly Office: Bring your dog along – we're happy to welcome four-legged team members too!