Product Owner

• Lead the vision for the product, defining its strategic direction and purpose
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including Development, Infrastructure, Design, QA, and Customer Success, to build products that fulfill market needs
• Create and prioritize the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs
• Take ownership of the product throughout its lifecycle, from ideation through launch and beyond
• Analyze product metrics to make informed decisions, identify areas of improvement, and measure success
• Actively monitor open-source developments to understand their impact on the product.
• Ensure that the product aligns with the overall company vision and long-term strategy
• Provide strong leadership and effective line management by setting clear expectations, conducting regular performance reviews, supporting career development, and fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement

Do you have experience in Scrum?, Do you have a Master's degree?, * Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role in agile teams

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Business, or a related field
• Strong understanding of end-to-end product development processes, software architectures, market research, customer engagement, and usability testing
• Ability to work collaboratively with technical and non-technical team members alike
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Familiarity with modern product management tools (e.g., Jira, Asana) and methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban)
• Bonus: Experience in the automotive industry, supply chain or B2B software solutions

• Hybrid working model
• Balanced work-life balance with flexible working hours
• Annual training budget for continuous professional and personal development (1.500 EUR)
• Free choice of hardware, including private use
• Monthly lunch subsidy (up to 112 EUR)
• Deutschland Ticket and Job Bike for environmentally friendly mobility options
• Workation to work remotely from different locations within the EU
• We offer every employee a pensions scheme (Betriebliche Altersversorgung) with company sponsorship
• Regular team events to strengthen cohesion and foster a positive working atmosphere
• A modern office with an impressive view of the Cologne Cathedral

Our Vision: Enabling the largest collaborative and open data network of partners in the automotive ecosystem for value creation and sustainability across their value chain while striving to be Catena-X compliant.

Our Mission: Adhering to Catena-X principles, we operate an open dataspace of distributed, sovereign data sources. This dataspace creates a trusted environment for all its participants to enable the development and deployment of value-generating and digital use cases, from and for its participants across the automotive value chain.