Product Owner
Achmea B.V.
Tilburg, Netherlands
10 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
EnglishJob location
Tilburg, Netherlands
Tech stack
JIRA
Azure
Software Engineering
Job description
Role purpose: Own product vision and delivery by translating business goals and customer needs into a prioritized backlog, ensuring measurable value through iterative releases., * Define and communicate product vision, goals, and success metrics aligned with stakeholders.
- Create, refine, and prioritize the product backlog; write clear user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Collaborate with engineering, design, and QA to plan sprints, manage scope, and remove ambiguity.
- Lead backlog grooming, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives; ensure readiness for development.
- Validate solutions through user feedback, analytics, and testing; iterate based on outcomes.
- Manage trade-offs across timeline, scope, quality, and risk; escalate decisions when needed.
- Coordinate releases and communicate progress, changes, and dependencies across teams.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar product role in Agile/Scrum environments.
- Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, and communication skills.
- Ability to translate requirements into actionable user stories and prioritize using value-based methods.
- Data-informed decision making; familiarity with KPIs, product analytics, and experimentation.
- Working knowledge of software development lifecycle and cross-functional delivery.
- Comfort with product tools (e.g., Jira/Azure DevOps), documentation, and roadmap planning.