Senior IT Product Owner - API Platforms

• In the role of a Scrum IT Product Owner for API Platforms, translating strategy, stakeholder needs, and technical requirements into a clear, prioritized product backlog.
• Own one of DHL Group’s mission-critical applications, ensuring reliability, availability, performance, and continuous evolution of the API Platform landscape.
• Own and drive the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for the API Management Platform, balancing business value, technical excellence, security, operational resilience, and long-term sustainability.
• Drive DevSecOps practices, CI/CD strategy, release governance, and platform lifecycle management in close collaboration with engineering teams.
• Steer the delivery of secure, scalable, resilient and high-performing API platform capabilities used across DHL Group.
• Lead API governance, security, compliance and data-protection standards for business-critical APIs and platform services.
• Act as a trusted technical sparring partner for architects, developers, security experts, and platform engineers enabling sound technical and product decisions.
• Drive cross-BU senior stakeholder alignment, ensuring transparent prioritization, clear communication, and joint decision-making across complex organizational and system landscapes.
• Build and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with business units, vendors, engineering teams, and strategic partners.
• Prepare and facilitate roadmap reviews, steering committees, decision forums, and executive-level communications for senior leadership.
• Drive adoption of API Platform capabilities by creating content and fostering knowledge sharing within DHL’s internal API Community.
• Prepare Senior Stakeholder presentations (e.g. IT Board and OPS Board), providing clear updates, roadmap insights, and decision proposals.

• 10+ years of experience as an IT Project Manager, Business Analyst, Product Owner, or in a similar role, preferably within agile delivery environments, including 6+ years as a Product Owner in an API-driven, platform, or integration-focused environment.
• Strong technical affinity with API management, cloud-native architectures, and integration concepts. Experience with Apigee, Kong, Azure API Management, MuleSoft, or similar is desirable.
• Own the resilience strategy of DHL Group’s API Platform landscape, including high availability, disaster recovery, business continuity, and operational readiness.
• Experience working with mission-critical platforms or shared technology services, with a strong focus on reliability, scalability, security, and operational excellence.
• Strong understanding of API governance, API security, enterprise architecture principles, platform operating models, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software delivery practices.
• Excellent collaboration skills with developers, architects, platform engineers, security experts, and senior stakeholders across business units.
• Strong analytical and communication skills with the ability to translate business needs into clear technical requirements, priorities, roadmaps, and actionable decisions.
• Proven ability to navigate complex stakeholder landscapes, build alignment, and drive decisions across teams, technology domains, and organizational boundaries.
• Hands-on mindset and confidence to contribute to architecture, design, platform strategy, and technical refinement discussions.
• Fluent in English, German is an advantage

Pulled from the full job description

• Flexible schedule, * Top-benefit 1: A permanent, full-time position with an attractive compensation package.
• Top-benefit 2: International environment and great company culture., * A permanent, full-time position with an attractive compensation package
• International environment and great company culture
• Up to 60% home office and flexible working hours
• Central location and good connection with public transport

DHL Group team is the leading mail and logistics service provider for the world. We are one of the planet’s largest employers operating in over 220 countries and territories. Join our team and discover how an international network that’s focused on service, quality and sustainability is able to connect people and improve lives through the power of global trade. And not just for our customers, but for every member of our team, too. If you would like to get to know the world from our perspective, then come and join us. You are the key to our success!, As Senior IT Product Owner for API Platforms, you will own one of DHL Group’s mission-critical applications, shaping one of the largest API management platforms in logistics and driving its evolution with a global team of top engineers. This hands-on, technology-driven role combines product ownership, architecture understanding, and stakeholder leadership to deliver secure, scalable, and high-performing API capabilities across DHL Group.