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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior IT Product Owner - API Platforms - **Company:** DHL - **Location:** Bonn, Germany - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, Disaster Recovery, Scrum Methodology, System Availability, Software Security, Apigee, Enterprise Integration, Api Design, Devsecops, Api Management, Mulesoft - **Published:** July 31, 2026 - **Apply:** https://de.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=dd1b9914f8b14e60 ## About the Role * 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 ## Description * 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. ## Related Videos - [Why make use of an integration platform in today's software developments and infrastructure?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/758-why-make-use-of-an-integration-platform-in-today-s-software-developments-and-infrastructure) - [DevSecOps: Injecting Security into Mobile CI/CD Pipelines](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/273-devsecops-injecting-security-into-mobile-ci-cd-pipelines) - [Improving Developer Happiness with GitOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/54-improving-developer-happiness-with-gitops) - [DevSecOps: Security in DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/36-devsecops-security-in-devops) - [DevSecOps culture](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/783-devsecops-culture) - [Stop Renaming Teams, Start Product Thinking: A PM's Guide to Platform-as-a-Product](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100342-stop-renaming-teams-start-product-thinking-a-pm-s-guide-to-platform-as-a-product) ## Related Articles - [The Biggest German Tech Companies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/424-the-biggest-german-tech-companies) - [Finding Jobs in Germany](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/375-finding-jobs-in-germany) - [Finding IT & Technology English-speaking Jobs in Germany ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/446-finding-it-technology-english-speaking-jobs-in-germany) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [Where to Find German Tech Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/366-where-to-find-german-tech-jobs) - [Best Companies to Work For in Germany: Top 25 Companies in 2023 ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/33-best-companies-to-work-for-in-germany-top-25-companies-in-2023)