Product Owner - POS (m/f/t)
- Full-time
- Department: Product
Company Description
Quandoo is the fastest-growing real-time reservations platform for restaurants. As a technology-enabled marketplace, Quandoo is equipping its partner restaurants with an industry-leading reservations management system that digitalizes a restaurant’s inventory and makes it accessible in real-time from the web and mobile channels. Restaurateurs can leverage the reach of Quandoo’s reservation platform to boost their customer base, drive utilization in low-traffic times and generate additional business on-demand. Quandoo provides diners the easiest way to explore the restaurant space and reserve a table at their restaurant of choice. With just a few clicks diners select from a wide range of local favorites to Michelin-starred gourmet restaurants. Having chosen a restaurant, diners receive instant confirmations on their reservations and benefit from loyalty points.
Quandoo was founded in 2012, with its headquarters in Berlin, Germany and international footprints in Western Europe, CEE, APAC, and the Nordics. With a dynamic, international team of 360 employees globally, our vision is to become the world’s leading marketplace for all dining experiences.
Job Description
Quandoo is looking for a Product Owner with a strong focus on restaurant backend systems, Point Of Sale and system integration.
What you love to do:
Product Management of a Point Of Sale product and system integrations between Quandoo and our partner restaurants
Research and alignment of specifications for new features, as well as enhancement of existing ones
Benchmarking of own product portfolio against competitive products and industry standards
Conceptual design, research, and specification of entirely new products, features, and functions
Provide a cohesive and forward-thinking vision for the product and automation in the restaurant industry
Liaise with team of account managers, designers, developers, and QA engineers for full-cycle ownership of products from design to release
Keep up-to-date with industry trends in relevant industries to allow for state of the art product and feature design
Manage competing priorities and stakeholders to build a cohesive product for the end consumer
Conceptualize and develop analytical tools and KPIs covering and monitoring product and feature performance
Analyze legacy issues and products, prioritize development and cleanup, evaluate and consider development impediments, provide workarounds and solutions to drive legacy products forward
Facilitate data analysis and leverage acquired data to the benefit of the whole product portfolio
Qualifications
Who we love to work with:
You have a minimum 5 years of experience in a product ownership role with a focus on restaurant backend systems, preferably POS
Experience working with remote development team is a strong plus
You are data-driven, highly analytical, and understand to balance between business requirements and technical needs
You are able to clearly communicate business needs to the tech team and vice-versa
You are able to provide strong leadership of the product development from a business perspective
You are using SCRUM as development process; Epics, Stories, and DoD are your daily business
You have performed integration projects and products on an API level before and are knowledgeable about POS systems on the market
You are fluent in English
You have experience in creating a data-driven development environment for the product from scratch and iterating on it with multivariate A/B testing
You are familiar with Android design and UX guidelines
Bonus profile:
You ideally have a deep understanding of the start-up dynamic
You are fluent in Japanese (a strong plus)
Hands-on experience in the restaurant industry (as staff, manager, owner) a strong plus
Knowledge of latest industry trends both in the cashier and reservation environments, up-to-date on technical advances in web and mobile technologies a plus
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration or a relevant discipline a plus
Additional Information
What we offer:
You have the chance to get a job in a rapidly growing international company, which calls you from day one and lets you grow. If you have the desire to participate with enthusiasm and ownership in the further expansion and development of one of Germany's most successful internet business, then we are the right place for you! Of course we offer you much more:
No boredom! Quandoo offers challenges and development every day
A position that offers you tangible impact on the company’s success
You work with a highly motivated and skilled team of engineers, product owner and designers from all over the world
Dynamic and friendly working atmosphere in a successful international team
Being part of the next cycle of service business digitalization, where data, predictions and automations will drive further disruption