Product Owner (m/f/d)

  • Full-time
  • Duration of Employment: Permanent
  • Department: R&D / Engineering

Company Description

SWARCO is a growing international group with over 5000 employees on all continents.

Job Description

  • Lead refinement sessions and sprint planning together with the development team
  • Own and define requirements, epics, and user stories with a strong product mindset
  • Manage and align with stakeholders across domains (e.g. sales, productmanagement, partners)
  • Evaluate and structure incoming requirements, balancing business needs and product vision
  • Set and continuously adjust team priorities in line with strategic goals
  • Confidently handle mid-sprint changes while maintaining delivery stability
  • Take ownership of release planning and communicate timelines transparently
  • Provide clear and structured updates to senior management and stakeholders
  • Highlight achievements, risks, and trade-offs to ensure transparency and informed decisions
  • Collaborate closely with QA to define test scenarios and ensure customer sign-off
  • Ensure high-quality, consistent, and understandable product documentation
  • Actively incorporate user feedback into product decisions and roadmap planning
  • Co-lead the team together with the Team Lead in a close and collaborative setup

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or in a comparable role
  • Knowledge in Traffic Domain or strong interest in mobility, traffic systems, smart cities, or similar environments
  • A bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent
  • Strong understanding of Agile principles and hands-on experience managing backlogs and sprints
  • Product mindset: You take ownership beyond “just PO tasks” and avoid silo thinking
  • Experience working in complex software environments (ideally cloud-based systems)
  • Solid technical understanding and affinity (no deep engineering expertise required)
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills across different levels and regions
  • Ability to translate complex, regional requirements into clear and actionable product features
  • Assertiveness and strong argumentation skills when prioritizing and making decisions
  • Clear customer and user focus in all product decisions
  • Proven team player with a collaborative and proactive mindset
  • Experience with Jira and Confluence
  • Fluent in English (written and spoken), German is a plus, other languages are appreciated

Additional Information

  • A strong team spirit and strong cohesion - confirmed by the last employee survey. Teamwork takes centre stage with us
  • SWARCO offers a secure job in a stable industry in an international group
  • Benefit from customised training opportunities that promote your professional developmen
  • Take advantage of 30 days' holiday and special leave, e.g. for marriage, for example
  • Take advantage of our hybrid and flexible working arrangements, which enable both on-site and mobile working, depending on the job
  • We offer a 15% contribution to the company pension scheme, far more than the statutory contribution, as well as capital-forming benefit
  • Your health is important to us: benefit from (e-)bike leasing and a €160/year contribution to health care and fitness programmes, e.g. via wellhub
  • Our offer for your personal well-being includes free, unbureaucratic external advice for professional, private or health-related issues

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