Lead Consultant - Product Owner

K&K Talents; Brussel Hoofdstad; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

K&K Talents is seeking a Product Owner to drive product strategy and backlog in Belgium’s postal and logistics sector. You will translate business needs into user stories, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure on-time delivery of valuable solutions.

Required are proven PO/PM experience, strong Agile/Scrum skills, and fluency in French. You’ll work with stakeholders across postal and logistics operations to optimize processes and outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience as Product Owner or Product Manager in Agile/Scrum.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and backlog management skills.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Experience in postal, parcel, logistics, or last-mile delivery domains.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage the product roadmap aligned with business goals and operations.
• Gather, analyze, and prioritize requirements from postal, parcel, logistics, and supply chain stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into well-defined user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria for Agile teams.
• Act as liaison between business users, technology teams, and delivery partners.
• Drive product strategy, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead backlog grooming, sprint planning, demos, and release planning.
• Monitor KPIs and feedback to identify optimization opportunities.
• Support change management and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Collaborate with UX, engineering, testing, and business teams to deliver.

Skills

Product ownership

Agile / Scrum

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

French language

Logistics domain knowledge

Workshops facilitation

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Own and manage the product roadmap, aligning business goals with customer and operational requirements.
• Gather, analyze, and prioritize business requirements from stakeholders across postal, parcel, logistics, and supply chain operations.
• Translate business needs into well-defined user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria for Agile development teams.
• Act as the primary point of contact between business stakeholders, technology teams, and delivery partners.
• Drive product strategy, product lifecycle management, and continuous product improvement initiatives.
• Lead backlog grooming, sprint planning, product demonstrations, and release planning activities.
• Monitor product performance, KPIs, and customer feedback to identify opportunities for optimization.
• Support change management, user adoption, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Collaborate closely with UX, engineering, testing, and business teams to ensure successful product delivery.
• Ensure solutions comply with postal industry regulations, operational processes, and service-level requirements.

Mandatory requirements:

• Proven experience as a Product Owner, Product Manager, or similar product leadership role.
• Strong experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage product backlogs, prioritize requirements, and drive product delivery.
• Experience defining product vision, roadmap, and business value realization.
• Postal & Logistics Domain Knowledge.
• Deep understanding of Postal Services, Parcel Delivery, Courier Operations, Logistics, Supply Chain, or Last-Mile Delivery processes.
• Experience working with major postal or logistics organizations.
• Knowledge of logistics technology platforms, transportation management systems (TMS), warehouse management systems (WMS), or parcel management solutions.
• Knowledge of digital transformation initiatives within postal and logistics organizations is highly desirable.
• French Language Skills.
• Fluent French (spoken and written) is essential.
• Ability to conduct workshops, stakeholder meetings, requirement-gathering sessions, and product presentations in French.
• Comfortable working directly with French-speaking business users and leadership teams.

Personal

Besides the professional qualifications of the candidates we place great importance in addition to various forms personality profile. These include:

• High analytical skills.
• A high degree of initiative and flexibility.
• High customer orientation.
• High quality awareness.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Note:

Applicants for employment in Europe should possess work authorization, which does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.