IT Product Owner

Mercedes-Benz Group Services Madrid; Madrid; Híbrido; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Mobile work

Flexible entering hours

30 working days of holidays

Annual Training Plan

Descripción de la vacante

Mercedes-Benz Group Services Madrid is seeking a Technical Product Owner to take end-to-end technical ownership of IT products supporting our global manufacturing and supply chain.

You will bridge business stakeholders, development teams and IT operations to ensure reliable, scalable, secure, and future-ready solutions aligned with Mercedes-Benz standards. Initial ramp-up includes international travel, later a hybrid/remote setup.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Telecommunications, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
• Several years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, platform engineering, or similar technical roles.
• Experience in Agile environments (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban).
• Strong communication with technical and business stakeholders.

Responsabilidades

• Own the technical architecture and design of IT products, platforms, or applications.
• Define and drive technical decisions on integrations, scalability, performance, and security.
• Translate business requirements into robust technical solutions, epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Manage technical backlogs and balance features with debt and security findings.
• Guide development teams and ensure implementation quality.
• Ensure operational excellence through monitoring and incident handling.
• Ensure compliance with security, data protection, and audit requirements.

Conocimientos

Analytical mindset

Problem-solving

Adaptability

Organization

Quality-focused

Goal-oriented

German language (nice to have)

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering / Telecommunications / Information Systems or related technical field

Descripción del empleo

At Mercedes-Benz Group Services Madrid, we are looking for a Technical Product Owner to take end-to-end technical ownership of business-critical IT products supporting our global manufacturing and supply chain operations.

You will act as the bridge between business stakeholders, development teams, and IT operations, ensuring reliable, scalable, secure, and future-ready solutions aligned with Mercedes-Benz standards and strategy.

• Own the technical architecture and design of one or more IT products, platforms, or applications.
• Define and drive technical decisions related to integrations, interfaces, scalability, performance, and security.
• Act as the technical counterpart of the Business Product Owner.
• Translate business requirements into robust technical solutions, epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Manage technical backlogs, balancing feature delivery, technical debt, security findings, and operational improvements.
• Coordinate dependencies with multiple teams across the Mercedes-Benz IT ecosystem.
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture principles, cloud standards, and long-term IT strategy.
• Drive lifecycle management, versioning strategies, and technology evolution.
• Provide technical guidance to development teams and ensure implementation quality.
• Ensure operational excellence through monitoring, incident handling, continuous optimization, and root-cause analysis.
• Guarantee compliance with security, data protection, and audit requirements.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Telecommunications, Information Systems, or a related technical field.
• Several years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, platform engineering, or similar technical roles.
• Technical Product Owner
• Technical Owner
• Solution Architect
• Strong knowledge of:
• Distributed systems
• API-based and service-oriented architectures
• Containerization technologies
• CI/CD pipelines and automation
• Non-functional requirements such as security, availability, performance, and maintainability
• Experience working within Agile environments (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.
• Knowledge of IT architectures and enterprise landscapes.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and SharePoint.
• Strong ability to understand the current landscape, identify target solutions, and align business and technical requirements.
• Professional presentation and stakeholder management skills.
• High flexibility to travel internationally.
• During the initial ramp-up phase (approximately 2–3 months), availability to travel to Germany several days per week is expected.
• Afterwards, a hybrid/remote setup will be possible with occasional international travel.

Skills & Competencies

• Analytical mindset
• Problem-solving orientation
• Adaptability and flexibility
• Strong organization and discipline
• Quality-focused and reliable
• Goal-oriented approach
• German (nice to have)

Within our benefits as employee, we provide:

• Mobile work
• Flexible entering hours
• 30 working days of holidays
• Annual Training Plan