Senior Product Owner

SGS; Madrid; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Hybrid work model

SGS University

Campus

Job summary

SGS is seeking a Senior Product Owner to define and drive the product direction for flagship digital and AI-powered offerings. You will partner with engineering, design and business stakeholders to create a sharp backlog and stay close to implementation.

You’ll own roadmaps, translate strategy into actionable epics, and collaborate across AI, data and full-stack teams to deliver measurable outcomes with cross-functional alignment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years owning digital products in agile teams with a track record of shipped outcomes
• AI / data fluency: comfortable with AI, ML or data-heavy products
• Discovery & delivery: strong user research, requirements gathering, modern agile practices
• Tooling: hands-on with Jira/Linear, Figma, product analytics etc.
• Communication: excellent written and verbal English; bridge technical and business stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Own the Roadmap: define and maintain a clear, prioritized roadmap for your product area
• Translate Strategy into Backlog: break down problems into well-scoped epics and stories for engineers
• Partner with Engineering: collaborate with AI, full-stack and data engineers on trade-offs
• Engage Stakeholders: be the voice of the product to business stakeholders and manage expectations
• Measure What Matters: define success metrics, instrument them, decide what to build next

Skills

Product ownership

AI / data fluency

Discovery & delivery

Tooling

Communication

Tools

Jira

Linear

Figma

Product analytics

Job description

SGS is the world’s leading Testing, Inspection and Certification company. We operate a network of over2,500 laboratories and business facilities across 115 countries, supportedby a team of over 100,000 dedicated professionals. Withmore than 145 years of service excellence, we combine the precision and accuracy that define Swiss companies to help organizations achieve the highest standards of quality, compliance and sustainability.

Our brand promise –“when you need to be sure”– underscores our commitment totrust, integrity and reliability, enabling businesses tothrive with confidence. We proudly deliver ourexpert servicesthrough theSGS nameand a portfolio oftrusted specialized brands, includingApplied Technical Services,Brightsight,BluesignandNutrasource.

Job Description

You’re a product person who would rather sit next to the engineers shipping the product than spend your days in steering committees. We need someone who can turn ambitious AI and digital product ideas into clear, shippable roadmaps — and stay in the room while we build them.

The Mission

As a Senior Product Owner, you will own the product direction and delivery of one or more of our flagship digital and AI-powered products. You’ll work hand-in-hand with engineering leads, designers, and business stakeholders to turn ambitious goals into a sharp, prioritized backlog — and stay close enough to the work that you actually understand what’s being built.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the Roadmap: Define and maintain a clear, prioritized roadmap for your product area, balancing user needs, business value, and engineering reality.
• Translate Strategy into Backlog: Break down ambiguous problems into well-scoped epics and stories that engineers can pick up and ship.
• Partner with Engineering: Work shoulder-to-shoulder with AI, full-stack, and data engineers — making real-time trade-off calls as we build.
• Engage Stakeholders: Be the trusted voice of the product to business stakeholders; gather requirements, manage expectations, and communicate progress honestly.
• Measure What Matters: Define success metrics for your products, instrument them, and use the data to decide what to build (or stop building) next.

Qualifications

Exhaustive Technical Qualifications

• Product Ownership: 5+ years owning digital products in agile teams, with a strong track record of shipped outcomes — not just delivered features.
• AI / Data Fluency: Comfortable working on AI, ML, or data-heavy products. You don’t need to write the code, but you need to understand what’s possible and what’s hard.
• Discovery & Delivery: Solid skills in user research, requirements gathering, and modern agile practices (story mapping, OKRs, dual-track agile).
• Tooling: Hands-on with the standard product toolkit (Jira / Linear, Figma, product analytics, etc.).
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication in English; able to bridge deeply technical engineers and senior business stakeholders.

Who You Are

• You have 5+ years of product ownership or product management experience, ideally in a B2B, industrial, or AI-heavy context.
• You are a pragmatist who values shipping over perfect plans.
• You enjoy spending time with engineers and understanding the systems being built, not just the roadmap on the wall.
• You’re comfortable with ambiguity and high autonomy — you don’t wait for someone else to set the direction.

Additional Information

Why SGS?

• Join a globally recognized and stable company, a leader in the Testing, Inspection, and Certification (TIC) industry.
• Enjoy aflexible schedule and a hybrid work model.
• Access continuous learning opportunities through SGS University and Campus.
• Collaborate in a multinational environment with colleagues from various continents.