Technical Product Owner — Digital Workplace & AI

Roche; Madrid; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche is seeking a Technical Product Owner to lead Digital Workplace productivity initiatives. You will own end-to-end product outcomes, prioritise the backlog, and collaborate with architects, engineers and stakeholders to shape the roadmap for Microsoft 365, Teams and AI-enabled experiences.

The role combines deep technical Microsoft 365 expertise with strong product ownership, focused on delivering scalable, secure and sustainable employee productivity across a large enterprise.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Product Owner or Technical Product Owner for enterprise technology products or capabilities
• Proven backlog ownership, prioritization and roadmap alignment
• Understanding of security, privacy, compliance and information‑governance principles in enterprise productivity
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills for complex cross‑service dependencies
• Knowledge of Microsoft 365 lifecycle management, testing and enterprise adoption
• Strong understanding of AI-enabled productivity, especially Microsoft 365 Copilot
• Experience with automation or scripting technologies is desirable; AI technologies are highly desirable
• Relevant Microsoft certifications and hands‑on experience with Microsoft 365 technologies desirable
• Ability to translate complex employee, business and technology needs into clear product requirements
• Ability to operate across product, engineering and service teams to drive outcomes

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end Product Ownership responsibility for Digital Workplace capabilities and define priorities
• Own and refine the product backlog aligned with strategy, roadmap and engineering capacity
• Translate needs into epics, features and user stories with defined outcomes and acceptance criteria
• Shape priorities and roadmap with stakeholders, architects, engineers and partner teams
• Apply Microsoft 365 technical expertise to guide decisions and ensure scalable, secure solutions
• Guide evolution of Microsoft Teams and related 365 productivity capabilities
• Maintain understanding of the 365 architecture and cross‑service dependencies
• Evaluate roadmap changes and technical impact through pilots and proofs of concept
• Explore AI-enabled productivity opportunities with governance, privacy and security in mind
• Identify opportunities to combine collaboration, automation and AI to simplify workflows
• Define outcomes and success metrics using adoption, usage and feedback
• Maintain visibility of priorities, progress and risks across teams

Skills

Microsoft 365

Teams

Product Ownership

AI-enabled productivity

Security & governance

Backlog management

Stakeholder collaboration

Architecture awareness

English proficiency

Automation scripting

Job description

Roche is seeking a Technical Product Owner to lead Digital Workplace productivity initiatives. You will own end-to-end product outcomes, prioritise the backlog, and collaborate with architects, engineers and stakeholders to shape the roadmap for Microsoft 365, Teams and AI-enabled experiences.

The role combines deep technical Microsoft 365 expertise with strong product ownership, focused on delivering scalable, secure and sustainable employee productivity across a large enterprise.